PORTUGAL VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,272	4	6,851	- 1,579
Stroke	2	4,125	2	12,339	- 8,214
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,688	36	231	+ 3,457
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,465	1	12,878	- 9,413
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,134	27	838	+ 1,296
Liver Disease	6	1,954	22	1,126	+ 829
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,520	8	3,601	- 2,082
Hypertension	8	1,489	14	1,880	- 390
Lung Disease	9	1,065	7	4,286	- 3,221
Malnutrition	10	1,061	53	79	+ 983
Birth Trauma	11	992	60	24	+ 968
Kidney Disease	12	929	9	2,803	- 1,874
Maternal Conditions	13	875	63	7	+ 867
Tuberculosis	14	874	38	213	+ 661
Other Injuries	15	869	13	1,937	- 1,068
Low Birth Weight	16	854	52	79	+ 776
Malaria	17	703	78	0	+ 703
Congenital Anomalies	18	695	40	196	+ 499
Meningitis	19	651	56	43	+ 608
Violence	20	618	48	96	+ 522
Suicide	21	614	19	1,172	- 558
Asthma	22	525	43	146	+ 378
Breast Cancer	23	501	12	1,997	- 1,496
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	498	3	7,191	- 6,693
HIV/AIDS	25	495	35	320	+ 175
Falls	26	270	23	1,033	- 762
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	237	37	229	+ 8
Lymphomas	28	236	16	1,608	- 1,371
Leukemia	29	232	24	1,015	- 784
Cervical Cancer	30	213	34	329	- 116
Fires	31	212	46	108	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	32	198	26	909	- 711
Drownings	33	189	51	79	+ 110
Poisonings	34	184	57	29	+ 154
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	182	6	4,389	- 4,208
Pertussis	36	144	72	0	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	37	136	21	1,139	- 1,003
Epilepsy	38	131	31	415	- 284
Oesophagus Cancer	39	130	29	623	- 492
Ovary Cancer	40	128	33	397	- 269
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	123	41	169	- 45
Schistosomiasis	42	117	77	0	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	43	115	17	1,547	- 1,432
Oral Cancer	44	114	25	912	- 798
Liver Cancer	45	111	18	1,270	- 1,159
Lung Cancers	46	99	5	4,406	- 4,307
Prostate Cancer	47	87	11	2,124	- 2,037
Stomach Cancer	48	78	10	2,532	- 2,454
Alcohol	49	73	45	111	- 38
Skin Disease	50	72	39	202	- 131
Bladder Cancer	51	68	20	1,171	- 1,103
Tetanus	52	60	73	0	+ 60
Drug Use	53	58	44	128	- 70
Syphilis	54	56	64	3	+ 53
Appendicitis	55	50	61	21	+ 30
Skin Cancers	56	48	30	523	- 476
Hepatitis B	57	44	59	26	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	58	31	15	1,669	- 1,638
Leishmaniasis	59	31	68	1	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	60	29	62	15	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	61	28	32	406	- 378
Encephalitis	62	25	67	1	+ 24
Measles	63	20	71	0	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	19	47	99	- 80
Hepatitis C	65	10	49	87	- 77
Other Neoplasms	66	10	28	652	- 642
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	54	56	- 50
Ascariasis	68	3	83	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	69	3	66	2	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	2	76	0	+ 2
War	71	1	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	42	151	- 151
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	49	- 49
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Eritrea

Portugal

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.