INDIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	727,816	6	392,425	+ 335,391
Stroke	2	569,523	3	697,038	- 127,515
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	509,123	4	670,315	- 161,191
Coronary Heart Disease	4	478,390	1	1,520,034	- 1,041,644
Road Traffic Accidents	5	294,570	12	212,596	+ 81,974
Liver Disease	6	269,819	8	268,580	+ 1,239
Diabetes Mellitus	7	209,780	7	271,495	- 61,716
Hypertension	8	205,610	19	108,050	+ 97,560
Lung Disease	9	147,008	2	879,732	- 732,725
Malnutrition	10	146,524	55	8,626	+ 137,898
Birth Trauma	11	136,899	20	102,819	+ 34,081
Kidney Disease	12	128,316	11	222,903	- 94,587
Maternal Conditions	13	120,737	41	25,917	+ 94,820
Tuberculosis	14	120,711	5	435,882	- 315,171
Other Injuries	15	119,947	15	149,570	- 29,623
Low Birth Weight	16	117,962	9	238,739	- 120,777
Malaria	17	97,067	57	7,705	+ 89,362
Congenital Anomalies	18	95,965	23	82,769	+ 13,196
Meningitis	19	89,834	36	33,337	+ 56,498
Violence	20	85,348	27	51,767	+ 33,582
Suicide	21	84,784	14	173,347	- 88,563
Asthma	22	72,431	13	196,051	- 123,620
Breast Cancer	23	69,179	22	82,821	- 13,642
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	68,804	17	126,593	- 57,789
HIV/AIDS	25	68,309	31	44,406	+ 23,903
Falls	26	37,337	10	225,755	- 188,418
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	32,660	26	68,108	- 35,448
Lymphomas	28	32,604	33	40,159	- 7,556
Leukemia	29	32,001	35	33,383	- 1,382
Cervical Cancer	30	29,423	30	45,319	- 15,896
Fires	31	29,289	42	23,265	+ 6,024
Inflammatory/Heart	32	27,290	49	12,651	+ 14,639
Drownings	33	26,140	28	48,774	- 22,635
Poisonings	34	25,363	61	3,540	+ 21,823
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	25,117	25	77,368	- 52,251
Pertussis	36	19,897	54	10,094	+ 9,803
Parkinson's Disease	37	18,831	32	43,398	- 24,567
Epilepsy	38	18,100	40	30,307	- 12,208
Oesophagus Cancer	39	17,996	34	38,898	- 20,902
Ovary Cancer	40	17,654	44	21,947	- 4,293
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	17,039	18	126,079	- 109,040
Schistosomiasis	42	16,166	76	0	+ 16,166
Endocrine Disorders	43	15,826	47	15,264	+ 562
Oral Cancer	44	15,774	16	134,187	- 118,413
Liver Cancer	45	15,375	39	30,369	- 14,994
Lung Cancers	46	13,701	21	88,276	- 74,575
Prostate Cancer	47	12,023	38	30,945	- 18,921
Stomach Cancer	48	10,727	24	81,058	- 70,331
Alcohol	49	10,103	43	23,097	- 12,993
Skin Disease	50	9,919	45	17,857	- 7,938
Bladder Cancer	51	9,322	48	14,081	- 4,758
Tetanus	52	8,329	58	7,093	+ 1,236
Drug Use	53	8,038	52	11,747	- 3,710
Syphilis	54	7,730	64	2,007	+ 5,722
Appendicitis	55	6,962	53	11,245	- 4,283
Skin Cancers	56	6,620	60	5,054	+ 1,566
Hepatitis B	57	6,121	56	8,184	- 2,063
Pancreas Cancer	58	4,343	37	32,812	- 28,469
Leishmaniasis	59	4,221	66	973	+ 3,248
Upper Respiratory	60	3,966	68	584	+ 3,382
Uterin Cancer	61	3,887	59	6,841	- 2,954
Encephalitis	62	3,452	29	48,080	- 44,628
Measles	63	2,809	51	11,923	- 9,114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2,645	50	11,931	- 9,286
Hepatitis C	65	1,422	65	1,364	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	66	1,350	62	2,968	- 1,618
Multiple Sclerosis	67	841	63	2,328	- 1,488
Ascariasis	68	405	70	126	+ 279
Otitis Media	69	387	71	68	+ 319
Chlamydia	70	229	69	379	- 150
War	71	93	67	890	- 797
Diphtheria	72	73	72	65	+ 8
Dengue	73	14	46	17,546	- 17,531
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

Eritrea

India

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.