JAMAICA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,458	15	393	+ 1,066
Stroke	2	1,141	1	2,415	- 1,273
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,020	42	35	+ 986
Coronary Heart Disease	4	959	3	1,726	- 767
Road Traffic Accidents	5	590	12	444	+ 146
Liver Disease	6	541	21	155	+ 386
Diabetes Mellitus	7	420	2	2,077	- 1,657
Hypertension	8	412	8	651	- 239
Lung Disease	9	295	11	452	- 157
Malnutrition	10	294	40	48	+ 246
Birth Trauma	11	274	37	65	+ 209
Kidney Disease	12	257	6	793	- 536
Maternal Conditions	13	242	43	35	+ 207
Tuberculosis	14	242	54	8	+ 234
Other Injuries	15	240	31	91	+ 150
Low Birth Weight	16	236	18	241	- 4
Malaria	17	195	72	0	+ 195
Congenital Anomalies	18	192	23	139	+ 54
Meningitis	19	180	47	16	+ 164
Violence	20	171	4	1,484	- 1,313
Suicide	21	170	35	70	+ 100
Asthma	22	145	36	65	+ 80
Breast Cancer	23	139	14	413	- 275
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	138	9	587	- 449
HIV/AIDS	25	137	7	757	- 620
Falls	26	75	33	82	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	65	32	82	- 17
Lymphomas	28	65	17	251	- 186
Leukemia	29	64	26	129	- 65
Cervical Cancer	30	59	16	358	- 299
Fires	31	59	46	16	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	32	55	24	133	- 79
Drownings	33	52	51	10	+ 42
Poisonings	34	51	57	2	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	50	13	436	- 386
Pertussis	36	40	67	0	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	37	38	25	132	- 95
Epilepsy	38	36	41	46	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	39	36	34	74	- 38
Ovary Cancer	40	35	30	97	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	34	44	27	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	42	32	74	0	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	43	32	20	176	- 145
Oral Cancer	44	32	39	59	- 27
Liver Cancer	45	31	29	101	- 70
Lung Cancers	46	27	10	472	- 445
Prostate Cancer	47	24	5	883	- 859
Stomach Cancer	48	21	19	231	- 209
Alcohol	49	20	55	7	+ 13
Skin Disease	50	20	22	145	- 125
Bladder Cancer	51	19	38	60	- 41
Tetanus	52	17	63	0	+ 16
Drug Use	53	16	48	13	+ 3
Syphilis	54	15	60	1	+ 15
Appendicitis	55	14	53	9	+ 5
Skin Cancers	56	13	52	10	+ 3
Hepatitis B	57	12	59	1	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	9	27	119	- 110
Leishmaniasis	59	8	71	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	8	65	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	61	8	28	106	- 98
Encephalitis	62	7	49	13	- 6
Measles	63	6	77	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	50	11	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	3	45	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Eritrea

Jamaica

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.