ERITREA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,090	4	2,154	+ 8,937
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,859	24	310	+ 3,549
Stroke	3	3,755	2	2,564	+ 1,191
Lung Cancers	4	3,511	46	62	+ 3,450
Lung Disease	5	3,228	9	662	+ 2,566
Hypertension	6	2,021	8	926	+ 1,095
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,963	35	113	+ 1,850
Kidney Disease	8	1,717	12	578	+ 1,140
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,562	1	3,277	- 1,715
Breast Cancer	10	1,421	23	311	+ 1,110
Pancreas Cancer	11	1,355	58	20	+ 1,336
Prostate Cancer	12	1,243	47	54	+ 1,189
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,173	7	944	+ 229
Falls	14	1,156	26	168	+ 988
Liver Disease	15	1,146	6	1,215	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	16	950	37	85	+ 865
Lymphomas	17	924	28	147	+ 777
Endocrine Disorders	18	805	43	71	+ 734
Suicide	19	776	21	382	+ 394
Stomach Cancer	20	728	48	48	+ 680
Inflammatory/Heart	21	671	32	123	+ 548
Leukemia	22	659	29	144	+ 515
Other Injuries	23	622	15	540	+ 82
Other Neoplasms	24	615	66	6	+ 609
Liver Cancer	25	608	45	69	+ 538
Alcohol	26	472	49	45	+ 426
Oesophagus Cancer	27	469	39	81	+ 388
Bladder Cancer	28	467	51	42	+ 425
Oral Cancer	29	454	44	71	+ 383
Ovary Cancer	30	392	40	79	+ 312
Skin Cancers	31	306	56	30	+ 276
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	289	3	2,292	- 2,003
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	273	41	77	+ 196
Road Traffic Accidents	34	238	5	1,326	- 1,088
Epilepsy	35	233	38	81	+ 152
Congenital Anomalies	36	173	18	432	- 259
Uterin Cancer	37	168	61	18	+ 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	163	27	147	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	39	161	30	132	+ 28
Drug Use	40	146	53	36	+ 109
Multiple Sclerosis	41	118	67	4	+ 115
Skin Disease	42	116	50	45	+ 72
Anemia	43	75	81	0	+ 75
Asthma	44	70	22	326	- 256
Low Birth Weight	45	58	16	531	- 473
Violence	46	58	20	384	- 326
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	41	64	12	+ 29
Hepatitis C	48	38	65	6	+ 32
Drownings	49	35	33	118	- 83
Malnutrition	50	34	10	660	- 626
Schizophrenia	51	29	83	0	+ 29
Osteoarthritis	52	27	85	0	+ 27
Fires	53	27	31	132	- 105
HIV/AIDS	54	26	25	308	- 281
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	22	84	0	+ 22
Tuberculosis	56	21	14	543	- 522
Birth Trauma	57	18	11	616	- 598
Poisonings	58	16	34	114	- 98
Hepatitis B	59	14	57	28	- 14
Meningitis	60	13	19	404	- 392
Upper Respiratory	61	10	60	18	- 7
Appendicitis	62	10	55	31	- 22
Oral conditions	63	5	86	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	64	3	13	544	- 541
Otitis Media	65	1	69	2	- 1
War	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	1	62	16	- 15
Syphilis	68	0	54	35	- 34
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Measles	70	0	63	13	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	52	37	- 37
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	17	437	- 437
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	68	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.