TANZANIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	34,844	2	26,028	+ 8,816
Stroke	2	27,266	7	16,894	+ 10,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	24,374	6	17,587	+ 6,788
Coronary Heart Disease	4	22,903	9	13,215	+ 9,688
Road Traffic Accidents	5	14,103	5	18,054	- 3,951
Liver Disease	6	12,918	13	6,586	+ 6,332
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,043	15	6,247	+ 3,797
Hypertension	8	9,844	17	5,209	+ 4,635
Lung Disease	9	7,038	22	3,051	+ 3,987
Malnutrition	10	7,015	16	5,574	+ 1,440
Birth Trauma	11	6,554	8	15,086	- 8,532
Kidney Disease	12	6,143	19	4,547	+ 1,596
Maternal Conditions	13	5,780	12	6,835	- 1,055
Tuberculosis	14	5,779	4	20,269	- 14,490
Other Injuries	15	5,742	20	4,270	+ 1,473
Low Birth Weight	16	5,647	10	12,173	- 6,525
Malaria	17	4,647	3	21,758	- 17,111
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,594	11	9,791	- 5,196
Meningitis	19	4,301	21	3,188	+ 1,113
Violence	20	4,086	18	4,713	- 627
Suicide	21	4,059	24	2,474	+ 1,585
Asthma	22	3,468	30	1,700	+ 1,767
Breast Cancer	23	3,312	37	1,285	+ 2,027
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	3,294	27	2,048	+ 1,246
HIV/AIDS	25	3,270	1	27,402	- 24,131
Falls	26	1,788	34	1,533	+ 254
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,564	46	462	+ 1,102
Lymphomas	28	1,561	41	805	+ 756
Leukemia	29	1,532	47	416	+ 1,116
Cervical Cancer	30	1,409	14	6,424	- 5,015
Fires	31	1,402	35	1,424	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,307	38	1,227	+ 79
Drownings	33	1,251	32	1,642	- 390
Poisonings	34	1,214	40	1,170	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,202	33	1,567	- 365
Pertussis	36	953	23	2,774	- 1,821
Parkinson's Disease	37	902	45	513	+ 388
Epilepsy	38	867	43	707	+ 160
Oesophagus Cancer	39	862	25	2,247	- 1,386
Ovary Cancer	40	845	53	337	+ 508
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	816	50	401	+ 415
Schistosomiasis	42	774	51	371	+ 403
Endocrine Disorders	43	758	29	1,778	- 1,020
Oral Cancer	44	755	31	1,646	- 891
Liver Cancer	45	736	36	1,413	- 677
Lung Cancers	46	656	61	159	+ 497
Prostate Cancer	47	576	28	1,819	- 1,244
Stomach Cancer	48	514	39	1,190	- 677
Alcohol	49	484	56	270	+ 213
Skin Disease	50	475	52	359	+ 115
Bladder Cancer	51	446	44	667	- 221
Tetanus	52	399	49	402	- 3
Drug Use	53	385	48	404	- 19
Syphilis	54	370	26	2,115	- 1,745
Appendicitis	55	333	58	218	+ 116
Skin Cancers	56	317	42	744	- 428
Hepatitis B	57	293	60	168	+ 125
Pancreas Cancer	58	208	62	158	+ 50
Leishmaniasis	59	202	77	0	+ 202
Upper Respiratory	60	190	54	299	- 109
Uterin Cancer	61	186	57	218	- 32
Encephalitis	62	165	59	199	- 33
Measles	63	134	55	295	- 160
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	127	63	81	+ 45
Hepatitis C	65	68	66	40	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	66	65	64	58	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	67	40	68	27	+ 14
Ascariasis	68	19	65	56	- 36
Otitis Media	69	19	69	17	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	11	71	9	+ 2
War	71	4	67	30	- 25
Diphtheria	72	3	70	11	- 7
Dengue	73	1	73	2	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Eritrea

Tanzania

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.