DJIBOUTI VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	864	1	687	+ 177
Violence	2	387	24	64	+ 323
Stroke	3	333	2	680	- 347
Lung Disease	4	320	16	120	+ 199
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	216	3	671	- 455
Road Traffic Accidents	6	156	11	229	- 73
Kidney Disease	7	137	13	186	- 49
Hypertension	8	128	12	211	- 82
Stomach Cancer	9	123	50	14	+ 108
Lung Cancers	10	105	42	20	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	11	101	7	284	- 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	88	32	38	+ 50
Breast Cancer	13	74	20	91	- 17
Prostate Cancer	14	72	44	17	+ 55
Other Neoplasms	15	64	65	2	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	16	59	18	113	- 54
HIV/AIDS	17	54	5	348	- 294
Lymphomas	18	52	30	40	+ 12
Liver Disease	19	49	6	295	- 246
Cervical Cancer	20	45	29	40	+ 5
Leukemia	21	44	27	45	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	43	21	90	- 47
Low Birth Weight	23	42	8	251	- 209
Liver Cancer	24	41	43	19	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	25	41	58	6	+ 35
Suicide	26	39	19	94	- 54
Malnutrition	27	38	14	170	- 132
Other Injuries	28	32	10	233	- 201
Falls	29	30	26	45	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	30	27	38	25	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	31	27	28	45	- 18
Tuberculosis	32	26	9	243	- 217
Ovary Cancer	33	23	40	23	- 1
Skin Disease	34	22	55	12	+ 10
Skin Cancers	35	21	53	12	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	36	17	36	27	- 10
Oral Cancer	37	16	45	17	- 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	15	4	364	- 349
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	14	34	32	- 18
Drownings	40	14	35	28	- 15
Birth Trauma	41	13	15	166	- 153
Bladder Cancer	42	12	47	15	- 3
Epilepsy	43	12	37	26	- 14
Drug Use	44	10	54	12	- 2
Uterin Cancer	45	8	60	4	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	46	8	31	40	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	47	8	41	23	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	7	80	0	+ 7
War	49	5	63	3	+ 3
Meningitis	50	5	17	117	- 112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	5	62	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	52	4	57	6	- 1
Chagas disease	53	4	77	0	+ 4
Asthma	54	4	22	68	- 64
Dengue	55	3	73	0	+ 3
Fires	56	3	33	33	- 30
Anemia	57	2	85	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	1	81	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	59	1	68	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	67	2	- 0
Poisonings	61	1	39	25	- 23
Hepatitis B	62	1	56	8	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	48	15	- 14
Encephalitis	64	1	59	5	- 4
Syphilis	65	1	52	13	- 12
Upper Respiratory	66	1	61	4	- 3
Malaria	67	1	23	66	- 65
Alcohol	68	0	49	15	- 14
Pertussis	69	0	25	50	- 49
Schizophrenia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	46	16	- 16
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	14	- 14
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	64	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	66	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Colombia

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.