ERITREA VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,801	1	3,277	+ 2,525
Malaria	2	3,710	17	437	+ 3,273
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,079	3	2,292	+ 787
Measles	4	2,733	63	13	+ 2,720
Stroke	5	2,620	2	2,564	+ 56
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,570	4	2,154	+ 416
Birth Trauma	7	2,176	11	616	+ 1,559
Low Birth Weight	8	1,959	16	531	+ 1,428
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,718	5	1,326	+ 392
HIV/AIDS	10	1,370	25	308	+ 1,062
Meningitis	11	1,194	19	404	+ 790
Liver Disease	12	1,157	6	1,215	- 58
Tuberculosis	13	1,074	14	543	+ 531
Congenital Anomalies	14	989	18	432	+ 557
Diabetes Mellitus	15	970	7	944	+ 25
Kidney Disease	16	880	12	578	+ 302
Maternal Conditions	17	813	13	544	+ 270
Other Injuries	18	682	15	540	+ 142
Cervical Cancer	19	676	30	132	+ 544
Lung Disease	20	623	9	662	- 39
Hypertension	21	612	8	926	- 314
Asthma	22	535	22	326	+ 209
Liver Cancer	23	529	45	69	+ 460
Pertussis	24	529	36	90	+ 439
Endocrine Disorders	25	517	43	71	+ 446
Violence	26	512	20	384	+ 127
Trypanosomiasis	27	486	76	0	+ 486
Malnutrition	28	468	10	660	- 192
Suicide	29	405	21	382	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	263	24	310	- 47
Drownings	31	240	33	118	+ 122
Prostate Cancer	32	238	47	54	+ 184
Falls	33	217	26	168	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	203	27	147	+ 56
Inflammatory/Heart	35	199	32	123	+ 76
Fires	36	186	31	132	+ 54
Epilepsy	37	159	38	81	+ 77
Breast Cancer	38	156	23	311	- 155
Syphilis	39	149	54	35	+ 114
Poisonings	40	134	34	114	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	41	111	48	48	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	108	41	77	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	43	105	42	73	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	44	96	37	85	+ 11
Tetanus	45	77	52	37	+ 39
Drug Use	46	77	53	36	+ 40
Hepatitis B	47	74	57	28	+ 46
Lymphomas	48	72	28	147	- 75
Skin Cancers	49	69	56	30	+ 39
Lung Cancers	50	58	46	62	- 4
Skin Disease	51	58	50	45	+ 13
Oral Cancer	52	55	44	71	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	45	35	113	- 68
Ovary Cancer	54	42	40	79	- 37
Alcohol	55	38	49	45	- 8
Encephalitis	56	37	62	16	+ 21
Appendicitis	57	19	55	31	- 13
Diphtheria	58	18	72	0	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	59	17	61	18	- 0
Bladder Cancer	60	14	51	42	- 28
Hepatitis C	61	10	65	6	+ 4
Ascariasis	62	10	68	2	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	63	9	39	81	- 72
War	64	9	71	0	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	65	9	58	20	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	66	8	67	4	+ 4
Leukemia	67	8	29	144	- 136
Other Neoplasms	68	7	66	6	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	69	7	60	18	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	6	64	12	- 6
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	19	- 19
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	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 ERITREA

Guinea

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.