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Eritrea
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Eritrea and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Egypt EGYPT
  Eritrea ERITREA   Egypt EGYPT
       
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
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
41.5
45.3
43.4
154
147
151
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
42.3
46.2
44.2
165
161
163
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
46.4
50.8
48.6
166
164
165
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
39.5
52.7
45.3
182
161
180
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
59.6
64.6
62.1
146
139
142
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
61.3
67.1
64.1
159
151
154
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.3
67.1
159
151
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
61.3
67.1
159
151
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
64.2
69.5
171
162
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
64.4
69.7
170
166
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
64.7
69.9
170
167
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
65.1
70.1
170
167
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
65.7
70.5
170
168
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
66.3
70.9
170
169
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
67.0
71.4
171
169
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
67.9
72.1
172
169
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
69.0
72.9
173
173
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
70.4
74.0
173
173
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
72.1
75.3
173
173
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
74.1
76.8
174
174
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
76.6
78.6
173
173
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
79.3
80.7
173
173
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
82.3
83.2
170
171
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
85.5
86.2
164
165
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
89.1
89.5
162
167
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
152.35
5
25.25
99
2. Stroke
139.66
28
65.24
110
3. Coronary Heart Disease
119.40
80
268.11
15
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
102.04
5
3.32
88
5. Liver Disease
61.76
5
93.37
1
6. Road Traffic Accidents
54.13
5
11.77
116
7. Hypertension
52.22
13
34.03
35
8. Diabetes Mellitus
51.06
37
27.97
92
9. Lung Disease
36.46
34
20.69
100
10. Kidney Disease
30.38
57
32.58
46
11. Breast Cancer
28.19
15
24.04
33
12. Malnutrition
26.52
3
1.10
99
13. Tuberculosis
21.74
50
0.54
138
14. Other Injuries
21.49
6
4.29
144
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.70
39
13.14
148
16. Maternal Conditions
17.51
10
0.80
93
17. Suicide
17.26
21
3.41
158
18. Asthma
16.35
34
10.51
59
19. Meningitis
15.42
14
0.78
92
20. Malaria
13.87
38
0.00
101
21. Violence
13.64
33
4.42
93
22. Cervical Cancer
12.74
69
1.68
175
23. HIV/AIDS
10.85
57
0.41
127
24. Falls
8.77
36
2.57
161
25. Ovary Cancer
7.50
10
5.11
61
26. Birth Trauma
7.37
46
3.36
79
27. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.36
28
1.89
119
28. Prostate Cancer
6.95
146
6.17
154
29. Lymphomas
6.91
19
11.00
2
30. Low Birth Weight
6.60
69
6.01
80
31. Congenital Anomalies
6.40
71
7.73
38
32. Leukemia
6.26
4
4.53
42
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.79
136
4.35
156
34. Inflammatory/Heart
5.74
71
3.07
135
35. Fires
5.00
10
1.72
83
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.91
52
4.12
91
37. Poisonings
4.38
6
0.20
151
38. Oesophagus Cancer
4.30
43
1.39
132
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.69
30
1.62
82
40. Schistosomiasis
3.64
6
0.31
44
41. Oral Cancer
3.62
63
1.16
170
42. Liver Cancer
3.56
151
34.11
2
43. Drownings
3.38
64
1.09
146
44. Lung Cancers
3.27
154
8.02
115
45. Epilepsy
3.11
27
0.48
179
46. Endocrine Disorders
3.00
111
2.96
113
47. Stomach Cancer
2.50
170
2.54
168
48. Alcohol
2.33
52
0.17
176
49. Bladder Cancer
2.26
78
8.13
2
50. Skin Disease
2.17
55
0.35
155
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Eritrea ERITREA   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,277
12.90
20,694
3.86
2. Stroke
2,564
10.09
43,839
8.17
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,292
9.02
3,692
0.69
4. Coronary Heart Disease
2,154
8.48
173,871
32.40
5. Road Traffic Accidents
1,326
5.22
10,141
1.89
6. Liver Disease
1,215
4.78
60,122
11.20
7. Diabetes Mellitus
944
3.71
19,131
3.57
8. Hypertension
926
3.64
21,094
3.93
9. Lung Disease
662
2.61
13,393
2.50
10. Malnutrition
660
2.60
759
0.14
11. Birth Trauma
616
2.42
6,109
1.14
12. Kidney Disease
578
2.27
21,087
3.93
13. Maternal Conditions
544
2.14
795
0.15
14. Tuberculosis
543
2.14
432
0.08
15. Other Injuries
540
2.13
3,819
0.71
16. Low Birth Weight
531
2.09
11,391
2.12
17. Malaria
437
1.72
0
0.00
18. Congenital Anomalies
432
1.70
12,163
2.27
19. Meningitis
404
1.59
827
0.15
20. Violence
384
1.51
4,165
0.78
21. Suicide
382
1.50
3,022
0.56
22. Asthma
326
1.28
7,104
1.32
23. Breast Cancer
311
1.22
9,180
1.71
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
310
1.22
6,975
1.30
25. HIV/AIDS
308
1.21
397
0.07
26. Falls
168
0.66
2,019
0.38
27. Lymphomas
147
0.58
7,539
1.40
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
147
0.58
1,339
0.25
29. Leukemia
144
0.57
3,763
0.70
30. Cervical Cancer
132
0.52
625
0.12
31. Fires
132
0.52
1,568
0.29
32. Inflammatory/Heart
123
0.48
2,489
0.46
33. Drownings
118
0.46
1,122
0.21
34. Poisonings
114
0.45
195
0.04
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
113
0.44
3,083
0.57
36. Pertussis
90
0.35
906
0.17
37. Parkinson's Disease
85
0.33
2,391
0.45
38. Oesophagus Cancer
81
0.32
951
0.18
39. Epilepsy
81
0.32
451
0.08
40. Ovary Cancer
79
0.31
1,944
0.36
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
77
0.30
1,248
0.23
42. Schistosomiasis
73
0.29
220
0.04
43. Endocrine Disorders
71
0.28
2,372
0.44
44. Oral Cancer
71
0.28
793
0.15
45. Liver Cancer
69
0.27
24,512
4.57
46. Lung Cancers
62
0.24
5,677
1.06
47. Prostate Cancer
54
0.21
1,282
0.24
48. Stomach Cancer
48
0.19
1,844
0.34
49. Skin Disease
45
0.18
219
0.04
50. Alcohol
45
0.18
141
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Eritrea ERITREA   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.19
15
24.04
33
2. Cervical Cancer
12.74
69
1.68
175
3. Ovary Cancer
7.50
10
5.11
61
4. Prostate Cancer
6.95
146
6.17
154
5. Lymphomas
6.91
19
11.00
2
6. Leukemia
6.26
4
4.53
42
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.79
136
4.35
156
8. Oesophagus Cancer
4.30
43
1.39
132
9. Oral Cancer
3.62
63
1.16
170
10. Liver Cancer
3.56
151
34.11
2
11. Lung Cancers
3.27
154
8.02
115
12. Stomach Cancer
2.50
170
2.54
168
13. Bladder Cancer
2.26
78
8.13
2
14. Uterin Cancer
1.73
126
1.19
154
15. Skin Cancers
1.58
112
1.52
117
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.05
166
4.11
83
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.