SOMALIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,723	1	21,712	- 14,988
Stroke	2	5,261	6	8,595	- 3,334
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,703	2	15,363	- 10,659
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,419	7	7,233	- 2,813
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,721	11	4,231	- 1,510
Liver Disease	6	2,493	13	3,917	- 1,424
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,938	16	2,888	- 950
Hypertension	8	1,899	18	2,643	- 744
Lung Disease	9	1,358	19	2,442	- 1,084
Malnutrition	10	1,354	10	4,825	- 3,471
Birth Trauma	11	1,265	5	9,573	- 8,309
Kidney Disease	12	1,185	21	2,051	- 866
Maternal Conditions	13	1,115	12	4,127	- 3,011
Tuberculosis	14	1,115	4	10,261	- 9,146
Other Injuries	15	1,108	14	3,602	- 2,494
Low Birth Weight	16	1,090	8	6,250	- 5,160
Malaria	17	897	22	1,942	- 1,045
Congenital Anomalies	18	887	15	3,410	- 2,524
Meningitis	19	830	9	5,381	- 4,551
Violence	20	788	29	828	- 40
Suicide	21	783	27	1,219	- 436
Asthma	22	669	23	1,878	- 1,209
Breast Cancer	23	639	26	1,232	- 592
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	636	32	647	- 12
HIV/AIDS	25	631	33	610	+ 21
Falls	26	345	37	548	- 203
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	302	36	559	- 257
Lymphomas	28	301	34	605	- 303
Leukemia	29	296	35	562	- 266
Cervical Cancer	30	272	28	883	- 611
Fires	31	271	30	810	- 540
Inflammatory/Heart	32	252	39	521	- 269
Drownings	33	241	25	1,272	- 1,030
Poisonings	34	234	31	758	- 524
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	232	38	546	- 314
Pertussis	36	184	20	2,054	- 1,870
Parkinson's Disease	37	174	56	184	- 10
Epilepsy	38	167	43	419	- 251
Oesophagus Cancer	39	166	40	516	- 350
Ovary Cancer	40	163	50	295	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	157	41	446	- 289
Schistosomiasis	42	149	42	435	- 286
Endocrine Disorders	43	146	44	406	- 260
Oral Cancer	44	146	46	328	- 182
Liver Cancer	45	142	53	256	- 114
Lung Cancers	46	127	54	233	- 106
Prostate Cancer	47	111	52	285	- 174
Stomach Cancer	48	99	49	310	- 211
Alcohol	49	93	59	151	- 58
Skin Disease	50	92	58	151	- 60
Bladder Cancer	51	86	61	149	- 63
Tetanus	52	77	17	2,648	- 2,571
Drug Use	53	74	65	54	+ 20
Syphilis	54	71	45	378	- 306
Appendicitis	55	64	55	188	- 123
Skin Cancers	56	61	57	164	- 103
Hepatitis B	57	57	48	315	- 258
Pancreas Cancer	58	40	62	108	- 67
Leishmaniasis	59	39	51	290	- 251
Upper Respiratory	60	37	47	326	- 289
Uterin Cancer	61	36	64	78	- 42
Encephalitis	62	32	63	91	- 59
Measles	63	26	3	11,576	- 11,550
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	24	66	35	- 11
Hepatitis C	65	13	67	34	- 21
Other Neoplasms	66	12	70	12	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	8	71	8	- 0
Ascariasis	68	4	69	30	- 26
Otitis Media	69	4	68	32	- 28
Chlamydia	70	2	72	5	- 3
War	71	1	24	1,318	- 1,317
Diphtheria	72	1	60	150	- 149
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 1
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	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Eritrea

Somalia

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.