DENMARK VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,085	6	2,244	+ 842
Stroke	2	2,414	5	3,662	- 1,248
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,158	38	145	+ 2,014
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,028	1	5,341	- 3,313
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,249	33	213	+ 1,035
Liver Disease	6	1,144	14	692	+ 452
Diabetes Mellitus	7	889	10	1,284	- 395
Hypertension	8	872	15	642	+ 229
Lung Disease	9	623	3	4,387	- 3,763
Malnutrition	10	621	59	14	+ 607
Birth Trauma	11	580	56	21	+ 559
Kidney Disease	12	544	12	911	- 367
Maternal Conditions	13	512	64	2	+ 510
Tuberculosis	14	512	57	16	+ 496
Other Injuries	15	508	30	347	+ 161
Low Birth Weight	16	500	41	116	+ 384
Malaria	17	411	79	0	+ 411
Congenital Anomalies	18	407	36	153	+ 254
Meningitis	19	381	52	25	+ 356
Violence	20	362	47	63	+ 299
Suicide	21	359	16	617	- 258
Asthma	22	307	44	82	+ 225
Breast Cancer	23	293	9	1,299	- 1,006
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	292	2	5,218	- 4,926
HIV/AIDS	25	290	55	23	+ 267
Falls	26	158	22	541	- 382
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	138	32	216	- 78
Lymphomas	28	138	13	730	- 591
Leukemia	29	136	20	558	- 423
Cervical Cancer	30	125	37	153	- 28
Fires	31	124	49	53	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	32	116	31	284	- 169
Drownings	33	111	50	37	+ 74
Poisonings	34	108	62	6	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	106	7	2,147	- 2,040
Pertussis	36	84	72	0	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	37	80	17	600	- 520
Epilepsy	38	77	40	125	- 48
Oesophagus Cancer	39	76	24	477	- 400
Ovary Cancer	40	75	29	367	- 292
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	72	42	96	- 24
Schistosomiasis	42	69	75	0	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	43	67	19	575	- 507
Oral Cancer	44	67	28	371	- 304
Liver Cancer	45	65	25	464	- 399
Lung Cancers	46	58	4	3,721	- 3,663
Prostate Cancer	47	51	8	1,480	- 1,429
Stomach Cancer	48	45	23	484	- 439
Alcohol	49	43	18	598	- 556
Skin Disease	50	42	45	79	- 37
Bladder Cancer	51	40	21	545	- 506
Tetanus	52	35	68	0	+ 35
Drug Use	53	34	34	197	- 163
Syphilis	54	33	70	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	55	30	54	23	+ 7
Skin Cancers	56	28	26	388	- 360
Hepatitis B	57	26	61	6	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	58	18	11	1,096	- 1,077
Leishmaniasis	59	18	78	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	17	58	15	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	61	16	35	156	- 139
Encephalitis	62	15	67	1	+ 14
Measles	63	12	71	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	43	84	- 73
Hepatitis C	65	6	60	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	66	6	27	378	- 372
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	39	132	- 128
Ascariasis	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	65	2	- 0
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
War	71	0	66	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Eritrea

Denmark

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.