ERITREA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,004	4	2,154	+ 5,850
Stroke	2	7,669	2	2,564	+ 5,105
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	4,469	24	310	+ 4,160
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,258	1	3,277	+ 982
Lung Cancers	5	2,738	46	62	+ 2,677
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,728	35	113	+ 2,615
Lung Disease	7	2,664	9	662	+ 2,002
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,238	7	944	+ 1,294
Kidney Disease	9	1,742	12	578	+ 1,165
Stomach Cancer	10	1,574	48	48	+ 1,525
Prostate Cancer	11	1,320	47	54	+ 1,266
Breast Cancer	12	1,241	23	311	+ 930
Other Injuries	13	1,204	15	540	+ 664
Hypertension	14	1,168	8	926	+ 243
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,037	58	20	+ 1,018
Lymphomas	16	999	28	147	+ 852
Endocrine Disorders	17	961	43	71	+ 890
Liver Cancer	18	790	45	69	+ 720
Suicide	19	728	21	382	+ 347
Bladder Cancer	20	728	51	42	+ 686
Parkinson's Disease	21	708	37	85	+ 623
Liver Disease	22	700	6	1,215	- 515
Falls	23	642	26	168	+ 474
Leukemia	24	631	29	144	+ 487
Oral Cancer	25	567	44	71	+ 496
Inflammatory/Heart	26	565	32	123	+ 442
Road Traffic Accidents	27	521	5	1,326	- 805
Other Neoplasms	28	405	66	6	+ 399
Oesophagus Cancer	29	387	39	81	+ 306
Skin Cancers	30	325	56	30	+ 296
Epilepsy	31	258	38	81	+ 177
Uterin Cancer	32	252	61	18	+ 235
Ovary Cancer	33	247	40	79	+ 167
Cervical Cancer	34	204	30	132	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	35	199	25	308	- 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	143	3	2,292	- 2,149
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	142	27	147	- 5
Tuberculosis	38	132	14	543	- 411
Skin Disease	39	126	50	45	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	40	122	18	432	- 310
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	105	41	77	+ 28
Anemia	42	94	81	0	+ 94
Asthma	43	91	22	326	- 235
Drug Use	44	80	53	36	+ 44
Alcohol	45	69	49	45	+ 24
Fires	46	67	31	132	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	61	64	12	+ 50
Violence	48	60	20	384	- 324
Hepatitis C	49	54	65	6	+ 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	51	84	0	+ 51
Drownings	51	49	33	118	- 68
Low Birth Weight	52	49	16	531	- 482
Malnutrition	53	49	10	660	- 611
Multiple Sclerosis	54	35	67	4	+ 31
Schizophrenia	55	31	83	0	+ 31
Meningitis	56	27	19	404	- 378
Poisonings	57	18	34	114	- 96
Osteoarthritis	58	18	85	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	59	16	57	28	- 11
Birth Trauma	60	15	11	616	- 602
Appendicitis	61	13	55	31	- 18
Upper Respiratory	62	9	60	18	- 9
Maternal Conditions	63	4	13	544	- 539
Syphilis	64	2	54	35	- 33
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	69	2	- 0
Encephalitis	67	1	62	16	- 15
Leishmaniasis	68	1	59	19	- 18
War	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	63	13	- 12
Pertussis	72	0	36	90	- 90
Tetanus	73	0	52	37	- 37
Diphtheria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	78	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	68	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Portugal

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.