ERITREA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,512	4	2,154	+ 6,358
Stroke	2	5,848	2	2,564	+ 3,284
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,236	1	3,277	- 41
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,812	7	944	+ 1,867
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,905	3	2,292	- 387
Lung Disease	6	1,821	9	662	+ 1,159
Malaria	7	1,270	17	437	+ 833
Road Traffic Accidents	8	966	5	1,326	- 360
Suicide	9	858	21	382	+ 476
Liver Disease	10	775	6	1,215	- 439
Drownings	11	702	33	118	+ 584
Asthma	12	685	22	326	+ 359
Hypertension	13	664	8	926	- 262
Low Birth Weight	14	563	16	531	+ 32
Kidney Disease	15	555	12	578	- 22
Congenital Anomalies	16	550	18	432	+ 118
Other Injuries	17	523	15	540	- 17
Liver Cancer	18	522	45	69	+ 453
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	513	41	77	+ 437
Falls	20	477	26	168	+ 309
Birth Trauma	21	448	11	616	- 168
Maternal Conditions	22	400	13	544	- 143
Tuberculosis	23	390	14	543	- 153
Dengue	24	362	73	0	+ 362
Cervical Cancer	25	361	30	132	+ 229
Breast Cancer	26	295	23	311	- 16
Lung Cancers	27	292	46	62	+ 230
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	278	24	310	- 32
Syphilis	29	244	54	35	+ 209
Violence	30	228	20	384	- 157
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	201	35	113	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	194	27	147	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	33	187	40	79	+ 107
Parkinson's Disease	34	182	37	85	+ 98
Leukemia	35	178	29	144	+ 33
Malnutrition	36	166	10	660	- 494
Inflammatory/Heart	37	152	32	123	+ 29
Poisonings	38	134	34	114	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	39	129	43	71	+ 58
Fires	40	125	31	132	- 7
Prostate Cancer	41	113	47	54	+ 59
Lymphomas	42	112	28	147	- 35
Meningitis	43	110	19	404	- 295
Stomach Cancer	44	102	48	48	+ 54
Epilepsy	45	92	38	81	+ 11
Skin Disease	46	88	50	45	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	47	75	61	18	+ 58
Alcohol	48	75	49	45	+ 30
Oral Cancer	49	66	44	71	- 5
Pertussis	50	65	36	90	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	51	37	58	20	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	52	37	51	42	- 5
Hepatitis B	53	27	57	28	- 0
Encephalitis	54	14	62	16	- 2
Appendicitis	55	13	55	31	- 19
Other Neoplasms	56	10	66	6	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	57	9	39	81	- 72
Drug Use	58	7	53	36	- 29
Tetanus	59	5	52	37	- 32
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	64	12	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	67	4	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	3	65	6	- 3
Ascariasis	63	1	68	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	60	18	- 17
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	1	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	2	- 2
Skin Cancers	69	0	56	30	- 30
Schizophrenia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	63	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	76	0	59	19	- 19
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	25	308	- 308
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Solomon Isl.

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.