ERITREA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,843	4	2,154	+ 4,690
Lung Disease	2	3,961	9	662	+ 3,299
Stroke	3	3,138	2	2,564	+ 574
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	3,018	3	2,292	+ 726
Tuberculosis	5	1,962	14	543	+ 1,419
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,767	1	3,277	- 1,510
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,222	7	944	+ 278
Liver Disease	8	1,209	6	1,215	- 6
Low Birth Weight	9	1,075	16	531	+ 544
Falls	10	1,016	26	168	+ 848
Kidney Disease	11	1,004	12	578	+ 426
Road Traffic Accidents	12	957	5	1,326	- 369
Asthma	13	883	22	326	+ 557
Suicide	14	780	21	382	+ 399
Other Injuries	15	673	15	540	+ 133
Oral Cancer	16	604	44	71	+ 533
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	570	24	310	+ 260
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	568	41	77	+ 491
Hypertension	19	486	8	926	- 439
Birth Trauma	20	463	11	616	- 153
Lung Cancers	21	397	46	62	+ 336
Breast Cancer	22	373	23	311	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	23	373	18	432	- 59
Stomach Cancer	24	365	48	48	+ 317
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	348	35	113	+ 235
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	307	27	147	+ 160
Violence	27	233	20	384	- 151
Drownings	28	220	33	118	+ 102
Encephalitis	29	216	62	16	+ 201
Cervical Cancer	30	204	30	132	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	31	200	25	308	- 108
Parkinson's Disease	32	195	37	85	+ 111
Lymphomas	33	181	28	147	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	34	175	39	81	+ 94
Leukemia	35	150	29	144	+ 6
Meningitis	36	150	19	404	- 254
Pancreas Cancer	37	148	58	20	+ 128
Prostate Cancer	38	139	47	54	+ 85
Liver Cancer	39	137	45	69	+ 68
Epilepsy	40	136	38	81	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	41	117	13	544	- 427
Fires	42	105	31	132	- 27
Alcohol	43	104	49	45	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	44	99	40	79	+ 19
Skin Disease	45	80	50	45	+ 36
Dengue	46	79	73	0	+ 79
Endocrine Disorders	47	69	43	71	- 3
Bladder Cancer	48	63	51	42	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	49	57	32	123	- 66
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	54	64	12	+ 42
Measles	51	54	63	13	+ 41
Drug Use	52	53	53	36	+ 17
Appendicitis	53	51	55	31	+ 19
Pertussis	54	45	36	90	- 44
Malnutrition	55	39	10	660	- 621
Hepatitis B	56	37	57	28	+ 9
Malaria	57	35	17	437	- 402
Tetanus	58	32	52	37	- 6
Uterin Cancer	59	31	61	18	+ 13
Skin Cancers	60	23	56	30	- 7
Poisonings	61	16	34	114	- 98
Other Neoplasms	62	13	66	6	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	10	67	4	+ 7
Syphilis	64	9	54	35	- 26
Hepatitis C	65	6	65	6	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	4	59	19	- 15
War	67	4	71	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	68	3	60	18	- 15
Chlamydia	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	68	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	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.