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Eritrea
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Eritrea and Cyprus health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Cyprus
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Eritrea Population Pyramid
6,005,492
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Cyprus Population Pyramid
1,354,589
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Cyprus CYPRUS
  Eritrea ERITREA   Cyprus CYPRUS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.6
41.1
39.3
152
148
150
 
67.0
70.6
68.8
17
30
26
1970
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
 
69.5
72.5
71.0
8
34
20
1980
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
 
72.6
76.7
74.6
3
16
8
1990
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
 
74.1
78.6
76.3
7
18
14
2000
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
 
76.0
80.2
78.1
9
22
16
2010
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
 
77.4
81.7
79.5
22
28
27
2019
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
 
81.1
85.1
83.1
4
5
6
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Cyprus CYPRUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.3
67.1
159
151
81.1
85.1
4
5
Age
61.3
67.1
159
151
81.1
85.1
4
5
Age 5
64.2
69.5
171
162
81.3
85.3
4
7
Age 10
64.4
69.7
170
166
81.4
85.3
4
7
Age 15
64.7
69.9
170
167
81.4
85.4
4
7
Age 20
65.1
70.1
170
167
81.5
85.4
4
7
Age 25
65.7
70.5
170
168
81.6
85.4
4
7
Age 30
66.3
70.9
170
169
81.7
85.5
5
7
Age 35
67.0
71.4
171
169
81.8
85.5
8
7
Age 40
67.9
72.1
172
169
81.9
85.6
10
8
Age 45
69.0
72.9
173
173
82.1
85.7
11
8
Age 50
70.4
74.0
173
173
82.4
85.8
11
10
Age 55
72.1
75.3
173
173
82.8
86.1
13
10
Age 60
74.1
76.8
174
174
83.3
86.4
15
10
Age 65
76.6
78.6
173
173
84.1
86.9
17
12
Age 70
79.3
80.7
173
173
85.1
87.5
18
14
Age 75
82.3
83.2
170
171
86.6
88.3
20
18
Age 80
85.5
86.2
164
165
88.2
89.4
32
30
Age 85
89.1
89.5
162
167
90.5
91.1
52
51
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Cyprus CYPRUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
152.35
5
4.24
182
2. Stroke
139.66
28
20.33
168
3. Coronary Heart Disease
119.40
80
52.89
160
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
102.04
5
2.39
101
5. Liver Disease
61.76
5
2.80
176
6. Road Traffic Accidents
54.13
5
4.90
155
7. Hypertension
52.22
13
5.17
156
8. Diabetes Mellitus
51.06
37
14.74
129
9. Lung Disease
36.46
34
15.39
140
10. Kidney Disease
30.38
57
9.09
145
11. Breast Cancer
28.19
15
15.03
116
12. Malnutrition
26.52
3
0.08
159
13. Tuberculosis
21.74
50
0.27
150
14. Other Injuries
21.49
6
6.43
111
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.70
39
16.57
116
16. Maternal Conditions
17.51
10
0.05
169
17. Suicide
17.26
21
3.18
160
18. Asthma
16.35
34
1.04
132
19. Meningitis
15.42
14
0.10
178
20. Malaria
13.87
38
0.00
97
21. Violence
13.64
33
1.08
150
22. Cervical Cancer
12.74
69
1.95
168
23. HIV/AIDS
10.85
57
0.03
162
24. Falls
8.77
36
2.57
162
25. Ovary Cancer
7.50
10
4.52
86
26. Birth Trauma
7.37
46
0.33
171
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.36
28
0.50
176
28. Prostate Cancer
6.95
146
12.52
121
29. Lymphomas
6.91
19
4.90
82
30. Low Birth Weight
6.60
69
0.79
171
31. Congenital Anomalies
6.40
71
1.43
182
32. Leukemia
6.26
4
4.25
56
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.79
136
8.30
97
34. Inflammatory/Heart
5.74
71
2.68
147
