ERITREA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,862	4	2,154	+ 3,708
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,932	24	310	+ 4,622
Stroke	3	3,373	2	2,564	+ 809
Lung Cancers	4	3,308	46	62	+ 3,247
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,028	35	113	+ 1,915
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,834	1	3,277	- 1,442
Lung Disease	7	1,692	9	662	+ 1,030
Breast Cancer	8	1,441	23	311	+ 1,130
Other Injuries	9	1,403	15	540	+ 863
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,147	58	20	+ 1,127
Kidney Disease	11	1,065	12	578	+ 487
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,012	7	944	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	13	1,009	47	54	+ 955
Lymphomas	14	934	28	147	+ 787
Liver Cancer	15	888	45	69	+ 819
Suicide	16	831	21	382	+ 450
Other Neoplasms	17	814	66	6	+ 808
Falls	18	769	26	168	+ 601
Endocrine Disorders	19	750	43	71	+ 679
Parkinson's Disease	20	702	37	85	+ 618
Leukemia	21	692	29	144	+ 548
Liver Disease	22	685	6	1,215	- 530
Hypertension	23	660	8	926	- 266
Bladder Cancer	24	609	51	42	+ 567
Inflammatory/Heart	25	563	32	123	+ 440
Stomach Cancer	26	513	48	48	+ 465
Oral Cancer	27	434	44	71	+ 363
Oesophagus Cancer	28	434	39	81	+ 353
Malnutrition	29	391	10	660	- 269
Ovary Cancer	30	368	40	79	+ 288
Road Traffic Accidents	31	310	5	1,326	- 1,016
Skin Cancers	32	302	56	30	+ 272
Alcohol	33	296	49	45	+ 250
Uterin Cancer	34	252	61	18	+ 235
Congenital Anomalies	35	187	18	432	- 245
Drug Use	36	175	53	36	+ 138
Epilepsy	37	173	38	81	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	168	3	2,292	- 2,124
Skin Disease	39	148	50	45	+ 104
Cervical Cancer	40	146	30	132	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	128	41	77	+ 52
Asthma	42	96	22	326	- 230
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	91	27	147	- 56
Anemia	44	90	81	0	+ 90
Drownings	45	81	33	118	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	46	70	67	4	+ 66
Low Birth Weight	47	60	16	531	- 471
Schizophrenia	48	60	83	0	+ 60
Violence	49	50	20	384	- 334
Tuberculosis	50	40	14	543	- 503
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	40	64	12	+ 28
Hepatitis C	52	39	65	6	+ 32
Fires	53	37	31	132	- 94
HIV/AIDS	54	34	25	308	- 274
Birth Trauma	55	29	11	616	- 588
Osteoarthritis	56	23	85	0	+ 23
Poisonings	57	21	34	114	- 93
Meningitis	58	15	19	404	- 389
Hepatitis B	59	13	57	28	- 15
Oral conditions	60	11	86	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	61	8	55	31	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	7	84	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	63	5	60	18	- 13
Maternal Conditions	64	5	13	544	- 539
Otitis Media	65	1	69	2	- 0
Encephalitis	66	1	62	16	- 15
War	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	68	0	54	35	- 34
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Tetanus	70	0	52	37	- 37
Schistosomiasis	71	0	42	73	- 73
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	59	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	63	13	- 13
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	68	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

France

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.