EQU. GUINEA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	928	2	913	+ 15
Stroke	2	726	6	437	+ 289
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	649	9	349	+ 300
Coronary Heart Disease	4	610	7	419	+ 191
Road Traffic Accidents	5	375	8	368	+ 7
Liver Disease	6	344	13	199	+ 145
Diabetes Mellitus	7	267	11	299	- 32
Hypertension	8	262	16	165	+ 97
Lung Disease	9	187	20	120	+ 67
Malnutrition	10	187	31	48	+ 139
Birth Trauma	11	174	5	441	- 266
Kidney Disease	12	164	14	198	- 35
Maternal Conditions	13	154	17	139	+ 15
Tuberculosis	14	154	10	321	- 167
Other Injuries	15	153	23	105	+ 48
Low Birth Weight	16	150	4	457	- 307
Malaria	17	124	3	668	- 544
Congenital Anomalies	18	122	12	249	- 127
Meningitis	19	114	19	127	- 13
Violence	20	109	33	45	+ 64
Suicide	21	108	22	107	+ 1
Asthma	22	92	26	65	+ 27
Breast Cancer	23	88	24	84	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	88	29	55	+ 32
HIV/AIDS	25	87	1	1,838	- 1,751
Falls	26	48	32	46	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	42	43	22	+ 20
Lymphomas	28	42	45	19	+ 22
Leukemia	29	41	61	4	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	30	37	28	56	- 19
Fires	31	37	39	30	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	32	35	27	63	- 28
Drownings	33	33	36	39	- 6
Poisonings	34	32	44	21	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	32	40	29	+ 3
Pertussis	36	25	21	109	- 84
Parkinson's Disease	37	24	46	18	+ 6
Epilepsy	38	23	38	32	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	39	23	54	12	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	40	22	52	13	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	22	50	14	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	42	21	60	4	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	43	20	25	73	- 53
Oral Cancer	44	20	37	35	- 14
Liver Cancer	45	20	34	43	- 23
Lung Cancers	46	17	41	27	- 9
Prostate Cancer	47	15	35	43	- 27
Stomach Cancer	48	14	49	16	- 2
Alcohol	49	13	53	12	+ 1
Skin Disease	50	13	51	13	- 0
Bladder Cancer	51	12	56	9	+ 3
Tetanus	52	11	42	23	- 13
Drug Use	53	10	30	50	- 40
Syphilis	54	10	18	134	- 124
Appendicitis	55	9	59	6	+ 3
Skin Cancers	56	8	48	16	- 8
Hepatitis B	57	8	65	3	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	6	55	11	- 6
Leishmaniasis	59	5	78	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	5	66	2	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	61	5	58	8	- 3
Encephalitis	62	4	57	8	- 3
Measles	63	4	15	181	- 177
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	62	4	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	69	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	67	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
War	71	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	64	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Eritrea

Equ. Guinea

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.