ICELAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	188	6	82	+ 106
Stroke	2	147	3	141	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	132	55	1	+ 131
Coronary Heart Disease	4	124	1	403	- 280
Road Traffic Accidents	5	76	35	7	+ 69
Liver Disease	6	70	31	9	+ 60
Diabetes Mellitus	7	54	16	30	+ 25
Hypertension	8	53	17	24	+ 29
Lung Disease	9	38	5	129	- 91
Malnutrition	10	38	57	1	+ 37
Birth Trauma	11	35	46	2	+ 33
Kidney Disease	12	33	15	33	- 0
Maternal Conditions	13	31	60	0	+ 31
Tuberculosis	14	31	82	0	+ 31
Other Injuries	15	31	11	50	- 19
Low Birth Weight	16	30	43	3	+ 27
Malaria	17	25	73	0	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	18	25	34	7	+ 17
Meningitis	19	23	50	1	+ 22
Violence	20	22	39	4	+ 18
Suicide	21	22	13	40	- 18
Asthma	22	19	48	2	+ 17
Breast Cancer	23	18	9	53	- 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	18	2	295	- 278
HIV/AIDS	25	18	59	0	+ 17
Falls	26	10	18	24	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	8	41	3	+ 5
Lymphomas	28	8	14	37	- 28
Leukemia	29	8	22	19	- 11
Cervical Cancer	30	8	32	9	- 2
Fires	31	8	58	1	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	32	7	26	16	- 9
Drownings	33	7	56	1	+ 6
Poisonings	34	7	42	3	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	6	7	73	- 67
Pertussis	36	5	62	0	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	37	5	10	53	- 48
Epilepsy	38	5	37	5	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	39	5	19	23	- 18
Ovary Cancer	40	5	25	16	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	4	54	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	42	4	75	0	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	43	4	27	16	- 12
Oral Cancer	44	4	33	9	- 4
Liver Cancer	45	4	20	22	- 18
Lung Cancers	46	4	4	134	- 131
Prostate Cancer	47	3	8	61	- 58
Stomach Cancer	48	3	23	18	- 15
Alcohol	49	3	28	14	- 12
Skin Disease	50	3	45	3	- 0
Bladder Cancer	51	2	21	20	- 18
Tetanus	52	2	68	0	+ 2
Drug Use	53	2	24	17	- 15
Syphilis	54	2	80	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	55	2	86	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	56	2	29	13	- 11
Hepatitis B	57	2	63	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	1	12	43	- 42
Leishmaniasis	59	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	51	1	- 0
Uterin Cancer	61	1	36	7	- 6
Encephalitis	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Measles	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	38	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	1	- 1
Other Neoplasms	66	0	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	44	3	- 3
Ascariasis	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	49	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Eritrea

Iceland

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.