ERITREA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,394	25	308	+ 7,086
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,987	1	3,277	+ 711
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,142	4	2,154	+ 988
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,233	5	1,326	+ 907
Stroke	5	1,896	2	2,564	- 668
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,700	3	2,292	- 593
Low Birth Weight	7	1,494	16	531	+ 962
Birth Trauma	8	1,260	11	616	+ 643
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,237	7	944	+ 292
Malnutrition	10	886	10	660	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	11	820	18	432	+ 388
Kidney Disease	12	819	12	578	+ 241
Suicide	13	765	21	382	+ 383
Cervical Cancer	14	748	30	132	+ 616
Malaria	15	741	17	437	+ 304
Tuberculosis	16	739	14	543	+ 196
Liver Disease	17	718	6	1,215	- 497
Violence	18	709	20	384	+ 325
Maternal Conditions	19	647	13	544	+ 103
Other Injuries	20	612	15	540	+ 72
Asthma	21	566	22	326	+ 240
Meningitis	22	490	19	404	+ 86
Lung Disease	23	430	9	662	- 232
Hypertension	24	424	8	926	- 502
Inflammatory/Heart	25	387	32	123	+ 265
Lymphomas	26	355	28	147	+ 208
Drownings	27	354	33	118	+ 236
Breast Cancer	28	310	23	311	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	29	296	39	81	+ 215
Fires	30	293	31	132	+ 161
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	284	24	310	- 26
Prostate Cancer	32	232	47	54	+ 178
Stomach Cancer	33	207	48	48	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	34	205	43	71	+ 133
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	203	27	147	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	200	41	77	+ 124
Poisonings	37	191	34	114	+ 76
Liver Cancer	38	189	45	69	+ 119
Epilepsy	39	188	38	81	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	187	35	113	+ 74
Falls	41	172	26	168	+ 4
Pertussis	42	155	36	90	+ 65
Lung Cancers	43	106	46	62	+ 44
Skin Cancers	44	98	56	30	+ 68
Leukemia	45	90	29	144	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	46	83	37	85	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	47	80	58	20	+ 61
Drug Use	48	79	53	36	+ 42
Oral Cancer	49	77	44	71	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	50	67	61	18	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	51	64	40	79	- 15
Skin Disease	52	64	50	45	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	53	64	42	73	- 9
Bladder Cancer	54	46	51	42	+ 4
Syphilis	55	46	54	35	+ 11
Encephalitis	56	43	62	16	+ 28
Tetanus	57	38	52	37	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	24	55	31	- 7
Upper Respiratory	59	24	60	18	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	21	57	28	- 7
Alcohol	61	18	49	45	- 28
Other Neoplasms	62	14	66	6	+ 8
Measles	63	11	63	13	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	64	12	- 2
War	65	10	71	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	66	5	65	6	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	67	4	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	1	68	2	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Leprosy	78	0	78	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

Zimbabwe

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.