GUINEA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,224	1	12,790	- 5,566
Stroke	2	5,653	5	5,777	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	5,053	3	6,788	- 1,735
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,748	6	5,665	- 917
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,924	9	3,788	- 865
Liver Disease	6	2,678	12	2,550	+ 128
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,082	15	2,138	- 56
Hypertension	8	2,041	21	1,348	+ 693
Lung Disease	9	1,459	20	1,373	+ 86
Malnutrition	10	1,454	28	1,032	+ 422
Birth Trauma	11	1,359	7	4,797	- 3,438
Kidney Disease	12	1,274	16	1,939	- 666
Maternal Conditions	13	1,198	17	1,793	- 595
Tuberculosis	14	1,198	13	2,369	- 1,170
Other Injuries	15	1,191	18	1,504	- 313
Low Birth Weight	16	1,171	8	4,319	- 3,148
Malaria	17	963	2	8,180	- 7,217
Congenital Anomalies	18	952	14	2,181	- 1,228
Meningitis	19	892	11	2,633	- 1,741
Violence	20	847	26	1,128	- 281
Suicide	21	842	29	892	- 50
Asthma	22	719	22	1,179	- 460
Breast Cancer	23	687	38	345	+ 342
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	683	30	579	+ 104
HIV/AIDS	25	678	10	3,020	- 2,342
Falls	26	371	33	480	- 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	324	34	448	- 124
Lymphomas	28	324	48	158	+ 166
Leukemia	29	318	67	17	+ 301
Cervical Cancer	30	292	19	1,491	- 1,199
Fires	31	291	36	410	- 119
Inflammatory/Heart	32	271	35	439	- 169
Drownings	33	259	31	528	- 269
Poisonings	34	252	40	295	- 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	249	53	100	+ 149
Pertussis	36	197	24	1,165	- 968
Parkinson's Disease	37	187	44	212	- 25
Epilepsy	38	180	37	350	- 170
Oesophagus Cancer	39	179	63	20	+ 159
Ovary Cancer	40	175	54	93	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	169	42	238	- 69
Schistosomiasis	42	160	43	232	- 71
Endocrine Disorders	43	157	25	1,140	- 982
Oral Cancer	44	157	52	122	+ 35
Liver Cancer	45	153	23	1,167	- 1,015
Lung Cancers	46	136	50	128	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	47	119	32	525	- 406
Stomach Cancer	48	106	41	245	- 139
Alcohol	49	100	55	83	+ 17
Skin Disease	50	98	51	127	- 29
Bladder Cancer	51	93	60	32	+ 61
Tetanus	52	83	45	170	- 87
Drug Use	53	80	46	169	- 89
Syphilis	54	77	39	328	- 251
Appendicitis	55	69	57	41	+ 28
Skin Cancers	56	66	49	152	- 86
Hepatitis B	57	61	47	162	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	58	43	65	19	+ 24
Leishmaniasis	59	42	78	0	+ 42
Upper Respiratory	60	39	69	15	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	61	39	59	38	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	34	56	81	- 46
Measles	63	28	4	6,025	- 5,997
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	26	70	13	+ 14
Hepatitis C	65	14	61	22	- 8
Other Neoplasms	66	13	68	16	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	66	18	- 9
Ascariasis	68	4	62	22	- 18
Otitis Media	69	4	72	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 0
War	71	1	64	20	- 19
Diphtheria	72	1	58	40	- 39
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Eritrea

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.