AFGHANISTAN VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,715	1	40,195	- 12,480
Stroke	2	27,407	3	19,060	+ 8,346
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	27,044	4	14,649	+ 12,395
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	14,698	13	5,555	+ 9,142
HIV/AIDS	5	14,046	46	464	+ 13,582
Liver Disease	6	11,882	16	4,600	+ 7,282
Diabetes Mellitus	7	11,463	12	5,750	+ 5,713
Low Birth Weight	8	10,137	5	12,631	- 2,494
Tuberculosis	9	9,787	7	9,839	- 52
Other Injuries	10	9,383	18	3,241	+ 6,141
Road Traffic Accidents	11	9,225	11	6,033	+ 3,192
Hypertension	12	8,504	8	7,995	+ 510
Kidney Disease	13	7,512	10	6,590	+ 922
Malnutrition	14	6,836	43	589	+ 6,246
Birth Trauma	15	6,698	6	10,723	- 4,024
Lung Disease	16	4,848	15	4,650	+ 198
Meningitis	17	4,706	20	2,626	+ 2,081
Congenital Anomalies	18	4,556	14	5,001	- 445
Suicide	19	3,784	24	1,573	+ 2,211
Breast Cancer	20	3,664	22	1,822	+ 1,842
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,638	23	1,765	+ 1,873
Asthma	22	2,738	17	3,403	- 665
Malaria	23	2,661	57	185	+ 2,476
Violence	24	2,584	19	3,217	- 633
Pertussis	25	1,998	21	2,107	- 110
Falls	26	1,834	37	905	+ 928
Leukemia	27	1,828	42	610	+ 1,218
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,821	45	527	+ 1,294
Cervical Cancer	29	1,622	44	541	+ 1,081
Lymphomas	30	1,619	36	946	+ 673
Maternal Conditions	31	1,617	9	7,807	- 6,190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,517	39	741	+ 775
Fires	33	1,319	50	348	+ 971
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,291	25	1,505	- 214
Drownings	35	1,147	34	996	+ 151
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,086	29	1,314	- 229
Epilepsy	37	1,044	35	993	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	38	1,008	28	1,364	- 356
Poisonings	39	996	47	384	+ 612
Ovary Cancer	40	937	48	369	+ 568
Parkinson's Disease	41	914	41	628	+ 287
Lung Cancers	42	805	32	1,076	- 271
Liver Cancer	43	763	40	657	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	44	690	55	258	+ 432
Oral Cancer	45	671	27	1,467	- 797
Tetanus	46	664	30	1,254	- 590
Bladder Cancer	47	622	54	272	+ 350
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	596	33	1,041	- 445
Alcohol	49	590	58	150	+ 440
Stomach Cancer	50	570	26	1,501	- 930
Leishmaniasis	51	563	70	1	+ 561
Syphilis	52	518	60	94	+ 423
Skin Cancers	53	491	59	145	+ 346
Drug Use	54	489	51	328	+ 161
Skin Disease	55	486	61	94	+ 392
Hepatitis B	56	340	38	863	- 523
Appendicitis	57	228	52	298	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	58	225	56	229	- 4
Encephalitis	59	205	31	1,190	- 986
Uterin Cancer	60	169	53	289	- 119
Upper Respiratory	61	156	68	9	+ 146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	132	65	25	+ 107
War	63	109	2	25,620	- 25,510
Schistosomiasis	64	101	79	0	+ 101
Other Neoplasms	65	96	63	29	+ 67
Measles	66	82	49	350	- 268
Multiple Sclerosis	67	62	62	84	- 22
Hepatitis C	68	59	64	28	+ 31
Diphtheria	69	33	67	16	+ 16
Chlamydia	70	18	69	1	+ 16
Ascariasis	71	16	66	17	- 0
Otitis Media	72	14	71	1	+ 13
Dengue	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Djibouti

Afghanistan

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.