LITHUANIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,357	7	654	+ 703
Stroke	2	1,062	2	5,643	- 4,581
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	950	42	59	+ 890
Coronary Heart Disease	4	892	1	15,329	- 14,437
Road Traffic Accidents	5	549	27	225	+ 325
Liver Disease	6	503	9	644	- 140
Diabetes Mellitus	7	391	14	525	- 134
Hypertension	8	383	4	1,289	- 906
Lung Disease	9	274	16	513	- 239
Malnutrition	10	273	58	7	+ 266
Birth Trauma	11	255	53	10	+ 245
Kidney Disease	12	239	19	372	- 133
Maternal Conditions	13	225	63	2	+ 223
Tuberculosis	14	225	38	119	+ 106
Other Injuries	15	224	18	416	- 192
Low Birth Weight	16	220	55	9	+ 211
Malaria	17	181	81	0	+ 181
Congenital Anomalies	18	179	41	62	+ 117
Meningitis	19	168	52	19	+ 148
Violence	20	159	36	132	+ 28
Suicide	21	158	6	721	- 563
Asthma	22	135	46	45	+ 90
Breast Cancer	23	129	11	629	- 500
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	128	8	649	- 521
HIV/AIDS	25	127	51	22	+ 105
Falls	26	70	15	518	- 448
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	61	22	313	- 252
Lymphomas	28	61	21	321	- 261
Leukemia	29	60	24	284	- 224
Cervical Cancer	30	55	28	224	- 169
Fires	31	55	43	51	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	32	51	17	484	- 433
Drownings	33	49	35	150	- 101
Poisonings	34	47	45	46	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	47	5	1,074	- 1,027
Pertussis	36	37	69	0	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	37	35	29	222	- 187
Epilepsy	38	34	40	62	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	39	34	30	219	- 185
Ovary Cancer	40	33	26	233	- 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	32	48	29	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	42	30	78	0	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	43	30	39	72	- 43
Oral Cancer	44	29	20	338	- 309
Liver Cancer	45	29	25	239	- 210
Lung Cancers	46	26	3	1,329	- 1,303
Prostate Cancer	47	22	12	598	- 575
Stomach Cancer	48	20	10	639	- 619
Alcohol	49	19	33	192	- 173
Skin Disease	50	19	44	48	- 29
Bladder Cancer	51	17	23	292	- 275
Tetanus	52	16	62	2	+ 13
Drug Use	53	15	37	122	- 107
Syphilis	54	14	70	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	55	13	54	10	+ 3
Skin Cancers	56	12	32	197	- 184
Hepatitis B	57	11	61	5	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	13	578	- 570
Leishmaniasis	59	8	77	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	60	7	68	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	61	7	34	159	- 152
Encephalitis	62	6	65	2	+ 5
Measles	63	5	83	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	47	41	- 36
Hepatitis C	65	3	50	23	- 21
Other Neoplasms	66	3	31	212	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	49	29	- 27
Ascariasis	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Eritrea

Lithuania

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.