SWITZERLAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,576	8	1,949	+ 2,627
Stroke	2	3,581	3	3,918	- 336
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,201	35	186	+ 3,016
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,008	1	10,713	- 7,705
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,852	34	193	+ 1,659
Liver Disease	6	1,697	21	677	+ 1,019
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,319	17	1,022	+ 297
Hypertension	8	1,293	6	2,471	- 1,178
Lung Disease	9	924	5	2,902	- 1,978
Malnutrition	10	921	47	84	+ 837
Birth Trauma	11	861	52	32	+ 829
Kidney Disease	12	807	13	1,261	- 454
Maternal Conditions	13	759	64	4	+ 755
Tuberculosis	14	759	56	21	+ 738
Other Injuries	15	754	30	410	+ 345
Low Birth Weight	16	742	43	105	+ 637
Malaria	17	610	77	0	+ 610
Congenital Anomalies	18	603	31	305	+ 298
Meningitis	19	565	57	20	+ 545
Violence	20	537	51	42	+ 494
Suicide	21	533	14	1,249	- 716
Asthma	22	455	46	95	+ 361
Breast Cancer	23	435	11	1,577	- 1,142
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	433	2	7,192	- 6,760
HIV/AIDS	25	430	54	29	+ 400
Falls	26	235	9	1,919	- 1,685
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	205	41	122	+ 83
Lymphomas	28	205	15	1,131	- 926
Leukemia	29	201	22	671	- 470
Cervical Cancer	30	185	42	105	+ 80
Fires	31	184	55	21	+ 163
Inflammatory/Heart	32	172	16	1,027	- 855
Drownings	33	164	50	49	+ 115
Poisonings	34	159	60	13	+ 147
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	158	7	1,995	- 1,837
Pertussis	36	125	73	0	+ 125
Parkinson's Disease	37	118	18	857	- 739
Epilepsy	38	114	39	159	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	39	113	28	491	- 378
Ovary Cancer	40	111	29	457	- 346
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	107	48	78	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	42	102	72	0	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	43	100	25	593	- 493
Oral Cancer	44	99	26	500	- 401
Liver Cancer	45	97	19	805	- 708
Lung Cancers	46	86	4	3,520	- 3,433
Prostate Cancer	47	76	10	1,579	- 1,504
Stomach Cancer	48	67	24	614	- 546
Alcohol	49	64	32	229	- 165
Skin Disease	50	62	40	129	- 67
Bladder Cancer	51	59	23	669	- 611
Tetanus	52	52	70	0	+ 52
Drug Use	53	51	36	176	- 125
Syphilis	54	49	65	2	+ 47
Appendicitis	55	44	59	15	+ 29
Skin Cancers	56	42	27	493	- 452
Hepatitis B	57	38	63	5	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	58	27	12	1,486	- 1,459
Leishmaniasis	59	27	71	0	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	60	25	61	11	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	61	24	33	224	- 199
Encephalitis	62	22	68	1	+ 21
Measles	63	18	75	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	17	49	68	- 51
Hepatitis C	65	9	58	15	- 6
Other Neoplasms	66	8	20	681	- 673
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	38	160	- 155
Ascariasis	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	69	2	69	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
War	71	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Eritrea

Switzerland

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.