ZAMBIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	10,743	2	9,517	+ 1,226
Stroke	2	8,406	3	7,948	+ 458
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	7,515	5	6,275	+ 1,240
Coronary Heart Disease	4	7,061	10	4,432	+ 2,629
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,348	11	3,654	+ 694
Liver Disease	6	3,983	9	4,501	- 518
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,096	14	2,395	+ 701
Hypertension	8	3,035	13	2,616	+ 419
Lung Disease	9	2,170	21	1,273	+ 897
Malnutrition	10	2,163	15	2,303	- 140
Birth Trauma	11	2,021	7	5,062	- 3,041
Kidney Disease	12	1,894	18	1,760	+ 134
Maternal Conditions	13	1,782	22	1,188	+ 594
Tuberculosis	14	1,782	6	5,941	- 4,159
Other Injuries	15	1,770	19	1,729	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	16	1,741	8	4,857	- 3,116
Malaria	17	1,433	4	7,882	- 6,449
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,416	12	3,146	- 1,729
Meningitis	19	1,326	16	1,976	- 650
Violence	20	1,260	23	1,153	+ 107
Suicide	21	1,251	20	1,303	- 51
Asthma	22	1,069	26	741	+ 328
Breast Cancer	23	1,021	35	366	+ 655
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,016	29	590	+ 426
HIV/AIDS	25	1,008	1	17,234	- 16,226
Falls	26	551	28	596	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	482	40	246	+ 237
Lymphomas	28	481	31	548	- 67
Leukemia	29	472	39	261	+ 211
Cervical Cancer	30	434	17	1,799	- 1,364
Fires	31	432	32	546	- 114
Inflammatory/Heart	32	403	33	501	- 98
Drownings	33	386	27	689	- 303
Poisonings	34	374	34	456	- 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	371	43	203	+ 168
Pertussis	36	294	25	743	- 449
Parkinson's Disease	37	278	47	164	+ 114
Epilepsy	38	267	38	332	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	39	266	36	359	- 93
Ovary Cancer	40	261	57	82	+ 178
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	252	45	190	+ 62
Schistosomiasis	42	239	51	128	+ 110
Endocrine Disorders	43	234	37	354	- 120
Oral Cancer	44	233	48	155	+ 78
Liver Cancer	45	227	46	177	+ 50
Lung Cancers	46	202	41	226	- 24
Prostate Cancer	47	177	30	561	- 384
Stomach Cancer	48	158	42	206	- 48
Alcohol	49	149	49	140	+ 9
Skin Disease	50	146	52	126	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	51	138	50	132	+ 6
Tetanus	52	123	44	190	- 67
Drug Use	53	119	53	122	- 4
Syphilis	54	114	24	885	- 771
Appendicitis	55	103	56	84	+ 19
Skin Cancers	56	98	54	108	- 10
Hepatitis B	57	90	55	104	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	58	64	62	42	+ 22
Leishmaniasis	59	62	58	72	- 10
Upper Respiratory	60	59	60	68	- 9
Uterin Cancer	61	57	64	30	+ 28
Encephalitis	62	51	59	70	- 19
Measles	63	41	61	48	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	39	63	30	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	21	66	18	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	20	65	20	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	12	67	13	- 1
Ascariasis	68	6	68	9	- 3
Otitis Media	69	6	70	5	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	3	71	3	- 0
War	71	1	69	6	- 5
Diphtheria	72	1	73	3	- 2
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Eritrea

Zambia

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.