ERITREA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,935	4	2,154	+ 4,781
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,681	24	310	+ 5,371
Stroke	3	3,892	2	2,564	+ 1,328
Lung Cancers	4	2,969	46	62	+ 2,908
Lung Disease	5	2,539	9	662	+ 1,878
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,275	35	113	+ 2,162
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,840	1	3,277	- 1,436
Kidney Disease	8	1,305	12	578	+ 727
Hypertension	9	1,223	8	926	+ 297
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,043	7	944	+ 99
Breast Cancer	11	948	23	311	+ 637
Pancreas Cancer	12	906	58	20	+ 886
Prostate Cancer	13	861	47	54	+ 807
Stomach Cancer	14	778	48	48	+ 729
Other Injuries	15	743	15	540	+ 203
Lymphomas	16	716	28	147	+ 569
Bladder Cancer	17	701	51	42	+ 659
Liver Cancer	18	684	45	69	+ 615
Inflammatory/Heart	19	669	32	123	+ 546
Parkinson's Disease	20	663	37	85	+ 578
Endocrine Disorders	21	653	43	71	+ 581
Other Neoplasms	22	637	66	6	+ 631
Liver Disease	23	568	6	1,215	- 647
Leukemia	24	506	29	144	+ 362
Suicide	25	484	21	382	+ 103
Falls	26	436	26	168	+ 268
Oral Cancer	27	347	44	71	+ 276
Ovary Cancer	28	272	40	79	+ 192
Oesophagus Cancer	29	270	39	81	+ 189
Skin Disease	30	247	50	45	+ 202
Road Traffic Accidents	31	245	5	1,326	- 1,081
Skin Cancers	32	242	56	30	+ 212
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	216	41	77	+ 140
Uterin Cancer	34	216	61	18	+ 199
Asthma	35	152	22	326	- 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	143	3	2,292	- 2,149
Anemia	37	123	81	0	+ 123
Congenital Anomalies	38	116	18	432	- 316
Cervical Cancer	39	115	30	132	- 18
Epilepsy	40	111	38	81	+ 29
Drug Use	41	104	53	36	+ 68
Hepatitis C	42	88	65	6	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	43	72	25	308	- 235
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	64	27	147	- 83
Drownings	45	60	33	118	- 58
Alcohol	46	45	49	45	- 1
Malnutrition	47	41	10	660	- 619
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	39	64	12	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	49	39	67	4	+ 35
Tuberculosis	50	36	14	543	- 507
Violence	51	35	20	384	- 349
Low Birth Weight	52	34	16	531	- 497
Osteoarthritis	53	28	85	0	+ 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	27	84	0	+ 27
Fires	55	25	31	132	- 107
Schizophrenia	56	24	83	0	+ 24
Poisonings	57	23	34	114	- 91
Hepatitis B	58	22	57	28	- 6
Meningitis	59	17	19	404	- 387
Birth Trauma	60	15	11	616	- 601
Appendicitis	61	11	55	31	- 21
Upper Respiratory	62	6	60	18	- 12
Oral conditions	63	6	86	0	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	64	2	13	544	- 542
Leishmaniasis	65	1	59	19	- 18
Otitis Media	66	1	69	2	- 1
Syphilis	67	1	54	35	- 34
War	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	0	62	16	- 15
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	52	37	- 37
Pertussis	73	0	36	90	- 89
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	73	- 73
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	68	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	63	13	- 13
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Spain

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.