SWEDEN VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,470	7	2,659	+ 2,811
Stroke	2	4,280	3	6,035	- 1,755
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,826	36	289	+ 3,537
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,595	1	15,136	- 11,540
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,214	34	315	+ 1,899
Liver Disease	6	2,028	23	723	+ 1,304
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,577	11	1,834	- 258
Hypertension	8	1,545	10	1,838	- 293
Lung Disease	9	1,105	4	4,344	- 3,240
Malnutrition	10	1,101	45	117	+ 984
Birth Trauma	11	1,029	55	34	+ 995
Kidney Disease	12	964	12	1,629	- 665
Maternal Conditions	13	907	64	5	+ 902
Tuberculosis	14	907	56	24	+ 883
Other Injuries	15	901	15	1,374	- 472
Low Birth Weight	16	887	51	50	+ 836
Malaria	17	729	74	0	+ 729
Congenital Anomalies	18	721	35	308	+ 413
Meningitis	19	675	54	35	+ 640
Violence	20	641	47	113	+ 528
Suicide	21	637	14	1,479	- 842
Asthma	22	544	42	158	+ 386
Breast Cancer	23	520	13	1,582	- 1,062
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	517	2	10,917	- 10,400
HIV/AIDS	25	513	61	13	+ 501
Falls	26	281	17	1,109	- 828
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	245	37	277	- 32
Lymphomas	28	245	16	1,357	- 1,112
Leukemia	29	240	20	825	- 585
Cervical Cancer	30	221	38	228	- 6
Fires	31	220	49	65	+ 155
Inflammatory/Heart	32	205	28	547	- 342
Drownings	33	196	46	114	+ 82
Poisonings	34	191	60	18	+ 173
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	189	6	3,049	- 2,861
Pertussis	36	150	67	0	+ 149
Parkinson's Disease	37	142	19	943	- 801
Epilepsy	38	136	44	121	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	39	135	29	538	- 403
Ovary Cancer	40	133	27	553	- 420
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	128	48	110	+ 18
Schistosomiasis	42	121	69	0	+ 121
Endocrine Disorders	43	119	24	702	- 583
Oral Cancer	44	119	31	379	- 261
Liver Cancer	45	116	22	752	- 636
Lung Cancers	46	103	5	3,722	- 3,619
Prostate Cancer	47	90	8	2,622	- 2,532
Stomach Cancer	48	81	26	612	- 532
Alcohol	49	76	32	359	- 283
Skin Disease	50	75	39	220	- 145
Bladder Cancer	51	70	21	760	- 690
Tetanus	52	63	68	0	+ 62
Drug Use	53	60	30	423	- 363
Syphilis	54	58	72	0	+ 58
Appendicitis	55	52	59	18	+ 34
Skin Cancers	56	50	25	650	- 601
Hepatitis B	57	46	62	9	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	58	33	9	1,849	- 1,816
Leishmaniasis	59	32	75	0	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	60	30	58	20	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	61	29	33	345	- 315
Encephalitis	62	26	71	0	+ 26
Measles	63	21	83	0	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	20	43	129	- 109
Hepatitis C	65	11	53	44	- 33
Other Neoplasms	66	10	18	1,036	- 1,026
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	41	170	- 164
Ascariasis	68	3	81	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	69	3	66	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	2	73	0	+ 2
War	71	1	65	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	1	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	50	63	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	85	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Eritrea

Sweden

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.