ERITREA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,983	1	3,277	- 294
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,679	4	2,154	+ 526
Stroke	3	1,503	2	2,564	- 1,061
Kidney Disease	4	1,408	12	578	+ 830
Liver Disease	5	1,241	6	1,215	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,131	24	310	+ 821
Stomach Cancer	7	987	48	48	+ 939
Diabetes Mellitus	8	863	7	944	- 81
Road Traffic Accidents	9	859	5	1,326	- 467
Lung Cancers	10	617	46	62	+ 555
Prostate Cancer	11	616	47	54	+ 562
Violence	12	586	20	384	+ 202
Other Injuries	13	560	15	540	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	514	35	113	+ 401
Lung Disease	15	490	9	662	- 172
Liver Cancer	16	482	45	69	+ 413
Tuberculosis	17	463	14	543	- 81
Lymphomas	18	439	28	147	+ 292
Congenital Anomalies	19	389	18	432	- 44
Breast Cancer	20	383	23	311	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	21	374	30	132	+ 242
Leukemia	22	360	29	144	+ 216
Pancreas Cancer	23	313	58	20	+ 293
Low Birth Weight	24	287	16	531	- 244
Falls	25	250	26	168	+ 82
Parkinson's Disease	26	247	37	85	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	216	3	2,292	- 2,076
Hypertension	28	206	8	926	- 719
Malnutrition	29	196	10	660	- 464
Suicide	30	176	21	382	- 206
HIV/AIDS	31	165	25	308	- 142
Skin Cancers	32	153	56	30	+ 123
Ovary Cancer	33	139	40	79	+ 59
Drug Use	34	124	53	36	+ 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	118	27	147	- 29
Drownings	36	114	33	118	- 4
Birth Trauma	37	104	11	616	- 512
Oral Cancer	38	101	44	71	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	39	96	32	123	- 27
Endocrine Disorders	40	92	43	71	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	41	90	51	42	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	42	77	39	81	- 4
Maternal Conditions	43	67	13	544	- 476
Alcohol	44	63	49	45	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	45	59	61	18	+ 42
Encephalitis	46	55	62	16	+ 39
Epilepsy	47	51	38	81	- 31
Pertussis	48	51	36	90	- 39
Fires	49	46	31	132	- 85
Asthma	50	40	22	326	- 286
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	39	41	77	- 38
Syphilis	52	35	54	35	+ 1
Appendicitis	53	33	55	31	+ 2
Skin Disease	54	30	50	45	- 14
Poisonings	55	24	34	114	- 90
Meningitis	56	23	19	404	- 382
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	21	64	12	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	58	11	66	6	+ 4
Chagas disease	59	9	77	0	+ 9
Tetanus	60	9	52	37	- 28
Malaria	61	7	17	437	- 430
Multiple Sclerosis	62	7	67	4	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	60	18	- 16
Hepatitis B	64	2	57	28	- 26
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	6	- 6
Dengue	66	1	73	0	+ 1
War	67	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	1	70	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	63	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	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.