ESTONIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	617	6	349	+ 268
Stroke	2	482	3	1,116	- 633
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	431	53	8	+ 423
Coronary Heart Disease	4	405	1	3,009	- 2,604
Road Traffic Accidents	5	250	35	59	+ 190
Liver Disease	6	229	7	328	- 100
Diabetes Mellitus	7	178	19	146	+ 32
Hypertension	8	174	2	2,700	- 2,526
Lung Disease	9	125	13	229	- 104
Malnutrition	10	124	79	0	+ 124
Birth Trauma	11	116	57	5	+ 111
Kidney Disease	12	109	17	176	- 68
Maternal Conditions	13	102	61	1	+ 101
Tuberculosis	14	102	47	16	+ 86
Other Injuries	15	102	20	141	- 40
Low Birth Weight	16	100	55	7	+ 93
Malaria	17	82	73	0	+ 82
Congenital Anomalies	18	81	43	25	+ 56
Meningitis	19	76	54	7	+ 69
Violence	20	72	42	28	+ 44
Suicide	21	72	16	197	- 126
Asthma	22	61	44	24	+ 37
Breast Cancer	23	59	11	260	- 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	58	12	229	- 171
HIV/AIDS	25	58	39	40	+ 18
Falls	26	32	24	119	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	28	36	55	- 27
Lymphomas	28	28	15	213	- 185
Leukemia	29	27	22	126	- 98
Cervical Cancer	30	25	32	68	- 43
Fires	31	25	38	41	- 16
Inflammatory/Heart	32	23	14	217	- 194
Drownings	33	22	40	30	- 8
Poisonings	34	21	52	8	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	21	5	527	- 506
Pertussis	36	17	83	0	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	37	16	29	82	- 66
Epilepsy	38	15	37	45	- 29
Oesophagus Cancer	39	15	27	99	- 83
Ovary Cancer	40	15	28	87	- 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	14	45	22	- 7
Schistosomiasis	42	14	72	0	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	43	13	33	66	- 53
Oral Cancer	44	13	25	110	- 97
Liver Cancer	45	13	26	107	- 94
Lung Cancers	46	12	4	657	- 646
Prostate Cancer	47	10	8	298	- 288
Stomach Cancer	48	9	9	290	- 281
Alcohol	49	9	18	148	- 140
Skin Disease	50	8	41	29	- 20
Bladder Cancer	51	8	21	126	- 118
Tetanus	52	7	81	0	+ 7
Drug Use	53	7	31	75	- 68
Syphilis	54	7	62	1	+ 6
Appendicitis	55	6	59	2	+ 4
Skin Cancers	56	6	30	79	- 73
Hepatitis B	57	5	65	0	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	4	10	268	- 265
Leishmaniasis	59	4	69	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	3	66	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	61	3	34	60	- 57
Encephalitis	62	3	63	0	+ 3
Measles	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	46	17	- 15
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	4	- 3
Other Neoplasms	66	1	23	123	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	48	16	- 16
Ascariasis	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Eritrea

Estonia

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.