SINGAPORE VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,114	2	5,189	- 2,075
Stroke	2	2,437	3	1,559	+ 878
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,178	39	28	+ 2,150
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,047	1	5,292	- 3,245
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,260	26	121	+ 1,139
Liver Disease	6	1,154	20	209	+ 945
Diabetes Mellitus	7	897	28	108	+ 790
Hypertension	8	880	8	732	+ 148
Lung Disease	9	629	14	383	+ 246
Malnutrition	10	627	63	0	+ 627
Birth Trauma	11	586	55	3	+ 583
Kidney Disease	12	549	6	1,028	- 479
Maternal Conditions	13	517	53	3	+ 513
Tuberculosis	14	516	40	26	+ 491
Other Injuries	15	513	32	79	+ 434
Low Birth Weight	16	505	41	25	+ 479
Malaria	17	415	75	0	+ 415
Congenital Anomalies	18	411	31	80	+ 331
Meningitis	19	384	48	8	+ 376
Violence	20	365	46	15	+ 351
Suicide	21	363	9	650	- 288
Asthma	22	310	35	37	+ 273
Breast Cancer	23	296	10	605	- 309
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	294	36	32	+ 262
HIV/AIDS	25	292	45	18	+ 274
Falls	26	160	18	218	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	140	33	69	+ 70
Lymphomas	28	139	13	397	- 257
Leukemia	29	137	17	249	- 112
Cervical Cancer	30	126	30	85	+ 41
Fires	31	125	49	7	+ 118
Inflammatory/Heart	32	117	19	215	- 99
Drownings	33	112	38	29	+ 83
Poisonings	34	109	60	1	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	107	5	1,203	- 1,095
Pertussis	36	85	62	0	+ 85
Parkinson's Disease	37	81	29	90	- 9
Epilepsy	38	77	42	25	+ 53
Oesophagus Cancer	39	77	24	137	- 60
Ovary Cancer	40	76	21	204	- 128
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	73	43	22	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	42	69	78	0	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	43	68	37	30	+ 37
Oral Cancer	44	67	15	317	- 249
Liver Cancer	45	66	7	746	- 680
Lung Cancers	46	59	4	1,540	- 1,482
Prostate Cancer	47	51	16	303	- 251
Stomach Cancer	48	46	12	405	- 359
Alcohol	49	43	47	10	+ 33
Skin Disease	50	42	25	136	- 93
Bladder Cancer	51	40	27	120	- 80
Tetanus	52	36	73	0	+ 36
Drug Use	53	34	44	19	+ 15
Syphilis	54	33	65	0	+ 33
Appendicitis	55	30	50	6	+ 24
Skin Cancers	56	28	34	56	- 28
Hepatitis B	57	26	52	4	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	58	19	11	537	- 518
Leishmaniasis	59	18	76	0	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	60	17	54	3	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	61	17	23	147	- 130
Encephalitis	62	15	61	0	+ 15
Measles	63	12	72	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	58	2	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	6	56	3	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	6	22	195	- 189
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	57	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	2	67	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	79	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
War	71	0	59	2	- 2
Diphtheria	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Eritrea

Singapore

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.