YEMEN VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	16,248	4	11,978	+ 4,270
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	12,027	9	4,372	+ 7,655
Stroke	3	10,671	2	13,570	- 2,898
Coronary Heart Disease	4	9,904	1	30,158	- 20,254
Road Traffic Accidents	5	8,557	6	8,561	- 3
Birth Trauma	6	8,433	7	5,939	+ 2,494
Low Birth Weight	7	7,597	5	8,810	- 1,213
Liver Disease	8	7,393	13	2,891	+ 4,502
Tuberculosis	9	5,817	18	1,899	+ 3,917
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,408	19	1,794	+ 2,613
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,240	10	4,291	- 51
Hypertension	12	3,652	8	5,293	- 1,642
Kidney Disease	13	3,281	15	2,679	+ 603
Meningitis	14	3,259	28	1,018	+ 2,240
Lung Disease	15	3,218	11	3,196	+ 22
Other Injuries	16	3,181	16	2,225	+ 956
HIV/AIDS	17	3,110	46	396	+ 2,714
Maternal Conditions	18	2,409	32	890	+ 1,519
Malnutrition	19	2,343	27	1,058	+ 1,285
Breast Cancer	20	2,300	26	1,134	+ 1,167
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	2,239	22	1,405	+ 833
Violence	22	2,190	14	2,839	- 650
Pertussis	23	1,870	23	1,239	+ 630
Measles	24	1,715	12	3,019	- 1,305
Suicide	25	1,635	21	1,699	- 64
Malaria	26	1,525	20	1,719	- 194
Cervical Cancer	27	1,361	57	119	+ 1,242
Falls	28	1,223	24	1,170	+ 53
Asthma	29	1,216	17	2,106	- 890
Leukemia	30	1,145	34	776	+ 368
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	1,018	30	913	+ 105
Poisonings	32	995	44	532	+ 463
Lymphomas	33	973	45	433	+ 541
Fires	34	882	29	991	- 109
Drownings	35	849	25	1,142	- 293
Ovary Cancer	36	657	52	188	+ 469
Tetanus	37	597	47	395	+ 202
Lung Cancers	38	597	41	569	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	39	588	40	585	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	40	499	35	765	- 266
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	477	33	833	- 357
Liver Cancer	42	469	39	609	- 140
Syphilis	43	461	53	175	+ 285
Epilepsy	44	441	43	539	- 98
Endocrine Disorders	45	440	36	738	- 298
Parkinson's Disease	46	428	49	362	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	47	412	31	902	- 490
Oral Cancer	48	400	42	547	- 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	363	37	707	- 344
Prostate Cancer	50	337	63	39	+ 298
Bladder Cancer	51	293	55	160	+ 132
Skin Cancers	52	273	58	100	+ 173
Skin Disease	53	245	61	44	+ 201
Schistosomiasis	54	228	56	124	+ 104
Alcohol	55	203	59	78	+ 125
Hepatitis B	56	201	50	299	- 98
Upper Respiratory	57	192	70	5	+ 187
Appendicitis	58	184	54	162	+ 22
Leishmaniasis	59	157	71	2	+ 155
Drug Use	60	139	38	613	- 474
Pancreas Cancer	61	132	51	283	- 151
Uterin Cancer	62	114	69	5	+ 109
Encephalitis	63	105	48	369	- 264
War	64	76	3	12,915	- 12,839
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	60	66	14	+ 46
Other Neoplasms	66	40	64	21	+ 19
Diphtheria	67	40	67	14	+ 26
Ascariasis	68	35	65	17	+ 18
Hepatitis C	69	31	68	8	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	70	17	62	42	- 25
Otitis Media	71	11	73	0	+ 10
Chlamydia	72	6	72	1	+ 5
Dengue	73	5	60	71	- 66
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Ethiopia

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.