ERITREA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,263	4	2,154	+ 4,109
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	3,726	24	310	+ 3,417
Stroke	3	2,923	2	2,564	+ 359
Lung Cancers	4	2,303	46	62	+ 2,241
Lung Disease	5	2,231	9	662	+ 1,569
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,837	35	113	+ 1,724
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,131	1	3,277	- 2,146
Diabetes Mellitus	8	945	7	944	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	9	908	47	54	+ 854
Breast Cancer	10	906	23	311	+ 594
Falls	11	770	26	168	+ 602
Skin Cancers	12	752	56	30	+ 722
Lymphomas	13	748	28	147	+ 601
Pancreas Cancer	14	667	58	20	+ 648
Suicide	15	649	21	382	+ 268
Road Traffic Accidents	16	563	5	1,326	- 763
Kidney Disease	17	531	12	578	- 47
Leukemia	18	481	29	144	+ 337
Parkinson's Disease	19	434	37	85	+ 349
Hypertension	20	402	8	926	- 524
Endocrine Disorders	21	399	43	71	+ 328
Stomach Cancer	22	397	48	48	+ 348
Inflammatory/Heart	23	385	32	123	+ 262
Liver Cancer	24	354	45	69	+ 285
Oesophagus Cancer	25	343	39	81	+ 262
Bladder Cancer	26	328	51	42	+ 286
Other Neoplasms	27	301	66	6	+ 295
Other Injuries	28	268	15	540	- 272
Ovary Cancer	29	254	40	79	+ 175
Congenital Anomalies	30	216	18	432	- 216
Oral Cancer	31	201	44	71	+ 130
Liver Disease	32	194	6	1,215	- 1,021
Uterin Cancer	33	178	61	18	+ 160
Skin Disease	34	145	50	45	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	138	41	77	+ 62
Asthma	36	111	22	326	- 215
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	99	3	2,292	- 2,193
Low Birth Weight	38	96	16	531	- 435
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	86	27	147	- 61
Drug Use	40	85	53	36	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	41	75	30	132	- 58
Violence	42	70	20	384	- 314
Epilepsy	43	68	38	81	- 14
Drownings	44	67	33	118	- 51
Alcohol	45	63	49	45	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	58	64	12	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	47	53	67	4	+ 50
Hepatitis C	48	36	65	6	+ 30
Osteoarthritis	49	30	85	0	+ 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	27	84	0	+ 27
Anemia	51	21	81	0	+ 21
Tuberculosis	52	21	14	543	- 522
Fires	53	21	31	132	- 111
Birth Trauma	54	18	11	616	- 598
Malnutrition	55	17	10	660	- 642
Hepatitis B	56	17	57	28	- 11
HIV/AIDS	57	13	25	308	- 295
Poisonings	58	11	34	114	- 103
Meningitis	59	11	19	404	- 393
Schizophrenia	60	10	83	0	+ 10
Oral conditions	61	10	86	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	62	7	55	31	- 24
Maternal Conditions	63	6	13	544	- 538
Upper Respiratory	64	4	60	18	- 13
Pertussis	65	1	36	90	- 89
Encephalitis	66	1	62	16	- 15
Otitis Media	67	1	69	2	- 1
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	52	37	- 37
Syphilis	70	0	54	35	- 34
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	68	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	78	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	63	13	- 13
Diphtheria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

New Zealand

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.