FINLAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,906	21	436	+ 2,470
Stroke	2	2,274	3	4,115	- 1,841
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,033	52	15	+ 2,018
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,910	2	9,831	- 7,921
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,176	33	215	+ 961
Liver Disease	6	1,077	10	1,068	+ 9
Diabetes Mellitus	7	838	22	418	+ 420
Hypertension	8	821	5	2,030	- 1,209
Lung Disease	9	587	8	1,289	- 702
Malnutrition	10	585	57	7	+ 578
Birth Trauma	11	547	56	8	+ 539
Kidney Disease	12	512	26	342	+ 171
Maternal Conditions	13	482	64	2	+ 481
Tuberculosis	14	482	46	32	+ 450
Other Injuries	15	479	20	437	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	16	471	48	26	+ 445
Malaria	17	388	74	0	+ 388
Congenital Anomalies	18	383	35	192	+ 191
Meningitis	19	359	55	9	+ 349
Violence	20	341	43	64	+ 277
Suicide	21	339	15	846	- 508
Asthma	22	289	40	85	+ 204
Breast Cancer	23	276	12	948	- 672
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	275	1	11,120	- 10,846
HIV/AIDS	25	273	59	6	+ 267
Falls	26	149	7	1,325	- 1,176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	130	36	151	- 21
Lymphomas	28	130	14	851	- 721
Leukemia	29	128	24	371	- 243
Cervical Cancer	30	117	44	62	+ 55
Fires	31	117	45	62	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	32	109	17	518	- 409
Drownings	33	104	37	106	- 2
Poisonings	34	101	49	25	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	100	6	1,433	- 1,333
Pertussis	36	79	69	0	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	37	75	13	853	- 778
Epilepsy	38	72	38	104	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	39	72	27	320	- 248
Ovary Cancer	40	70	25	344	- 274
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	68	50	19	+ 49
Schistosomiasis	42	65	77	0	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	43	63	31	257	- 193
Oral Cancer	44	63	34	207	- 144
Liver Cancer	45	61	16	545	- 484
Lung Cancers	46	55	4	2,312	- 2,257
Prostate Cancer	47	48	11	970	- 922
Stomach Cancer	48	43	19	447	- 404
Alcohol	49	40	18	464	- 424
Skin Disease	50	40	47	27	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	51	37	28	308	- 271
Tetanus	52	33	70	0	+ 33
Drug Use	53	32	30	269	- 237
Syphilis	54	31	67	0	+ 31
Appendicitis	55	28	54	10	+ 18
Skin Cancers	56	26	29	297	- 271
Hepatitis B	57	24	63	2	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	58	17	9	1,247	- 1,230
Leishmaniasis	59	17	75	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	60	16	62	2	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	61	16	32	225	- 210
Encephalitis	62	14	66	0	+ 13
Measles	63	11	72	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	41	83	- 72
Hepatitis C	65	6	60	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	5	23	377	- 371
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	42	80	- 77
Ascariasis	68	2	81	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	84	0	+ 1
War	71	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Eritrea

Finland

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.