ERITREA VS NETHERLANDS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NETHERLANDS		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	6,478	24	310	+ 6,168
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,283	4	2,154	+ 4,129
Lung Cancers	3	3,919	46	62	+ 3,858
Stroke	4	3,465	2	2,564	+ 901
Lung Disease	5	3,415	9	662	+ 2,753
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,081	35	113	+ 1,968
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,766	1	3,277	- 1,511
Falls	8	1,475	26	168	+ 1,306
Breast Cancer	9	1,262	23	311	+ 950
Prostate Cancer	10	1,165	47	54	+ 1,111
Pancreas Cancer	11	1,069	58	20	+ 1,050
Kidney Disease	12	903	12	578	+ 326
Lymphomas	13	896	28	147	+ 750
Diabetes Mellitus	14	852	7	944	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	15	766	39	81	+ 685
Parkinson's Disease	16	757	37	85	+ 672
Suicide	17	723	21	382	+ 341
Other Neoplasms	18	654	66	6	+ 648
Other Injuries	19	588	15	540	+ 48
Leukemia	20	563	29	144	+ 419
Bladder Cancer	21	525	51	42	+ 483
Stomach Cancer	22	486	48	48	+ 437
Inflammatory/Heart	23	429	32	123	+ 306
Liver Cancer	24	415	45	69	+ 346
Ovary Cancer	25	381	40	79	+ 301
Endocrine Disorders	26	376	43	71	+ 305
Skin Cancers	27	366	56	30	+ 336
Liver Disease	28	334	6	1,215	- 881
Hypertension	29	292	8	926	- 634
Oral Cancer	30	274	44	71	+ 203
Road Traffic Accidents	31	243	5	1,326	- 1,083
Alcohol	32	219	49	45	+ 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	208	3	2,292	- 2,084
Uterin Cancer	34	202	61	18	+ 185
Congenital Anomalies	35	194	18	432	- 238
Skin Disease	36	105	50	45	+ 61
Multiple Sclerosis	37	105	67	4	+ 101
Epilepsy	38	103	38	81	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	39	95	30	132	- 37
Anemia	40	89	81	0	+ 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	85	41	77	+ 8
Drug Use	42	82	53	36	+ 46
Osteoarthritis	43	79	85	0	+ 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	76	64	12	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	45	60	16	531	- 471
Asthma	46	59	22	326	- 267
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	46	27	147	- 101
Violence	48	38	20	384	- 346
Drownings	49	35	33	118	- 83
Schizophrenia	50	34	83	0	+ 34
Meningitis	51	28	19	404	- 376
Birth Trauma	52	26	11	616	- 590
Fires	53	18	31	132	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	15	84	0	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	55	12	25	308	- 296
Tuberculosis	56	10	14	543	- 533
Upper Respiratory	57	10	60	18	- 8
Appendicitis	58	9	55	31	- 22
Oral conditions	59	8	86	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	60	7	65	6	+ 1
Poisonings	61	6	34	114	- 108
Hepatitis B	62	5	57	28	- 23
Malnutrition	63	4	10	660	- 655
Otitis Media	64	4	69	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	65	3	13	544	- 541
War	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	36	90	- 89
Encephalitis	68	0	62	16	- 15
Syphilis	69	0	54	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	70	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	52	37	- 37
Measles	73	0	63	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	17	437	- 437
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	79	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Netherlands

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.