ERITREA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,102	4	2,154	+ 22,949
Stroke	2	17,376	2	2,564	+ 14,812
Hypertension	3	3,848	8	926	+ 2,922
Lung Cancers	4	3,535	46	62	+ 3,474
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,271	1	3,277	- 6
Liver Disease	6	3,118	6	1,215	+ 1,903
Lung Disease	7	2,572	9	662	+ 1,911
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,389	35	113	+ 2,276
Kidney Disease	9	1,809	12	578	+ 1,231
Inflammatory/Heart	10	1,550	32	123	+ 1,427
Breast Cancer	11	1,346	23	311	+ 1,035
Stomach Cancer	12	1,208	48	48	+ 1,160
Liver Cancer	13	1,088	45	69	+ 1,019
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,026	58	20	+ 1,006
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	992	24	310	+ 683
Prostate Cancer	16	856	47	54	+ 802
Oral Cancer	17	800	44	71	+ 729
Diabetes Mellitus	18	780	7	944	- 165
Other Injuries	19	748	15	540	+ 208
Road Traffic Accidents	20	696	5	1,326	- 630
Suicide	21	659	21	382	+ 278
Cervical Cancer	22	654	30	132	+ 521
Bladder Cancer	23	600	51	42	+ 558
Falls	24	526	26	168	+ 358
Lymphomas	25	484	28	147	+ 337
Leukemia	26	469	29	144	+ 325
Ovary Cancer	27	388	40	79	+ 308
Tuberculosis	28	355	14	543	- 188
Skin Cancers	29	351	56	30	+ 321
Oesophagus Cancer	30	264	39	81	+ 183
Parkinson's Disease	31	259	37	85	+ 174
Drownings	32	208	33	118	+ 91
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	186	27	147	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	34	183	61	18	+ 165
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	154	41	77	+ 77
Fires	36	147	31	132	+ 15
Alcohol	37	143	49	45	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	38	128	18	432	- 304
Poisonings	39	128	34	114	+ 14
Drug Use	40	121	53	36	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	41	111	16	531	- 420
Epilepsy	42	110	38	81	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	43	101	66	6	+ 95
Violence	44	89	20	384	- 295
Asthma	45	79	22	326	- 247
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	78	3	2,292	- 2,214
HIV/AIDS	47	77	25	308	- 231
Endocrine Disorders	48	67	43	71	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	50	84	0	+ 50
Malnutrition	50	50	10	660	- 610
Schizophrenia	51	36	83	0	+ 36
Hepatitis C	52	34	65	6	+ 28
Skin Disease	53	34	50	45	- 11
Meningitis	54	27	19	404	- 378
Multiple Sclerosis	55	23	67	4	+ 19
Anemia	56	21	81	0	+ 21
Birth Trauma	57	13	11	616	- 603
Maternal Conditions	58	12	13	544	- 531
Hepatitis B	59	11	57	28	- 17
Appendicitis	60	7	55	31	- 24
Measles	61	3	63	13	- 10
Encephalitis	62	2	62	16	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	18	- 17
Oral conditions	64	1	86	0	+ 1
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	1	54	35	- 34
Tetanus	67	0	52	37	- 37
Otitis Media	68	0	69	2	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 90
Leishmaniasis	70	0	59	19	- 19
Diphtheria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	64	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Romania

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.