ERITREA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,757	4	2,154	+ 603
Stroke	2	1,651	2	2,564	- 913
Road Traffic Accidents	3	975	5	1,326	- 351
Diabetes Mellitus	4	956	7	944	+ 12
Hypertension	5	870	8	926	- 56
Kidney Disease	6	848	12	578	+ 271
Lung Cancers	7	601	46	62	+ 539
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	532	1	3,277	- 2,744
Congenital Anomalies	9	530	18	432	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	10	487	16	531	- 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	401	24	310	+ 91
Breast Cancer	12	389	23	311	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	350	35	113	+ 237
Liver Disease	14	280	6	1,215	- 935
Lung Disease	15	252	9	662	- 410
Leukemia	16	210	29	144	+ 66
Stomach Cancer	17	207	48	48	+ 159
Lymphomas	18	184	28	147	+ 37
Other Injuries	19	167	15	540	- 373
Birth Trauma	20	154	11	616	- 463
Violence	21	153	20	384	- 232
Pancreas Cancer	22	139	58	20	+ 120
Bladder Cancer	23	121	51	42	+ 79
Falls	24	108	26	168	- 60
Liver Cancer	25	106	45	69	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	26	102	43	71	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	27	96	37	85	+ 11
Suicide	28	94	21	382	- 288
Fires	29	87	31	132	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	86	3	2,292	- 2,206
Oral Cancer	31	81	44	71	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	32	79	40	79	- 0
Prostate Cancer	33	74	47	54	+ 20
Drug Use	34	65	53	36	+ 29
Asthma	35	65	22	326	- 261
Drownings	36	61	33	118	- 57
Meningitis	37	44	19	404	- 360
Inflammatory/Heart	38	42	32	123	- 81
Uterin Cancer	39	42	61	18	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	38	27	147	- 109
Cervical Cancer	41	36	30	132	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	42	36	39	81	- 45
Pertussis	43	31	36	90	- 59
Maternal Conditions	44	30	13	544	- 514
Syphilis	45	29	54	35	- 5
Epilepsy	46	28	38	81	- 54
Poisonings	47	27	34	114	- 88
Skin Disease	48	24	50	45	- 21
Skin Cancers	49	21	56	30	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	13	41	77	- 64
Malnutrition	51	8	10	660	- 651
Encephalitis	52	8	62	16	- 8
Tuberculosis	53	7	14	543	- 537
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	67	4	+ 3
Alcohol	55	6	49	45	- 40
Tetanus	56	6	52	37	- 32
Other Neoplasms	57	5	66	6	- 1
Appendicitis	58	4	55	31	- 27
War	59	4	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	2	57	28	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	2	64	12	- 10
Schistosomiasis	62	1	42	73	- 71
HIV/AIDS	63	1	25	308	- 306
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	6	- 6
Measles	65	0	63	13	- 12
Leishmaniasis	66	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	68	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	60	18	- 18
Chlamydia	70	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	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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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.