ERITREA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	9,540	2	2,564	+ 6,976
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,515	4	2,154	+ 3,361
Lung Disease	3	2,152	9	662	+ 1,490
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,031	7	944	+ 1,087
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,768	5	1,326	+ 442
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,758	24	310	+ 1,448
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,670	1	3,277	- 1,607
Kidney Disease	8	1,515	12	578	+ 937
Liver Cancer	9	1,499	45	69	+ 1,430
Liver Disease	10	1,434	6	1,215	+ 219
Lung Cancers	11	1,277	46	62	+ 1,216
Hypertension	12	1,192	8	926	+ 267
Falls	13	925	26	168	+ 757
Stomach Cancer	14	908	48	48	+ 860
Tuberculosis	15	567	14	543	+ 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	495	35	113	+ 382
Asthma	17	489	22	326	+ 163
Suicide	18	435	21	382	+ 53
Low Birth Weight	19	428	16	531	- 103
Oral Cancer	20	425	44	71	+ 354
Congenital Anomalies	21	424	18	432	- 8
Breast Cancer	22	371	23	311	+ 60
Other Injuries	23	332	15	540	- 208
Inflammatory/Heart	24	321	32	123	+ 198
Parkinson's Disease	25	320	37	85	+ 235
Drownings	26	306	33	118	+ 188
HIV/AIDS	27	299	25	308	- 8
Leukemia	28	294	29	144	+ 150
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	263	3	2,292	- 2,029
Lymphomas	30	178	28	147	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	31	143	30	132	+ 11
Birth Trauma	32	140	11	616	- 476
Oesophagus Cancer	33	136	39	81	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	34	125	43	71	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	35	115	47	54	+ 61
Violence	36	107	20	384	- 277
Measles	37	107	63	13	+ 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	102	41	77	+ 26
Encephalitis	39	93	62	16	+ 78
Skin Disease	40	91	50	45	+ 46
Drug Use	41	82	53	36	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	42	70	61	18	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	57	27	147	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	44	56	58	20	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	45	54	51	42	+ 12
Alcohol	46	52	49	45	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	47	52	40	79	- 28
Poisonings	48	50	34	114	- 64
Maternal Conditions	49	46	13	544	- 497
Pertussis	50	42	36	90	- 47
Meningitis	51	37	19	404	- 367
Fires	52	36	31	132	- 96
Epilepsy	53	35	38	81	- 47
Skin Cancers	54	28	56	30	- 2
Hepatitis B	55	23	57	28	- 5
Syphilis	56	20	54	35	- 15
Other Neoplasms	57	19	66	6	+ 13
Tetanus	58	17	52	37	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	13	64	12	+ 2
Appendicitis	60	12	55	31	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	67	4	+ 4
Dengue	62	8	73	0	+ 8
Malnutrition	63	7	10	660	- 652
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	6	- 2
War	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	60	18	- 16
Malaria	67	1	17	437	- 436
Ascariasis	68	1	68	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Leishmaniasis	78	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

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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.