NEW ZEALAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,666	7	920	+ 1,746
Stroke	2	2,086	3	2,378	- 292
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,865	37	81	+ 1,784
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,752	1	5,095	- 3,343
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,079	16	458	+ 621
Liver Disease	6	988	32	158	+ 831
Diabetes Mellitus	7	768	8	769	- 0
Hypertension	8	753	20	327	+ 426
Lung Disease	9	538	5	1,815	- 1,276
Malnutrition	10	537	55	14	+ 523
Birth Trauma	11	501	54	15	+ 487
Kidney Disease	12	470	17	432	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	13	442	63	5	+ 437
Tuberculosis	14	442	52	17	+ 425
Other Injuries	15	439	28	218	+ 221
Low Birth Weight	16	432	38	78	+ 354
Malaria	17	356	78	0	+ 356
Congenital Anomalies	18	351	30	176	+ 176
Meningitis	19	329	59	9	+ 320
Violence	20	313	42	57	+ 255
Suicide	21	311	15	528	- 218
Asthma	22	265	36	91	+ 175
Breast Cancer	23	253	10	737	- 483
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	252	2	3,032	- 2,780
HIV/AIDS	25	250	57	10	+ 240
Falls	26	137	11	627	- 490
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	120	39	70	+ 49
Lymphomas	28	119	13	608	- 489
Leukemia	29	117	18	391	- 274
Cervical Cancer	30	108	41	61	+ 47
Fires	31	107	53	17	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	32	100	23	313	- 213
Drownings	33	96	44	54	+ 41
Poisonings	34	93	58	9	+ 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	92	6	1,495	- 1,403
Pertussis	36	73	65	1	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	37	69	19	353	- 284
Epilepsy	38	66	43	55	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	39	66	25	279	- 213
Ovary Cancer	40	65	29	207	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	62	35	113	- 50
Schistosomiasis	42	59	77	0	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	43	58	21	325	- 267
Oral Cancer	44	58	31	164	- 106
Liver Cancer	45	56	24	288	- 232
Lung Cancers	46	50	4	1,873	- 1,823
Prostate Cancer	47	44	9	739	- 695
Stomach Cancer	48	39	22	323	- 284
Alcohol	49	37	45	51	- 14
Skin Disease	50	36	34	118	- 82
Bladder Cancer	51	34	26	267	- 233
Tetanus	52	31	69	0	+ 30
Drug Use	53	29	40	69	- 40
Syphilis	54	28	70	0	+ 28
Appendicitis	55	26	62	6	+ 20
Skin Cancers	56	24	12	612	- 587
Hepatitis B	57	22	56	14	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	58	16	14	543	- 527
Leishmaniasis	59	15	80	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	60	15	64	4	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	61	14	33	145	- 130
Encephalitis	62	13	66	1	+ 12
Measles	63	10	82	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	46	47	- 37
Hepatitis C	65	5	48	30	- 24
Other Neoplasms	66	5	27	245	- 240
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	47	43	- 40
Ascariasis	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
War	71	0	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	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	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Eritrea

New Zealand

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.