ERITREA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,367	4	2,154	+ 7,213
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	5,328	24	310	+ 5,018
Lung Disease	3	3,625	9	662	+ 2,963
Stroke	4	2,941	2	2,564	+ 377
Lung Cancers	5	2,885	46	62	+ 2,824
Kidney Disease	6	1,593	12	578	+ 1,015
Drug Use	7	1,381	53	36	+ 1,345
Hypertension	8	1,224	8	926	+ 298
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,147	35	113	+ 1,034
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,139	7	944	+ 195
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,119	1	3,277	- 2,158
Suicide	12	985	21	382	+ 603
Breast Cancer	13	903	23	311	+ 591
Endocrine Disorders	14	872	43	71	+ 800
Pancreas Cancer	15	822	58	20	+ 802
Liver Disease	16	805	6	1,215	- 410
Road Traffic Accidents	17	773	5	1,326	- 553
Falls	18	750	26	168	+ 582
Lymphomas	19	747	28	147	+ 600
Prostate Cancer	20	661	47	54	+ 607
Parkinson's Disease	21	640	37	85	+ 555
Inflammatory/Heart	22	603	32	123	+ 481
Liver Cancer	23	502	45	69	+ 433
Leukemia	24	500	29	144	+ 356
Other Injuries	25	482	15	540	- 58
Bladder Cancer	26	364	51	42	+ 322
Violence	27	352	20	384	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	28	331	39	81	+ 250
Other Neoplasms	29	329	66	6	+ 323
Alcohol	30	272	49	45	+ 226
Ovary Cancer	31	271	40	79	+ 191
Skin Cancers	32	265	56	30	+ 236
Stomach Cancer	33	243	48	48	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	34	218	18	432	- 214
Oral Cancer	35	214	44	71	+ 143
Uterin Cancer	36	187	61	18	+ 169
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	185	3	2,292	- 2,107
Cervical Cancer	38	130	30	132	- 3
Low Birth Weight	39	128	16	531	- 403
Malnutrition	40	125	10	660	- 534
Hepatitis C	41	105	65	6	+ 99
HIV/AIDS	42	105	25	308	- 203
Skin Disease	43	100	50	45	+ 56
Multiple Sclerosis	44	94	67	4	+ 90
Drownings	45	76	33	118	- 42
Asthma	46	71	22	326	- 255
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	68	41	77	- 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	64	27	147	- 83
Fires	49	59	31	132	- 73
Epilepsy	50	59	38	81	- 23
Anemia	51	58	81	0	+ 58
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	46	64	12	+ 34
Poisonings	53	31	34	114	- 83
Birth Trauma	54	23	11	616	- 593
War	55	22	71	0	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	56	14	13	544	- 529
Schizophrenia	57	13	83	0	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	13	84	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	59	11	57	28	- 16
Meningitis	60	11	19	404	- 393
Osteoarthritis	61	11	85	0	+ 11
Tuberculosis	62	10	14	543	- 533
Appendicitis	63	8	55	31	- 23
Oral conditions	64	5	86	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	4	60	18	- 14
Syphilis	66	1	54	35	- 34
Otitis Media	67	1	69	2	- 1
Encephalitis	68	0	62	16	- 15
Pertussis	69	0	36	90	- 89
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	52	37	- 37
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	73	- 73
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	17	437	- 437
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	59	19	- 19
Measles	80	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	68	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

United States

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.