ERITREA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,462	4	2,154	+ 3,308
Violence	2	3,681	20	384	+ 3,297
Stroke	3	2,463	2	2,564	- 101
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,269	7	944	+ 1,324
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,259	5	1,326	+ 933
HIV/AIDS	6	1,521	25	308	+ 1,213
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,459	1	3,277	- 1,817
Kidney Disease	8	1,204	12	578	+ 626
Hypertension	9	1,055	8	926	+ 129
Lung Disease	10	1,045	9	662	+ 384
Lung Cancers	11	792	46	62	+ 730
Low Birth Weight	12	627	16	531	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	13	578	47	54	+ 524
Congenital Anomalies	14	578	18	432	+ 146
Breast Cancer	15	520	23	311	+ 209
Liver Disease	16	475	6	1,215	- 740
Stomach Cancer	17	442	48	48	+ 393
Other Neoplasms	18	440	66	6	+ 434
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	414	35	113	+ 301
Cervical Cancer	20	403	30	132	+ 271
Other Injuries	21	344	15	540	- 196
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	276	3	2,292	- 2,016
Lymphomas	23	253	28	147	+ 107
Birth Trauma	24	221	11	616	- 396
Pancreas Cancer	25	220	58	20	+ 200
Liver Cancer	26	209	45	69	+ 140
Leukemia	27	205	29	144	+ 60
Falls	28	176	26	168	+ 8
Chagas disease	29	168	77	0	+ 168
Endocrine Disorders	30	154	43	71	+ 83
Tuberculosis	31	152	14	543	- 392
Malnutrition	32	128	10	660	- 532
Inflammatory/Heart	33	122	32	123	- 1
Suicide	34	119	21	382	- 263
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	116	24	310	- 194
Ovary Cancer	36	114	40	79	+ 35
Skin Cancers	37	112	56	30	+ 82
Oral Cancer	38	110	44	71	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	39	86	13	544	- 458
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	85	27	147	- 62
Epilepsy	41	83	38	81	+ 2
Malaria	42	82	17	437	- 355
Drownings	43	79	33	118	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	44	75	39	81	- 6
Bladder Cancer	45	74	51	42	+ 32
Asthma	46	63	22	326	- 263
Uterin Cancer	47	63	61	18	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	48	51	37	85	- 34
Meningitis	49	51	19	404	- 354
Drug Use	50	46	53	36	+ 10
War	51	38	71	0	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	37	64	12	+ 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	31	84	0	+ 31
Fires	54	29	31	132	- 103
Anemia	55	26	81	0	+ 26
Appendicitis	56	20	55	31	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	16	41	77	- 60
Poisonings	58	14	34	114	- 100
Dengue	59	13	73	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	67	4	+ 7
Encephalitis	61	8	62	16	- 8
Alcohol	62	7	49	45	- 39
Hepatitis B	63	6	57	28	- 22
Pertussis	64	5	36	90	- 84
Hepatitis C	65	4	65	6	- 2
Skin Disease	66	4	50	45	- 41
Syphilis	67	3	54	35	- 32
Tetanus	68	2	52	37	- 36
Schizophrenia	69	1	83	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	68	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	85	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	59	19	- 18
Upper Respiratory	74	0	60	18	- 18
Otitis Media	75	0	69	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	73	- 73
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Venezuela

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.