ERITREA VS ICELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ICELAND		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,030	4	2,154	+ 4,877
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,149	24	310	+ 4,839
Stroke	3	2,450	2	2,564	- 114
Lung Cancers	4	2,338	46	62	+ 2,277
Lung Disease	5	2,243	9	662	+ 1,581
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,435	1	3,277	- 1,842
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,280	35	113	+ 1,167
Prostate Cancer	8	1,060	47	54	+ 1,006
Breast Cancer	9	930	23	311	+ 618
Parkinson's Disease	10	923	37	85	+ 838
Other Injuries	11	872	15	540	+ 332
Pancreas Cancer	12	755	58	20	+ 735
Suicide	13	701	21	382	+ 320
Lymphomas	14	641	28	147	+ 494
Kidney Disease	15	579	12	578	+ 2
Diabetes Mellitus	16	517	7	944	- 428
Hypertension	17	422	8	926	- 504
Falls	18	413	26	168	+ 245
Oesophagus Cancer	19	393	39	81	+ 312
Liver Cancer	20	390	45	69	+ 321
Bladder Cancer	21	355	51	42	+ 313
Leukemia	22	329	29	144	+ 185
Stomach Cancer	23	306	48	48	+ 258
Drug Use	24	293	53	36	+ 257
Ovary Cancer	25	286	40	79	+ 207
Inflammatory/Heart	26	272	32	123	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	27	272	43	71	+ 200
Alcohol	28	246	49	45	+ 201
Skin Cancers	29	226	56	30	+ 197
Other Neoplasms	30	170	66	6	+ 163
Liver Disease	31	165	6	1,215	- 1,050
Cervical Cancer	32	160	30	132	+ 28
Oral Cancer	33	149	44	71	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	34	130	18	432	- 302
Road Traffic Accidents	35	121	5	1,326	- 1,205
Uterin Cancer	36	120	61	18	+ 103
Epilepsy	37	94	38	81	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	74	64	12	+ 62
Violence	39	70	20	384	- 314
Anemia	40	64	81	0	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	57	27	147	- 90
Poisonings	42	56	34	114	- 58
Low Birth Weight	43	53	16	531	- 479
Multiple Sclerosis	44	48	67	4	+ 44
Skin Disease	45	46	50	45	+ 1
Birth Trauma	46	43	11	616	- 573
Osteoarthritis	47	36	85	0	+ 36
Asthma	48	29	22	326	- 297
Schizophrenia	49	25	83	0	+ 25
Meningitis	50	22	19	404	- 382
Upper Respiratory	51	19	60	18	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	19	65	6	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	19	84	0	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	18	41	77	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	17	3	2,292	- 2,275
Drownings	56	16	33	118	- 102
Malnutrition	57	10	10	660	- 650
Fires	58	9	31	132	- 122
HIV/AIDS	59	8	25	308	- 299
Maternal Conditions	60	6	13	544	- 537
War	61	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	36	90	- 89
Hepatitis B	63	0	57	28	- 28
Otitis Media	64	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	65	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	63	13	- 13
Tetanus	68	0	52	37	- 37
Ascariasis	69	0	68	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Encephalitis	78	0	62	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Syphilis	80	0	54	35	- 35
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Tuberculosis	82	0	14	543	- 543
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	85	0	86	0	- 0
Appendicitis	86	0	55	31	- 31
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Iceland

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.