35. Fires
5.00
10
0.24
170
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.91
52
1.88
165
37. Poisonings
4.38
6
0.27
130
38. Oesophagus Cancer
4.30
43
0.54
175
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.69
30
1.62
83
40. Schistosomiasis
3.64
6
0.00
102
41. Oral Cancer
3.62
63
1.07
173
42. Liver Cancer
3.56
151
3.28
157
43. Drownings
3.38
64
2.00
116
44. Lung Cancers
3.27
154
16.60
73
45. Epilepsy
3.11
27
0.56
173
46. Endocrine Disorders
3.00
111
5.95
53
47. Stomach Cancer
2.50
170
3.29
146
48. Alcohol
2.33
52
0.33
160
49. Bladder Cancer
2.26
78
3.21
51
50. Skin Disease
2.17
55
1.84
78
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Eritrea ERITREA   Cyprus CYPRUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,277
12.90
98
1.79
2. Stroke
2,564
10.09
462
8.45
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,292
9.02
56
1.02
4. Coronary Heart Disease
2,154
8.48
1,120
20.48
5. Road Traffic Accidents
1,326
5.22
69
1.26
6. Liver Disease
1,215
4.78
50
0.91
7. Diabetes Mellitus
944
3.71
332
6.07
8. Hypertension
926
3.64
127
2.32
9. Lung Disease
662
2.61
355
6.49
10. Malnutrition
660
2.60
2
0.04
11. Birth Trauma
616
2.42
2
0.04
12. Kidney Disease
578
2.27
213
3.89
13. Maternal Conditions
544
2.14
1
0.02
14. Tuberculosis
543
2.14
4
0.07
15. Other Injuries
540
2.13
136
2.49
16. Low Birth Weight
531
2.09
6
0.11
17. Malaria
437
1.72
0
0.00
18. Congenital Anomalies
432
1.70
18
0.33
19. Meningitis
404
1.59
2
0.04
20. Violence
384
1.51
15
0.27
21. Suicide
382
1.50
44
0.80
22. Asthma
326
1.28
24
0.44
23. Breast Cancer
311
1.22
155
2.83
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
310
1.22
400
7.31
25. HIV/AIDS
308
1.21
0
0.00
26. Falls
168
0.66
51
0.93
27. Lymphomas
147
0.58
97
1.77
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
147
0.58
11
0.20
29. Leukemia
144
0.57
83
1.52
30. Cervical Cancer
132
0.52
18
0.33
31. Fires
132
0.52
5
0.09
32. Inflammatory/Heart
123
0.48
51
0.93
33. Drownings
118
0.46
33
0.60
34. Poisonings
114
0.45
4
0.07
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
113
0.44
167
3.05
36. Pertussis
90
0.35
0
0.00
37. Parkinson's Disease
85
0.33
44
0.80
38. Oesophagus Cancer
81
0.32
10
0.18
39. Epilepsy
81
0.32
10
0.18
40. Ovary Cancer
79
0.31
45
0.82
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
77
0.30
35
0.64
42. Schistosomiasis
73
0.29
0
0.00
43. Endocrine Disorders
71
0.28
126
2.30
44. Oral Cancer
71
0.28
21
0.38
45. Liver Cancer
69
0.27
64
1.17
46. Lung Cancers
62
0.24
319
5.83
47. Prostate Cancer
54
0.21
118
2.16
48. Stomach Cancer
48
0.19
63
1.15
49. Skin Disease
45
0.18
44
0.80
50. Alcohol
45
0.18
5
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Cyprus CYPRUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.19
15
15.03
116
2. Cervical Cancer
12.74
69
1.95
168
3. Ovary Cancer
7.50
10
4.52
86
4. Prostate Cancer
6.95
146
12.52
121
5. Lymphomas
6.91
19
4.90
82
6. Leukemia
6.26
4
4.25
56
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.79
136
8.30
97
8. Oesophagus Cancer
4.30
43
0.54
175
9. Oral Cancer
3.62
63
1.07
173
10. Liver Cancer
3.56
151
3.28
157
11. Lung Cancers
3.27
154
16.60
73
12. Stomach Cancer
2.50
170
3.29
146
13. Bladder Cancer
2.26
78
3.21
51
14. Uterin Cancer
1.73
126
2.59
75
15. Skin Cancers
1.58
112
1.96
88
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.05
166
5.46
60
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.