NIGER VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	13,606	1	21,093	- 7,487
Stroke	2	10,647	5	8,717	+ 1,930
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	9,518	3	16,030	- 6,513
Coronary Heart Disease	4	8,943	6	8,229	+ 714
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,507	8	5,946	- 439
Liver Disease	6	5,044	11	4,116	+ 928
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,922	17	2,630	+ 1,292
Hypertension	8	3,844	25	1,356	+ 2,488
Lung Disease	9	2,748	20	2,172	+ 576
Malnutrition	10	2,739	21	2,170	+ 569
Birth Trauma	11	2,559	7	8,030	- 5,471
Kidney Disease	12	2,399	16	2,732	- 334
Maternal Conditions	13	2,257	14	3,317	- 1,060
Tuberculosis	14	2,257	13	3,703	- 1,446
Other Injuries	15	2,242	12	3,826	- 1,583
Low Birth Weight	16	2,205	4	9,560	- 7,355
Malaria	17	1,815	2	17,022	- 15,207
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,794	10	4,346	- 2,552
Meningitis	19	1,679	9	5,237	- 3,558
Violence	20	1,596	19	2,244	- 648
Suicide	21	1,585	27	1,227	+ 358
Asthma	22	1,354	22	1,902	- 548
Breast Cancer	23	1,293	29	1,075	+ 218
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,286	32	858	+ 428
HIV/AIDS	25	1,277	30	1,048	+ 229
Falls	26	698	26	1,297	- 599
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	611	31	1,044	- 434
Lymphomas	28	610	43	350	+ 259
Leukemia	29	598	48	258	+ 341
Cervical Cancer	30	550	38	487	+ 63
Fires	31	548	28	1,120	- 573
Inflammatory/Heart	32	510	34	769	- 258
Drownings	33	489	24	1,581	- 1,092
Poisonings	34	474	33	771	- 297
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	470	37	522	- 52
Pertussis	36	372	15	2,858	- 2,486
Parkinson's Disease	37	352	47	275	+ 77
Epilepsy	38	338	36	676	- 338
Oesophagus Cancer	39	336	55	132	+ 205
Ovary Cancer	40	330	40	425	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	319	39	467	- 148
Schistosomiasis	42	302	50	237	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	43	296	23	1,806	- 1,510
Oral Cancer	44	295	49	242	+ 53
Liver Cancer	45	287	35	745	- 458
Lung Cancers	46	256	67	42	+ 214
Prostate Cancer	47	225	57	128	+ 97
Stomach Cancer	48	201	44	300	- 100
Alcohol	49	189	60	120	+ 69
Skin Disease	50	185	52	213	- 27
Bladder Cancer	51	174	53	161	+ 13
Tetanus	52	156	42	372	- 217
Drug Use	53	150	58	126	+ 24
Syphilis	54	145	62	110	+ 35
Appendicitis	55	130	56	128	+ 2
Skin Cancers	56	124	45	287	- 163
Hepatitis B	57	114	46	279	- 164
Pancreas Cancer	58	81	54	138	- 57
Leishmaniasis	59	79	51	237	- 158
Upper Respiratory	60	74	63	94	- 20
Uterin Cancer	61	73	64	86	- 14
Encephalitis	62	65	61	112	- 48
Measles	63	53	18	2,414	- 2,361
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	49	70	18	+ 32
Hepatitis C	65	27	66	46	- 19
Other Neoplasms	66	25	68	24	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	16	69	22	- 7
Ascariasis	68	8	59	125	- 117
Otitis Media	69	7	72	1	+ 6
Chlamydia	70	4	71	3	+ 1
War	71	2	41	409	- 408
Diphtheria	72	1	65	60	- 59
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 NIGER

Eritrea

Niger

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.