ERITREA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,697	4	2,154	+ 4,543
Stroke	2	2,636	2	2,564	+ 72
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,278	5	1,326	- 48
Hypertension	4	1,178	8	926	+ 253
Diabetes Mellitus	5	998	7	944	+ 54
Kidney Disease	6	848	12	578	+ 270
Lung Disease	7	819	9	662	+ 157
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	807	1	3,277	- 2,470
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	793	24	310	+ 483
Stomach Cancer	10	705	48	48	+ 657
Lung Cancers	11	487	46	62	+ 425
Liver Disease	12	476	6	1,215	- 738
Low Birth Weight	13	349	16	531	- 182
Congenital Anomalies	14	348	18	432	- 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	328	35	113	+ 215
Suicide	16	311	21	382	- 71
Other Injuries	17	291	15	540	- 249
Leukemia	18	285	29	144	+ 141
Breast Cancer	19	268	23	311	- 43
Liver Cancer	20	267	45	69	+ 197
Prostate Cancer	21	257	47	54	+ 203
Asthma	22	241	22	326	- 85
Lymphomas	23	207	28	147	+ 60
Falls	24	203	26	168	+ 34
Birth Trauma	25	196	11	616	- 420
Parkinson's Disease	26	183	37	85	+ 98
Violence	27	182	20	384	- 202
HIV/AIDS	28	181	25	308	- 127
Pancreas Cancer	29	174	58	20	+ 154
Oesophagus Cancer	30	170	39	81	+ 89
Drug Use	31	161	53	36	+ 125
Endocrine Disorders	32	150	43	71	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	132	3	2,292	- 2,160
Fires	34	131	31	132	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	35	116	32	123	- 7
Bladder Cancer	36	101	51	42	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	89	27	147	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	71	41	77	- 5
Ovary Cancer	39	67	40	79	- 12
Drownings	40	67	33	118	- 51
Tuberculosis	41	63	14	543	- 480
War	42	61	71	0	+ 60
Poisonings	43	59	34	114	- 56
Epilepsy	44	52	38	81	- 30
Oral Cancer	45	47	44	71	- 24
Meningitis	46	46	19	404	- 358
Skin Cancers	47	37	56	30	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	48	36	30	132	- 97
Hepatitis B	49	31	57	28	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	50	29	67	4	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	51	25	61	18	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	52	20	13	544	- 523
Alcohol	53	18	49	45	- 27
Encephalitis	54	18	62	16	+ 2
Skin Disease	55	17	50	45	- 28
Malnutrition	56	11	10	660	- 648
Appendicitis	57	11	55	31	- 20
Other Neoplasms	58	8	66	6	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	64	12	- 6
Pertussis	60	5	36	90	- 84
Syphilis	61	4	54	35	- 31
Tetanus	62	3	52	37	- 35
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	64	1	59	19	- 18
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	42	73	- 73
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	63	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	6	- 6
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.