ERITREA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,110	2	2,564	+ 4,546
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,615	4	2,154	+ 3,461
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,272	7	944	+ 4,328
Kidney Disease	4	3,009	12	578	+ 2,431
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,479	1	3,277	- 797
Prostate Cancer	6	2,124	47	54	+ 2,070
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,059	5	1,326	+ 733
Lung Disease	8	1,994	9	662	+ 1,333
Hypertension	9	1,981	8	926	+ 1,055
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,796	24	310	+ 1,487
Violence	11	1,397	20	384	+ 1,013
Liver Disease	12	1,315	6	1,215	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,189	32	123	+ 1,066
Breast Cancer	14	961	23	311	+ 649
Stomach Cancer	15	827	48	48	+ 779
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	797	35	113	+ 684
Endocrine Disorders	17	762	43	71	+ 690
Lung Cancers	18	706	46	62	+ 644
Low Birth Weight	19	649	16	531	+ 118
Skin Disease	20	610	50	45	+ 565
Other Injuries	21	557	15	540	+ 17
Suicide	22	543	21	382	+ 162
Parkinson's Disease	23	524	37	85	+ 439
Lymphomas	24	494	28	147	+ 347
Cervical Cancer	25	448	30	132	+ 315
Falls	26	397	26	168	+ 229
Asthma	27	362	22	326	+ 36
Drownings	28	352	33	118	+ 234
Alcohol	29	349	49	45	+ 303
Congenital Anomalies	30	306	18	432	- 127
Pancreas Cancer	31	304	58	20	+ 285
Epilepsy	32	269	38	81	+ 187
Malnutrition	33	248	10	660	- 411
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	203	27	147	+ 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	173	3	2,292	- 2,119
Leukemia	36	167	29	144	+ 23
Liver Cancer	37	153	45	69	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	149	41	77	+ 72
Fires	39	125	31	132	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	40	118	39	81	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	41	118	40	79	+ 39
Birth Trauma	42	117	11	616	- 500
Oral Cancer	43	116	44	71	+ 45
Tuberculosis	44	110	14	543	- 433
Uterin Cancer	45	77	61	18	+ 59
Drug Use	46	72	53	36	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	47	70	13	544	- 474
Other Neoplasms	48	69	66	6	+ 62
Meningitis	49	55	19	404	- 349
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	49	64	12	+ 37
Appendicitis	51	42	55	31	+ 11
Encephalitis	52	42	62	16	+ 26
Dengue	53	22	73	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	54	17	67	4	+ 13
Poisonings	55	10	34	114	- 104
Tetanus	56	8	52	37	- 29
Syphilis	57	7	54	35	- 28
War	58	6	71	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	59	5	60	18	- 13
Hepatitis B	60	2	57	28	- 25
Schistosomiasis	61	2	42	73	- 71
Chlamydia	62	2	70	1	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	36	90	- 88
Ascariasis	64	0	68	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	6	- 6
Otitis Media	66	0	69	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	56	30	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	51	42	- 42
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	17	437	- 437
Leishmaniasis	82	0	59	19	- 19
Leprosy	83	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	25	308	- 308
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Saint Lucia

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.