ERITREA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,527	4	2,154	+ 3,373
Stroke	2	2,587	2	2,564	+ 23
Low Birth Weight	3	2,016	16	531	+ 1,485
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,586	1	3,277	- 1,690
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,440	5	1,326	+ 114
Measles	6	1,169	63	13	+ 1,157
Birth Trauma	7	1,072	11	616	+ 455
Hypertension	8	916	8	926	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	789	3	2,292	- 1,503
Malaria	10	706	17	437	+ 269
Congenital Anomalies	11	692	18	432	+ 260
Kidney Disease	12	640	12	578	+ 63
Lung Disease	13	551	9	662	- 111
Liver Disease	14	547	6	1,215	- 668
Tuberculosis	15	534	14	543	- 9
Breast Cancer	16	386	23	311	+ 75
Diabetes Mellitus	17	386	7	944	- 558
Other Injuries	18	366	15	540	- 174
Asthma	19	331	22	326	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	325	24	310	+ 15
Violence	21	311	20	384	- 73
HIV/AIDS	22	293	25	308	- 14
Maternal Conditions	23	246	13	544	- 297
Pertussis	24	239	36	90	+ 149
Leukemia	25	230	29	144	+ 86
Drownings	26	212	33	118	+ 94
Suicide	27	207	21	382	- 175
Falls	28	196	26	168	+ 28
Lymphomas	29	193	28	147	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	30	183	43	71	+ 112
Fires	31	165	31	132	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	32	142	39	81	+ 60
Meningitis	33	137	19	404	- 267
Malnutrition	34	137	10	660	- 523
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	132	35	113	+ 19
Drug Use	36	130	53	36	+ 94
Liver Cancer	37	119	45	69	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	38	105	32	123	- 17
Ovary Cancer	39	100	40	79	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	97	27	147	- 50
Cervical Cancer	41	97	30	132	- 36
Poisonings	42	94	34	114	- 21
Epilepsy	43	92	38	81	+ 11
Hepatitis B	44	92	57	28	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	45	89	37	85	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	86	41	77	+ 9
Syphilis	47	76	54	35	+ 41
Lung Cancers	48	68	46	62	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	49	66	47	54	+ 12
Oral Cancer	50	62	44	71	- 9
Stomach Cancer	51	60	48	48	+ 12
Leishmaniasis	52	56	59	19	+ 37
Tetanus	53	47	52	37	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	54	46	51	42	+ 4
Skin Cancers	55	45	56	30	+ 15
War	56	42	71	0	+ 42
Encephalitis	57	38	62	16	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	58	34	58	20	+ 15
Appendicitis	59	19	55	31	- 12
Skin Disease	60	14	50	45	- 31
Alcohol	61	11	49	45	- 35
Uterin Cancer	62	9	61	18	- 9
Schistosomiasis	63	9	42	73	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	67	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	65	4	66	6	- 2
Ascariasis	66	3	68	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	64	12	- 9
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	6	- 4
Diphtheria	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	18	- 17
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Sudan

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.