THAILAND VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	36,114	3	31,289	+ 4,825
Stroke	2	28,260	2	50,273	- 22,013
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	25,263	15	6,863	+ 18,400
Coronary Heart Disease	4	23,738	1	51,305	- 27,568
Road Traffic Accidents	5	14,617	7	22,428	- 7,811
Liver Disease	6	13,388	11	17,596	- 4,208
Diabetes Mellitus	7	10,409	10	18,776	- 8,367
Hypertension	8	10,202	34	2,179	+ 8,023
Lung Disease	9	7,295	9	19,474	- 12,180
Malnutrition	10	7,271	42	962	+ 6,309
Birth Trauma	11	6,793	50	533	+ 6,259
Kidney Disease	12	6,367	4	26,822	- 20,455
Maternal Conditions	13	5,991	52	227	+ 5,764
Tuberculosis	14	5,990	14	9,551	- 3,562
Other Injuries	15	5,952	21	4,869	+ 1,082
Low Birth Weight	16	5,853	40	1,548	+ 4,306
Malaria	17	4,816	66	13	+ 4,803
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,762	35	2,107	+ 2,655
Meningitis	19	4,458	43	931	+ 3,527
Violence	20	4,235	31	2,965	+ 1,270
Suicide	21	4,207	16	6,147	- 1,940
Asthma	22	3,594	24	4,182	- 588
Breast Cancer	23	3,433	17	6,053	- 2,620
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	3,414	6	22,851	- 19,437
HIV/AIDS	25	3,389	12	13,922	- 10,533
Falls	26	1,853	18	5,409	- 3,556
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,621	39	1,679	- 58
Lymphomas	28	1,618	22	4,539	- 2,921
Leukemia	29	1,588	26	3,902	- 2,314
Cervical Cancer	30	1,460	19	5,110	- 3,650
Fires	31	1,453	48	617	+ 836
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,354	32	2,879	- 1,525
Drownings	33	1,297	25	3,956	- 2,659
Poisonings	34	1,259	57	132	+ 1,127
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	1,246	13	9,908	- 8,662
Pertussis	36	987	62	77	+ 910
Parkinson's Disease	37	934	23	4,292	- 3,358
Epilepsy	38	898	47	689	+ 209
Oesophagus Cancer	39	893	29	3,156	- 2,263
Ovary Cancer	40	876	36	2,003	- 1,127
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	845	51	436	+ 410
Schistosomiasis	42	802	75	0	+ 802
Endocrine Disorders	43	785	37	1,888	- 1,103
Oral Cancer	44	783	20	4,961	- 4,178
Liver Cancer	45	763	5	23,883	- 23,120
Lung Cancers	46	680	8	22,296	- 21,616
Prostate Cancer	47	597	30	3,013	- 2,416
Stomach Cancer	48	532	27	3,451	- 2,918
Alcohol	49	501	49	548	- 47
Skin Disease	50	492	28	3,375	- 2,883
Bladder Cancer	51	463	38	1,798	- 1,336
Tetanus	52	413	58	116	+ 297
Drug Use	53	399	45	794	- 395
Syphilis	54	384	64	36	+ 347
Appendicitis	55	345	59	114	+ 231
Skin Cancers	56	328	41	1,133	- 804
Hepatitis B	57	304	56	153	+ 150
Pancreas Cancer	58	216	33	2,383	- 2,167
Leishmaniasis	59	209	72	1	+ 208
Upper Respiratory	60	197	65	18	+ 179
Uterin Cancer	61	193	44	864	- 671
Encephalitis	62	171	46	722	- 550
Measles	63	139	63	56	+ 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	131	53	194	- 63
Hepatitis C	65	71	67	7	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	66	67	54	192	- 125
Multiple Sclerosis	67	42	61	86	- 44
Ascariasis	68	20	69	4	+ 16
Otitis Media	69	19	68	7	+ 12
Chlamydia	70	11	70	3	+ 8
War	71	5	60	87	- 83
Diphtheria	72	4	71	1	+ 3
Dengue	73	1	55	172	- 171
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Eritrea

Thailand

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.