DJIBOUTI VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	997	1	687	+ 309
War	2	635	63	3	+ 633
Stroke	3	473	2	680	- 207
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	363	3	671	- 307
Low Birth Weight	5	313	8	251	+ 62
Birth Trauma	6	266	15	166	+ 100
Tuberculosis	7	244	9	243	+ 1
Hypertension	8	198	12	211	- 13
Maternal Conditions	9	194	31	40	+ 154
Kidney Disease	10	163	13	186	- 23
Road Traffic Accidents	11	150	11	229	- 79
Diabetes Mellitus	12	143	7	284	- 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	138	4	364	- 227
Congenital Anomalies	14	124	18	113	+ 11
Lung Disease	15	115	16	120	- 5
Liver Disease	16	114	6	295	- 181
Asthma	17	84	22	68	+ 16
Other Injuries	18	80	10	233	- 152
Violence	19	80	24	64	+ 16
Meningitis	20	65	17	117	- 52
Pertussis	21	52	25	50	+ 3
Breast Cancer	22	45	20	91	- 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	44	21	90	- 46
Suicide	24	39	19	94	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	37	34	32	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	26	37	50	14	+ 23
Oral Cancer	27	36	45	17	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	28	34	38	25	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	29	33	36	27	+ 6
Tetanus	30	31	46	16	+ 15
Encephalitis	31	30	59	5	+ 24
Lung Cancers	32	27	42	20	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	26	48	15	+ 11
Drownings	34	25	35	28	- 4
Epilepsy	35	25	37	26	- 1
Lymphomas	36	23	30	40	- 17
Falls	37	22	26	45	- 23
Hepatitis B	38	21	56	8	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	18	32	38	- 19
Liver Cancer	40	16	43	19	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	16	41	23	- 7
Leukemia	42	15	27	45	- 30
Malnutrition	43	15	14	170	- 155
Cervical Cancer	44	13	29	40	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	45	13	28	45	- 32
HIV/AIDS	46	12	5	348	- 337
Poisonings	47	10	39	25	- 15
Ovary Cancer	48	9	40	23	- 14
Measles	49	9	66	2	+ 7
Fires	50	9	33	33	- 24
Drug Use	51	8	54	12	- 4
Appendicitis	52	7	57	6	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	53	7	60	4	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	7	47	15	- 9
Prostate Cancer	55	6	44	17	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	56	6	58	6	+ 0
Malaria	57	5	23	66	- 61
Alcohol	58	4	49	15	- 11
Skin Cancers	59	4	53	12	- 9
Syphilis	60	2	52	13	- 10
Skin Disease	61	2	55	12	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	1	65	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	62	3	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	51	14	- 14
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	64	3	- 3
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

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Djibouti

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.