DJIBOUTI VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,269	1	687	+ 582
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	782	21	90	+ 692
Stroke	3	615	2	680	- 64
Lung Cancers	4	563	42	20	+ 543
Lung Disease	5	535	16	120	+ 415
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	472	3	671	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	277	32	38	+ 239
Kidney Disease	8	245	13	186	+ 59
Breast Cancer	9	215	20	91	+ 124
Suicide	10	175	19	94	+ 82
Other Injuries	11	167	10	233	- 66
Other Neoplasms	12	152	65	2	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	13	152	44	17	+ 134
Pancreas Cancer	14	150	58	6	+ 145
Falls	15	146	26	45	+ 100
Lymphomas	16	129	30	40	+ 89
Liver Disease	17	119	6	295	- 176
Endocrine Disorders	18	119	38	25	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	19	114	41	23	+ 92
Diabetes Mellitus	20	105	7	284	- 179
Leukemia	21	100	27	45	+ 54
Bladder Cancer	22	90	47	15	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	23	88	28	45	+ 43
Liver Cancer	24	81	43	19	+ 62
Oesophagus Cancer	25	75	36	27	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	26	72	50	14	+ 58
Hypertension	27	61	12	211	- 149
Oral Cancer	28	56	45	17	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	29	55	11	229	- 173
Ovary Cancer	30	54	40	23	+ 31
Skin Cancers	31	43	53	12	+ 31
Alcohol	32	42	49	15	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	35	4	364	- 330
Uterin Cancer	34	32	60	4	+ 28
Skin Disease	35	32	55	12	+ 19
Epilepsy	36	29	37	26	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	24	48	15	+ 10
Malnutrition	38	24	14	170	- 145
Drug Use	39	24	54	12	+ 12
Congenital Anomalies	40	23	18	113	- 90
Cervical Cancer	41	20	29	40	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	18	34	32	- 14
Anemia	43	17	85	0	+ 17
Violence	44	12	24	64	- 52
Multiple Sclerosis	45	12	67	2	+ 11
Asthma	46	11	22	68	- 57
Drownings	47	7	35	28	- 22
Fires	48	6	33	33	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	6	62	3	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	50	6	8	251	- 246
Osteoarthritis	51	5	81	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	52	4	68	1	+ 3
Birth Trauma	53	4	15	166	- 162
Tuberculosis	54	4	9	243	- 239
Poisonings	55	3	39	25	- 21
Schizophrenia	56	3	84	0	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	57	3	5	348	- 345
Meningitis	58	2	17	117	- 114
Upper Respiratory	59	2	61	4	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	2	80	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	1	57	6	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	8	- 7
Maternal Conditions	64	0	31	40	- 40
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	5	- 5
War	67	0	63	3	- 3
Pertussis	68	0	25	50	- 49
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Syphilis	70	0	52	13	- 13
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	51	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	23	66	- 66
Schistosomiasis	76	0	64	3	- 3
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	46	16	- 16
Measles	79	0	66	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Belgium

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.