ERITREA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,126	4	2,154	+ 3,973
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,140	24	310	+ 4,830
Lung Disease	3	3,135	9	662	+ 2,473
Stroke	4	2,850	2	2,564	+ 286
Lung Cancers	5	2,671	46	62	+ 2,609
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,069	1	3,277	- 1,208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,057	35	113	+ 1,944
Prostate Cancer	8	1,350	47	54	+ 1,296
Falls	9	895	26	168	+ 727
Pancreas Cancer	10	887	58	20	+ 867
Breast Cancer	11	804	23	311	+ 492
Lymphomas	12	743	28	147	+ 597
Suicide	13	729	21	382	+ 348
Kidney Disease	14	703	12	578	+ 126
Other Injuries	15	671	15	540	+ 131
Diabetes Mellitus	16	644	7	944	- 300
Parkinson's Disease	17	638	37	85	+ 553
Skin Cancers	18	469	56	30	+ 439
Endocrine Disorders	19	413	43	71	+ 342
Bladder Cancer	20	410	51	42	+ 368
Leukemia	21	407	29	144	+ 263
Stomach Cancer	22	395	48	48	+ 347
Other Neoplasms	23	373	66	6	+ 367
Ovary Cancer	24	356	40	79	+ 276
Drug Use	25	303	53	36	+ 267
Liver Cancer	26	298	45	69	+ 229
Oesophagus Cancer	27	285	39	81	+ 204
Hypertension	28	265	8	926	- 661
Inflammatory/Heart	29	254	32	123	+ 132
Liver Disease	30	246	6	1,215	- 969
Alcohol	31	236	49	45	+ 190
Oral Cancer	32	193	44	71	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	184	27	147	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	34	157	18	432	- 275
Malnutrition	35	156	10	660	- 504
Uterin Cancer	36	154	61	18	+ 137
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	147	3	2,292	- 2,145
Skin Disease	38	147	50	45	+ 102
Cervical Cancer	39	144	30	132	+ 11
Epilepsy	40	137	38	81	+ 56
Multiple Sclerosis	41	137	67	4	+ 133
Road Traffic Accidents	42	131	5	1,326	- 1,195
Asthma	43	97	22	326	- 229
Anemia	44	86	81	0	+ 86
Drownings	45	74	33	118	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	71	41	77	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	70	64	12	+ 58
Fires	48	51	31	132	- 81
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	37	84	0	+ 37
Violence	50	37	20	384	- 347
Osteoarthritis	51	31	85	0	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	52	27	16	531	- 504
Schizophrenia	53	26	83	0	+ 26
Birth Trauma	54	20	11	616	- 596
Hepatitis C	55	19	65	6	+ 13
Tuberculosis	56	17	14	543	- 526
Poisonings	57	17	34	114	- 98
Meningitis	58	16	19	404	- 389
Appendicitis	59	14	55	31	- 17
Upper Respiratory	60	13	60	18	- 4
HIV/AIDS	61	12	25	308	- 296
Oral conditions	62	10	86	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	63	4	57	28	- 24
Pertussis	64	1	36	90	- 88
Otitis Media	65	1	69	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	66	1	13	544	- 542
Syphilis	67	1	54	35	- 34
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	52	37	- 37
Encephalitis	70	0	62	16	- 15
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	84	0	17	437	- 437
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Norway

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.