NEPAL VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	16,075	6	6,237	+ 9,838
Stroke	2	12,579	4	12,909	- 330
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	11,245	7	6,071	+ 5,174
Coronary Heart Disease	4	10,566	2	19,677	- 9,111
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,506	9	4,654	+ 1,851
Liver Disease	6	5,959	5	6,383	- 424
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,633	14	2,929	+ 1,704
Hypertension	8	4,541	18	2,092	+ 2,450
Lung Disease	9	3,247	1	27,027	- 23,780
Malnutrition	10	3,236	31	845	+ 2,391
Birth Trauma	11	3,024	15	2,676	+ 348
Kidney Disease	12	2,834	10	4,284	- 1,450
Maternal Conditions	13	2,667	28	977	+ 1,690
Tuberculosis	14	2,666	3	16,535	- 13,868
Other Injuries	15	2,649	22	1,655	+ 995
Low Birth Weight	16	2,605	11	3,822	- 1,217
Malaria	17	2,144	72	0	+ 2,144
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,120	21	1,949	+ 171
Meningitis	19	1,984	43	377	+ 1,607
Violence	20	1,885	35	704	+ 1,181
Suicide	21	1,873	16	2,571	- 699
Asthma	22	1,600	8	5,930	- 4,330
Breast Cancer	23	1,528	27	1,038	+ 490
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,520	19	2,022	- 502
HIV/AIDS	25	1,509	34	737	+ 772
Falls	26	825	13	3,321	- 2,497
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	721	49	191	+ 530
Lymphomas	28	720	32	768	- 47
Leukemia	29	707	36	668	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	30	650	20	1,969	- 1,320
Fires	31	647	50	184	+ 463
Inflammatory/Heart	32	603	48	217	+ 386
Drownings	33	577	23	1,505	- 928
Poisonings	34	560	39	474	+ 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	555	26	1,167	- 613
Pertussis	36	439	40	453	- 13
Parkinson's Disease	37	416	33	760	- 344
Epilepsy	38	400	30	874	- 474
Oesophagus Cancer	39	397	38	491	- 94
Ovary Cancer	40	390	37	585	- 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	376	17	2,320	- 1,944
Schistosomiasis	42	357	73	0	+ 357
Endocrine Disorders	43	350	45	257	+ 92
Oral Cancer	44	348	24	1,389	- 1,040
Liver Cancer	45	340	46	256	+ 84
Lung Cancers	46	303	12	3,586	- 3,283
Prostate Cancer	47	266	58	85	+ 180
Stomach Cancer	48	237	25	1,379	- 1,142
Alcohol	49	223	52	168	+ 56
Skin Disease	50	219	67	17	+ 202
Bladder Cancer	51	206	44	325	- 119
Tetanus	52	184	53	134	+ 50
Drug Use	53	178	57	93	+ 84
Syphilis	54	171	54	134	+ 37
Appendicitis	55	154	47	220	- 67
Skin Cancers	56	146	42	400	- 253
Hepatitis B	57	135	56	117	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	58	96	41	445	- 349
Leishmaniasis	59	93	62	39	+ 54
Upper Respiratory	60	88	66	24	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	61	86	60	56	+ 29
Encephalitis	62	76	29	882	- 806
Measles	63	62	59	60	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	58	51	173	- 115
Hepatitis C	65	31	64	29	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	30	61	50	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	67	19	63	38	- 20
Ascariasis	68	9	69	4	+ 5
Otitis Media	69	9	70	4	+ 5
Chlamydia	70	5	68	5	+ 0
War	71	2	65	24	- 22
Diphtheria	72	2	71	1	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	120	- 119
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Eritrea

Nepal

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.