MADAGASCAR VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	15,212	2	14,605	+ 608
Stroke	2	11,904	1	17,964	- 6,060
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	10,641	5	11,085	- 444
Coronary Heart Disease	4	9,999	3	12,388	- 2,389
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,157	7	7,880	- 1,723
Liver Disease	6	5,640	12	4,803	+ 837
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,385	16	3,278	+ 1,107
Hypertension	8	4,298	8	6,208	- 1,910
Lung Disease	9	3,073	14	3,957	- 885
Malnutrition	10	3,063	13	4,236	- 1,173
Birth Trauma	11	2,861	11	5,347	- 2,486
Kidney Disease	12	2,682	22	2,202	+ 480
Maternal Conditions	13	2,524	18	2,776	- 253
Tuberculosis	14	2,523	4	11,606	- 9,083
Other Injuries	15	2,507	21	2,359	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	16	2,466	10	5,353	- 2,887
Malaria	17	2,029	9	5,507	- 3,478
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,006	15	3,380	- 1,375
Meningitis	19	1,878	20	2,391	- 513
Violence	20	1,784	23	1,749	+ 35
Suicide	21	1,772	24	1,476	+ 297
Asthma	22	1,514	19	2,507	- 993
Breast Cancer	23	1,446	37	629	+ 817
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,438	26	1,120	+ 318
HIV/AIDS	25	1,428	25	1,341	+ 86
Falls	26	780	36	653	+ 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	683	42	495	+ 188
Lymphomas	28	681	34	675	+ 7
Leukemia	29	669	45	401	+ 268
Cervical Cancer	30	615	17	3,028	- 2,413
Fires	31	612	35	661	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	32	570	28	1,046	- 476
Drownings	33	546	31	825	- 278
Poisonings	34	530	40	571	- 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	525	39	606	- 81
Pertussis	36	416	41	519	- 103
Parkinson's Disease	37	394	49	266	+ 128
Epilepsy	38	378	46	385	- 6
Oesophagus Cancer	39	376	27	1,080	- 704
Ovary Cancer	40	369	57	135	+ 234
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	356	38	627	- 271
Schistosomiasis	42	338	50	260	+ 78
Endocrine Disorders	43	331	44	463	- 132
Oral Cancer	44	330	32	697	- 367
Liver Cancer	45	321	30	933	- 612
Lung Cancers	46	286	55	147	+ 139
Prostate Cancer	47	251	29	996	- 745
Stomach Cancer	48	224	47	368	- 143
Alcohol	49	211	53	161	+ 50
Skin Disease	50	207	51	187	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	51	195	48	286	- 91
Tetanus	52	174	52	186	- 12
Drug Use	53	168	62	58	+ 110
Syphilis	54	162	33	680	- 519
Appendicitis	55	146	56	147	- 1
Skin Cancers	56	138	43	467	- 329
Hepatitis B	57	128	58	98	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	58	91	61	80	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	59	88	78	0	+ 88
Upper Respiratory	60	83	63	49	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	61	81	59	95	- 13
Encephalitis	62	72	60	94	- 22
Measles	63	59	6	9,172	- 9,113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	55	64	47	+ 8
Hepatitis C	65	30	67	16	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	66	28	65	24	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	18	66	18	- 0
Ascariasis	68	8	70	5	+ 3
Otitis Media	69	8	68	10	- 2
Chlamydia	70	5	69	7	- 2
War	71	2	54	155	- 153
Diphtheria	72	2	71	3	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Eritrea

Madagascar

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.