ERITREA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,990	4	2,154	+ 13,836
Hypertension	2	14,349	8	926	+ 13,424
Stroke	3	5,930	2	2,564	+ 3,366
Lung Cancers	4	3,492	46	62	+ 3,431
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,800	35	113	+ 2,687
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,853	1	3,277	- 1,423
Liver Disease	7	1,746	6	1,215	+ 531
Prostate Cancer	8	1,586	47	54	+ 1,532
Stomach Cancer	9	1,540	48	48	+ 1,492
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,426	58	20	+ 1,407
Breast Cancer	11	1,381	23	311	+ 1,070
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	1,219	24	310	+ 909
Lung Disease	13	1,216	9	662	+ 554
Inflammatory/Heart	14	1,153	32	123	+ 1,030
Lymphomas	15	1,131	28	147	+ 985
Suicide	16	1,049	21	382	+ 667
Kidney Disease	17	938	12	578	+ 360
Alcohol	18	789	49	45	+ 743
Diabetes Mellitus	19	776	7	944	- 168
Other Injuries	20	751	15	540	+ 211
Bladder Cancer	21	668	51	42	+ 626
Leukemia	22	668	29	144	+ 523
Other Neoplasms	23	655	66	6	+ 649
Falls	24	630	26	168	+ 462
Oral Cancer	25	587	44	71	+ 516
Liver Cancer	26	570	45	69	+ 501
Oesophagus Cancer	27	523	39	81	+ 442
Ovary Cancer	28	463	40	79	+ 384
Parkinson's Disease	29	436	37	85	+ 351
Skin Cancers	30	419	56	30	+ 389
Drug Use	31	399	53	36	+ 362
Cervical Cancer	32	359	30	132	+ 227
Endocrine Disorders	33	350	43	71	+ 279
Uterin Cancer	34	319	61	18	+ 302
Road Traffic Accidents	35	314	5	1,326	- 1,012
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	292	27	147	+ 145
Epilepsy	37	236	38	81	+ 155
Fires	38	217	31	132	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	39	214	25	308	- 93
Drownings	40	159	33	118	+ 42
Skin Disease	41	152	50	45	+ 107
Violence	42	151	20	384	- 233
Congenital Anomalies	43	133	18	432	- 299
Asthma	44	128	22	326	- 198
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	114	41	77	+ 38
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	92	64	12	+ 80
Tuberculosis	47	87	14	543	- 456
Multiple Sclerosis	48	86	67	4	+ 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	65	84	0	+ 65
Osteoarthritis	50	54	85	0	+ 54
Anemia	51	49	81	0	+ 49
Poisonings	52	44	34	114	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	44	3	2,292	- 2,248
Meningitis	54	39	19	404	- 365
Low Birth Weight	55	36	16	531	- 495
Schizophrenia	56	32	83	0	+ 32
Birth Trauma	57	27	11	616	- 590
Hepatitis C	58	22	65	6	+ 15
Appendicitis	59	11	55	31	- 21
Oral conditions	60	11	86	0	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	61	6	13	544	- 537
Syphilis	62	5	54	35	- 29
Encephalitis	63	1	62	16	- 15
War	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	57	28	- 28
Upper Respiratory	66	0	60	18	- 18
Otitis Media	67	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	68	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	73	0	17	437	- 437
Ascariasis	74	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Malnutrition	79	0	10	660	- 660
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	52	37	- 37
Diphtheria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	36	90	- 90
Measles	84	0	63	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Estonia

Eritrea

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.