ERITREA VS ISRAEL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ISRAEL		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,456	4	2,154	+ 1,302
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,021	24	310	+ 1,711
Kidney Disease	3	1,644	12	578	+ 1,066
Stroke	4	1,640	2	2,564	- 924
Lung Cancers	5	1,367	46	62	+ 1,305
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,291	7	944	+ 346
Lung Disease	7	1,043	9	662	+ 381
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,025	1	3,277	- 2,252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,019	35	113	+ 906
Breast Cancer	10	835	23	311	+ 523
Pancreas Cancer	11	690	58	20	+ 670
Endocrine Disorders	12	676	43	71	+ 605
Lymphomas	13	624	28	147	+ 477
Other Injuries	14	559	15	540	+ 19
Leukemia	15	413	29	144	+ 269
Stomach Cancer	16	381	48	48	+ 333
Prostate Cancer	17	352	47	54	+ 298
Bladder Cancer	18	335	51	42	+ 293
Suicide	19	306	21	382	- 76
Other Neoplasms	20	283	66	6	+ 277
Hypertension	21	270	8	926	- 656
Parkinson's Disease	22	268	37	85	+ 184
Skin Cancers	23	256	56	30	+ 226
Skin Disease	24	248	50	45	+ 204
Liver Cancer	25	233	45	69	+ 164
Road Traffic Accidents	26	225	5	1,326	- 1,101
Ovary Cancer	27	218	40	79	+ 138
Liver Disease	28	197	6	1,215	- 1,018
Congenital Anomalies	29	196	18	432	- 236
Inflammatory/Heart	30	145	32	123	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	31	136	61	18	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	112	3	2,292	- 2,180
Oral Cancer	33	101	44	71	+ 30
Anemia	34	101	81	0	+ 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	97	41	77	+ 20
Asthma	36	96	22	326	- 231
Oesophagus Cancer	37	93	39	81	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	38	90	30	132	- 43
Falls	39	83	26	168	- 85
Epilepsy	40	73	38	81	- 8
Violence	41	70	20	384	- 314
Low Birth Weight	42	63	16	531	- 468
Drug Use	43	46	53	36	+ 9
Schizophrenia	44	45	83	0	+ 45
Drownings	45	26	33	118	- 91
Hepatitis C	46	26	65	6	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	47	26	67	4	+ 22
Malnutrition	48	26	10	660	- 633
Alcohol	49	26	49	45	- 19
Birth Trauma	50	24	11	616	- 593
Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	22	27	147	- 125
HIV/AIDS	52	17	25	308	- 290
Fires	53	16	31	132	- 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	16	64	12	+ 4
Meningitis	55	14	19	404	- 391
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	12	84	0	+ 12
Tuberculosis	57	11	14	543	- 533
Hepatitis B	58	11	57	28	- 17
Osteoarthritis	59	5	85	0	+ 5
War	60	5	71	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	61	4	13	544	- 540
Upper Respiratory	62	4	60	18	- 14
Poisonings	63	3	34	114	- 111
Appendicitis	64	3	55	31	- 29
Oral conditions	65	3	86	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	2	62	16	- 13
Otitis Media	67	1	69	2	- 1
Leprosy	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Leishmaniasis	70	0	59	19	- 19
Syphilis	71	0	54	35	- 35
Diphtheria	72	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	52	37	- 37
Measles	74	0	63	13	- 13
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	73	- 73
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	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.