IRELAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,703	6	1,298	+ 1,405
Stroke	2	2,115	5	1,770	+ 345
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,891	45	53	+ 1,838
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,777	1	4,762	- 2,985
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,094	33	153	+ 941
Liver Disease	6	1,002	19	279	+ 723
Diabetes Mellitus	7	779	16	414	+ 366
Hypertension	8	764	29	175	+ 589
Lung Disease	9	546	4	1,915	- 1,369
Malnutrition	10	544	63	2	+ 542
Birth Trauma	11	508	56	10	+ 498
Kidney Disease	12	477	10	566	- 90
Maternal Conditions	13	448	61	3	+ 445
Tuberculosis	14	448	50	23	+ 425
Other Injuries	15	445	30	171	+ 275
Low Birth Weight	16	438	44	56	+ 382
Malaria	17	361	75	0	+ 361
Congenital Anomalies	18	356	32	153	+ 203
Meningitis	19	334	58	7	+ 326
Violence	20	317	47	38	+ 279
Suicide	21	315	14	470	- 155
Asthma	22	269	41	58	+ 211
Breast Cancer	23	257	8	760	- 503
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	256	2	3,209	- 2,954
HIV/AIDS	25	254	57	9	+ 245
Falls	26	139	25	247	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	121	38	67	+ 54
Lymphomas	28	121	13	513	- 392
Leukemia	29	119	20	274	- 155
Cervical Cancer	30	109	35	103	+ 6
Fires	31	109	48	30	+ 79
Inflammatory/Heart	32	101	26	240	- 138
Drownings	33	97	43	57	+ 40
Poisonings	34	94	53	14	+ 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	93	7	1,095	- 1,002
Pertussis	36	74	67	0	+ 74
Parkinson's Disease	37	70	12	530	- 460
Epilepsy	38	67	36	85	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	39	67	15	419	- 352
Ovary Cancer	40	66	21	273	- 207
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	63	46	50	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	42	60	72	0	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	43	59	24	249	- 190
Oral Cancer	44	59	28	183	- 124
Liver Cancer	45	57	18	318	- 261
Lung Cancers	46	51	3	1,916	- 1,865
Prostate Cancer	47	45	9	585	- 540
Stomach Cancer	48	40	17	357	- 317
Alcohol	49	38	39	64	- 27
Skin Disease	50	37	42	58	- 21
Bladder Cancer	51	35	22	256	- 221
Tetanus	52	31	81	0	+ 31
Drug Use	53	30	31	167	- 137
Syphilis	54	29	68	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	55	26	60	3	+ 22
Skin Cancers	56	25	23	252	- 227
Hepatitis B	57	23	59	6	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	58	16	11	530	- 514
Leishmaniasis	59	16	76	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	60	15	64	1	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	61	14	34	126	- 112
Encephalitis	62	13	66	0	+ 13
Measles	63	10	83	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	40	59	- 49
Hepatitis C	65	5	52	19	- 14
Other Neoplasms	66	5	27	218	- 213
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	37	83	- 80
Ascariasis	68	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
War	71	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Eritrea

Ireland

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.