ERITREA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,953	4	2,154	+ 3,799
Stroke	2	2,678	2	2,564	+ 114
War	3	2,549	71	0	+ 2,549
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,364	1	3,277	- 912
Low Birth Weight	5	1,739	16	531	+ 1,208
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,690	5	1,326	+ 364
Birth Trauma	7	1,172	11	616	+ 556
Hypertension	8	1,045	8	926	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	863	3	2,292	- 1,429
Congenital Anomalies	10	847	18	432	+ 415
Lung Disease	11	631	9	662	- 31
Measles	12	596	63	13	+ 583
Liver Disease	13	571	6	1,215	- 644
Violence	14	560	20	384	+ 176
Kidney Disease	15	529	12	578	- 49
Other Injuries	16	439	15	540	- 101
Asthma	17	416	22	326	+ 90
Tuberculosis	18	375	14	543	- 169
Diabetes Mellitus	19	354	7	944	- 590
Malaria	20	339	17	437	- 98
Suicide	21	335	21	382	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	277	24	310	- 32
Pertussis	23	245	36	90	+ 155
Falls	24	231	26	168	+ 63
Drownings	25	225	33	118	+ 108
Breast Cancer	26	224	23	311	- 88
Malnutrition	27	209	10	660	- 451
Meningitis	28	201	19	404	- 203
Fires	29	196	31	132	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	180	35	113	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	31	178	48	48	+ 130
Maternal Conditions	32	176	13	544	- 368
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	165	27	147	+ 17
Leukemia	34	153	29	144	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	35	151	39	81	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	36	146	43	71	+ 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	140	41	77	+ 63
Drug Use	38	121	53	36	+ 85
Liver Cancer	39	120	45	69	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	40	115	32	123	- 7
Lung Cancers	41	112	46	62	+ 51
Oral Cancer	42	108	44	71	+ 37
Epilepsy	43	106	38	81	+ 25
Poisonings	44	105	34	114	- 9
Lymphomas	45	85	28	147	- 61
HIV/AIDS	46	78	25	308	- 229
Tetanus	47	78	52	37	+ 40
Encephalitis	48	73	62	16	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	49	71	37	85	- 13
Hepatitis B	50	59	57	28	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	51	56	58	20	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	52	37	40	79	- 42
Syphilis	53	35	54	35	- 0
Appendicitis	54	32	55	31	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	55	32	51	42	- 10
Schistosomiasis	56	24	42	73	- 48
Cervical Cancer	57	23	30	132	- 109
Skin Cancers	58	20	56	30	- 10
Alcohol	59	15	49	45	- 30
Dengue	60	14	73	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	61	9	50	45	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	62	8	67	4	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	63	8	47	54	- 46
Other Neoplasms	64	4	66	6	- 2
Ascariasis	65	3	68	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	64	12	- 9
Diphtheria	67	3	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	6	- 5
Uterin Cancer	69	1	61	18	- 16
Upper Respiratory	70	1	60	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	71	0	59	19	- 19
Chlamydia	72	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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

Yemen

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.