YEMEN VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	16,601	4	11,978	+ 4,622
Stroke	2	12,990	2	13,570	- 579
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	11,612	9	4,372	+ 7,241
Coronary Heart Disease	4	10,911	1	30,158	- 19,246
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,719	6	8,561	- 1,842
Liver Disease	6	6,154	13	2,891	+ 3,263
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,785	19	1,794	+ 2,990
Hypertension	8	4,690	8	5,293	- 604
Lung Disease	9	3,353	11	3,196	+ 157
Malnutrition	10	3,342	27	1,058	+ 2,284
Birth Trauma	11	3,123	7	5,939	- 2,817
Kidney Disease	12	2,927	15	2,679	+ 248
Maternal Conditions	13	2,754	32	890	+ 1,864
Tuberculosis	14	2,753	18	1,899	+ 854
Other Injuries	15	2,736	16	2,225	+ 511
Low Birth Weight	16	2,691	5	8,810	- 6,119
Malaria	17	2,214	20	1,719	+ 495
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,189	10	4,291	- 2,102
Meningitis	19	2,049	28	1,018	+ 1,031
Violence	20	1,947	14	2,839	- 892
Suicide	21	1,934	21	1,699	+ 235
Asthma	22	1,652	17	2,106	- 454
Breast Cancer	23	1,578	26	1,134	+ 444
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,569	22	1,405	+ 164
HIV/AIDS	25	1,558	46	396	+ 1,162
Falls	26	852	24	1,170	- 318
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	745	33	833	- 89
Lymphomas	28	744	45	433	+ 311
Leukemia	29	730	34	776	- 46
Cervical Cancer	30	671	57	119	+ 552
Fires	31	668	29	991	- 323
Inflammatory/Heart	32	622	40	585	+ 38
Drownings	33	596	25	1,142	- 546
Poisonings	34	579	44	532	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	573	30	913	- 340
Pertussis	36	454	23	1,239	- 785
Parkinson's Disease	37	430	49	362	+ 68
Epilepsy	38	413	43	539	- 126
Oesophagus Cancer	39	410	35	765	- 354
Ovary Cancer	40	403	52	188	+ 214
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	389	37	707	- 318
Schistosomiasis	42	369	56	124	+ 245
Endocrine Disorders	43	361	36	738	- 377
Oral Cancer	44	360	42	547	- 188
Liver Cancer	45	351	39	609	- 258
Lung Cancers	46	313	41	569	- 257
Prostate Cancer	47	274	63	39	+ 235
Stomach Cancer	48	245	31	902	- 657
Alcohol	49	230	59	78	+ 152
Skin Disease	50	226	61	44	+ 182
Bladder Cancer	51	213	55	160	+ 52
Tetanus	52	190	47	395	- 205
Drug Use	53	183	38	613	- 429
Syphilis	54	176	53	175	+ 1
Appendicitis	55	159	54	162	- 3
Skin Cancers	56	151	58	100	+ 51
Hepatitis B	57	140	50	299	- 160
Pancreas Cancer	58	99	51	283	- 184
Leishmaniasis	59	96	71	2	+ 94
Upper Respiratory	60	90	70	5	+ 86
Uterin Cancer	61	89	69	5	+ 83
Encephalitis	62	79	48	369	- 290
Measles	63	64	12	3,019	- 2,955
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	60	66	14	+ 46
Hepatitis C	65	32	68	8	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	66	31	64	21	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	67	19	62	42	- 22
Ascariasis	68	9	65	17	- 8
Otitis Media	69	9	73	0	+ 9
Chlamydia	70	5	72	1	+ 4
War	71	2	3	12,915	- 12,913
Diphtheria	72	2	67	14	- 12
Dengue	73	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Eritrea

Yemen

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.