URUGUAY VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,769	6	1,370	+ 399
Stroke	2	1,384	2	2,850	- 1,465
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,238	35	134	+ 1,103
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,163	1	4,265	- 3,102
Road Traffic Accidents	5	716	16	512	+ 204
Liver Disease	6	656	27	206	+ 450
Diabetes Mellitus	7	510	11	747	- 237
Hypertension	8	500	15	648	- 148
Lung Disease	9	357	4	1,706	- 1,349
Malnutrition	10	356	43	73	+ 283
Birth Trauma	11	333	53	22	+ 311
Kidney Disease	12	312	8	1,040	- 728
Maternal Conditions	13	293	60	9	+ 285
Tuberculosis	14	293	41	81	+ 213
Other Injuries	15	292	10	774	- 482
Low Birth Weight	16	287	42	73	+ 213
Malaria	17	236	79	0	+ 236
Congenital Anomalies	18	233	30	170	+ 63
Meningitis	19	218	58	10	+ 208
Violence	20	207	23	295	- 88
Suicide	21	206	12	735	- 529
Asthma	22	176	37	127	+ 49
Breast Cancer	23	168	9	848	- 680
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	167	3	1,899	- 1,731
HIV/AIDS	25	166	28	195	- 29
Falls	26	91	47	55	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	79	46	57	+ 23
Lymphomas	28	79	20	457	- 378
Leukemia	29	78	25	280	- 203
Cervical Cancer	30	72	29	172	- 100
Fires	31	71	48	54	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	32	66	22	314	- 248
Drownings	33	64	45	65	- 1
Poisonings	34	62	55	17	+ 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	61	7	1,245	- 1,184
Pertussis	36	48	72	0	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	37	46	21	320	- 275
Epilepsy	38	44	40	86	- 42
Oesophagus Cancer	39	44	24	286	- 243
Ovary Cancer	40	43	32	160	- 117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	41	50	39	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	42	39	77	0	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	43	38	17	487	- 449
Oral Cancer	44	38	31	167	- 129
Liver Cancer	45	37	34	147	- 110
Lung Cancers	46	33	5	1,463	- 1,429
Prostate Cancer	47	29	13	707	- 678
Stomach Cancer	48	26	18	480	- 454
Alcohol	49	25	39	104	- 80
Skin Disease	50	24	36	130	- 106
Bladder Cancer	51	23	26	276	- 253
Tetanus	52	20	71	0	+ 20
Drug Use	53	20	49	41	- 21
Syphilis	54	19	66	3	+ 16
Appendicitis	55	17	59	9	+ 8
Skin Cancers	56	16	33	149	- 133
Hepatitis B	57	15	63	4	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	58	11	14	656	- 645
Leishmaniasis	59	10	78	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	60	10	62	5	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	61	9	38	115	- 106
Encephalitis	62	8	64	4	+ 5
Measles	63	7	74	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	6	51	35	- 28
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	3	19	464	- 460
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	13	- 11
Ascariasis	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	69	1	67	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	75	0	+ 1
War	71	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Leprosy	78	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	68	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Eritrea

Uruguay

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.