NORWAY VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,846	6	1,797	+ 1,049
Stroke	2	2,227	4	2,475	- 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,991	37	128	+ 1,863
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,871	1	5,321	- 3,450
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,152	42	114	+ 1,038
Liver Disease	6	1,055	30	214	+ 841
Diabetes Mellitus	7	820	16	560	+ 261
Hypertension	8	804	28	230	+ 574
Lung Disease	9	575	3	2,723	- 2,148
Malnutrition	10	573	35	135	+ 438
Birth Trauma	11	535	54	17	+ 518
Kidney Disease	12	502	14	611	- 109
Maternal Conditions	13	472	66	1	+ 471
Tuberculosis	14	472	56	15	+ 457
Other Injuries	15	469	15	583	- 114
Low Birth Weight	16	461	52	23	+ 438
Malaria	17	380	84	0	+ 380
Congenital Anomalies	18	375	34	136	+ 239
Meningitis	19	351	58	14	+ 338
Violence	20	334	50	32	+ 302
Suicide	21	332	13	633	- 302
Asthma	22	283	43	85	+ 199
Breast Cancer	23	270	11	698	- 428
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	269	2	4,464	- 4,195
HIV/AIDS	25	267	61	10	+ 257
Falls	26	146	9	777	- 631
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	128	33	160	- 32
Lymphomas	28	127	12	646	- 518
Leukemia	29	125	21	354	- 229
Cervical Cancer	30	115	39	125	- 10
Fires	31	115	48	45	+ 70
Inflammatory/Heart	32	107	29	221	- 114
Drownings	33	102	45	65	+ 38
Poisonings	34	99	57	14	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	98	7	1,787	- 1,688
Pertussis	36	78	64	1	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	37	74	17	554	- 481
Epilepsy	38	71	40	119	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	39	70	27	248	- 177
Ovary Cancer	40	69	24	309	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	67	46	61	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	42	63	83	0	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	43	62	19	359	- 297
Oral Cancer	44	62	32	168	- 106
Liver Cancer	45	60	26	259	- 199
Lung Cancers	46	54	5	2,320	- 2,266
Prostate Cancer	47	47	8	1,172	- 1,125
Stomach Cancer	48	42	22	343	- 301
Alcohol	49	40	31	205	- 165
Skin Disease	50	39	38	128	- 89
Bladder Cancer	51	36	20	356	- 320
Tetanus	52	33	69	0	+ 32
Drug Use	53	31	25	264	- 232
Syphilis	54	30	67	1	+ 29
Appendicitis	55	27	59	12	+ 15
Skin Cancers	56	26	18	407	- 382
Hepatitis B	57	24	63	3	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	58	17	10	770	- 753
Leishmaniasis	59	17	81	0	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	60	16	60	12	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	61	15	36	134	- 119
Encephalitis	62	13	70	0	+ 13
Measles	63	11	72	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	47	60	- 50
Hepatitis C	65	6	55	17	- 11
Other Neoplasms	66	5	23	324	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	41	119	- 116
Ascariasis	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	65	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
War	71	0	68	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Eritrea

Norway

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.