ERITREA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,777	4	2,154	+ 4,623
Stroke	2	2,915	2	2,564	+ 351
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,138	5	1,326	+ 812
Kidney Disease	4	1,571	12	578	+ 994
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,064	1	3,277	- 2,212
Falls	6	927	26	168	+ 759
Liver Disease	7	856	6	1,215	- 359
Other Injuries	8	695	15	540	+ 155
Diabetes Mellitus	9	675	7	944	- 269
Lung Disease	10	493	9	662	- 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	424	24	310	+ 114
Congenital Anomalies	12	401	18	432	- 32
Suicide	13	355	21	382	- 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	283	35	113	+ 170
Endocrine Disorders	15	251	43	71	+ 180
Inflammatory/Heart	16	233	32	123	+ 110
Asthma	17	203	22	326	- 123
Low Birth Weight	18	172	16	531	- 359
Leukemia	19	161	29	144	+ 16
Breast Cancer	20	158	23	311	- 154
Liver Cancer	21	147	45	69	+ 77
Hypertension	22	145	8	926	- 781
Fires	23	143	31	132	+ 11
Drownings	24	143	33	118	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	135	37	85	+ 50
Lung Cancers	26	135	46	62	+ 73
Tuberculosis	27	131	14	543	- 413
Lymphomas	28	124	28	147	- 23
Epilepsy	29	121	38	81	+ 39
Violence	30	112	20	384	- 272
Pancreas Cancer	31	91	58	20	+ 72
Skin Disease	32	90	50	45	+ 45
Drug Use	33	85	53	36	+ 49
Oral Cancer	34	81	44	71	+ 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	79	3	2,292	- 2,213
Stomach Cancer	36	67	48	48	+ 19
Birth Trauma	37	60	11	616	- 557
Uterin Cancer	38	56	61	18	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	49	41	77	- 28
Poisonings	40	49	34	114	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	48	27	147	- 99
Ovary Cancer	42	43	40	79	- 37
Encephalitis	43	41	62	16	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	44	40	39	81	- 41
Meningitis	45	39	19	404	- 365
Bladder Cancer	46	37	51	42	- 5
HIV/AIDS	47	33	25	308	- 274
Maternal Conditions	48	30	13	544	- 514
Cervical Cancer	49	27	30	132	- 105
Prostate Cancer	50	26	47	54	- 28
Alcohol	51	22	49	45	- 23
Malnutrition	52	14	10	660	- 646
Hepatitis B	53	10	57	28	- 18
Pertussis	54	10	36	90	- 80
Skin Cancers	55	9	56	30	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	56	8	67	4	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	7	66	6	+ 1
Appendicitis	58	6	55	31	- 25
Syphilis	59	6	54	35	- 29
Schistosomiasis	60	4	42	73	- 68
Tetanus	61	3	52	37	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	12	- 10
Dengue	63	2	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	6	- 5
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	68	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	67	0	59	19	- 19
Measles	68	0	63	13	- 12
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	60	18	- 18
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	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.