SWAZILAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	588	2	921	- 333
Stroke	2	460	4	800	- 340
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	411	6	517	- 106
Coronary Heart Disease	4	386	5	755	- 369
Road Traffic Accidents	5	238	7	384	- 146
Liver Disease	6	218	11	274	- 56
Diabetes Mellitus	7	169	3	892	- 723
Hypertension	8	166	10	292	- 126
Lung Disease	9	119	12	264	- 146
Malnutrition	10	118	22	106	+ 13
Birth Trauma	11	111	18	166	- 56
Kidney Disease	12	104	8	381	- 278
Maternal Conditions	13	98	21	116	- 18
Tuberculosis	14	97	13	256	- 158
Other Injuries	15	97	17	190	- 93
Low Birth Weight	16	95	14	233	- 138
Malaria	17	78	67	0	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	18	78	19	160	- 83
Meningitis	19	73	23	97	- 25
Violence	20	69	16	212	- 143
Suicide	21	68	9	338	- 269
Asthma	22	58	20	150	- 91
Breast Cancer	23	56	35	37	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	56	27	77	- 21
HIV/AIDS	25	55	1	2,314	- 2,258
Falls	26	30	32	41	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	26	29	51	- 24
Lymphomas	28	26	36	31	- 5
Leukemia	29	26	47	16	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	30	24	15	215	- 191
Fires	31	24	26	84	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	32	22	24	94	- 72
Drownings	33	21	25	87	- 66
Poisonings	34	20	34	37	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	20	43	19	+ 2
Pertussis	36	16	33	39	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	37	15	41	24	- 9
Epilepsy	38	15	30	46	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	39	15	44	18	- 4
Ovary Cancer	40	14	52	10	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	14	39	26	- 12
Schistosomiasis	42	13	49	13	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	43	13	28	74	- 61
Oral Cancer	44	13	51	10	+ 3
Liver Cancer	45	12	37	29	- 17
Lung Cancers	46	11	46	17	- 6
Prostate Cancer	47	10	31	45	- 35
Stomach Cancer	48	9	53	7	+ 2
Alcohol	49	8	48	16	- 8
Skin Disease	50	8	40	25	- 17
Bladder Cancer	51	8	55	6	+ 1
Tetanus	52	7	62	4	+ 3
Drug Use	53	6	38	27	- 20
Syphilis	54	6	45	17	- 11
Appendicitis	55	6	54	7	- 1
Skin Cancers	56	5	42	20	- 15
Hepatitis B	57	5	57	6	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	4	56	6	- 3
Leishmaniasis	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	3	60	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	61	3	50	11	- 8
Encephalitis	62	3	59	5	- 2
Measles	63	2	64	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	58	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	61	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
War	71	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	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	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	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 SWAZILAND

Eritrea

Swaziland

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.