JORDAN VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,771	8	937	+ 4,834
Stroke	2	4,516	2	2,908	+ 1,608
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,037	30	152	+ 3,885
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,794	1	4,856	- 1,063
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,336	3	1,717	+ 619
Liver Disease	6	2,140	14	494	+ 1,646
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,663	4	1,684	- 20
Hypertension	8	1,630	5	1,532	+ 99
Lung Disease	9	1,166	15	444	+ 722
Malnutrition	10	1,162	51	15	+ 1,147
Birth Trauma	11	1,086	20	271	+ 815
Kidney Disease	12	1,018	6	1,494	- 476
Maternal Conditions	13	957	44	53	+ 905
Tuberculosis	14	957	53	12	+ 945
Other Injuries	15	951	19	294	+ 657
Low Birth Weight	16	935	10	857	+ 78
Malaria	17	770	77	0	+ 770
Congenital Anomalies	18	761	9	934	- 173
Meningitis	19	712	37	78	+ 634
Violence	20	677	21	269	+ 408
Suicide	21	672	28	165	+ 507
Asthma	22	574	35	114	+ 460
Breast Cancer	23	549	12	686	- 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	546	11	706	- 161
HIV/AIDS	25	542	63	2	+ 540
Falls	26	296	24	191	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	259	40	67	+ 192
Lymphomas	28	259	18	323	- 65
Leukemia	29	254	16	370	- 116
Cervical Cancer	30	233	41	64	+ 170
Fires	31	232	29	153	+ 79
Inflammatory/Heart	32	216	38	74	+ 142
Drownings	33	207	36	107	+ 100
Poisonings	34	201	47	47	+ 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	199	13	616	- 417
Pertussis	36	158	43	55	+ 103
Parkinson's Disease	37	149	27	169	- 20
Epilepsy	38	144	46	49	+ 95
Oesophagus Cancer	39	143	42	63	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	40	140	32	139	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	135	50	22	+ 113
Schistosomiasis	42	128	62	3	+ 126
Endocrine Disorders	43	125	26	180	- 55
Oral Cancer	44	125	31	143	- 18
Liver Cancer	45	122	25	186	- 64
Lung Cancers	46	109	7	1,059	- 950
Prostate Cancer	47	95	33	131	- 36
Stomach Cancer	48	85	17	365	- 280
Alcohol	49	80	55	11	+ 70
Skin Disease	50	79	48	42	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	51	74	23	213	- 139
Tetanus	52	66	56	11	+ 56
Drug Use	53	64	34	115	- 51
Syphilis	54	61	45	52	+ 10
Appendicitis	55	55	58	8	+ 47
Skin Cancers	56	52	49	38	+ 15
Hepatitis B	57	49	60	4	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	58	34	22	245	- 211
Leishmaniasis	59	33	66	0	+ 33
Upper Respiratory	60	31	69	0	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	61	31	39	74	- 43
Encephalitis	62	27	52	14	+ 14
Measles	63	22	65	1	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	21	61	4	+ 17
Hepatitis C	65	11	64	1	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	66	11	57	9	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	54	12	- 5
Ascariasis	68	3	68	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	69	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	2	70	0	+ 2
War	71	1	59	6	- 5
Diphtheria	72	1	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Eritrea

Jordan

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.