BARBADOS VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Djibouti DJIBOUTI BARBADOS Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 210 2 358 - 148
Stroke 2 208 1 384 - 177
Influenza and Pneumonia 3 205 4 221 - 16
Diarrhoeal diseases 4 111 40 7 + 105
HIV/AIDS 5 106 21 28 + 78
Liver Disease 6 90 26 23 + 67
Diabetes Mellitus 7 87 3 260 - 173
Low Birth Weight 8 77 42 5 + 72
Tuberculosis 9 74 60 1 + 73
Other Injuries 10 71 11 79 - 7
Road Traffic Accidents 11 70 25 23 + 46
Hypertension 12 64 13 72 - 8
Kidney Disease 13 57 10 92 - 35
Malnutrition 14 52 49 2 + 50
Birth Trauma 15 51 43 5 + 46
Lung Disease 16 37 12 74 - 37
Meningitis 17 36 45 4 + 31
Congenital Anomalies 18 35 29 18 + 17
Suicide 19 29 51 2 + 27
Breast Cancer 20 28 8 95 - 67
Alzheimers & Dementia 21 28 7 114 - 87
Asthma 22 21 35 13 + 8
Malaria 23 20 76 0 + 20
Violence 24 20 19 32 - 13
Pertussis 25 15 67 0 + 15
Falls 26 14 41 7 + 7
Leukemia 27 14 20 29 - 15
Inflammatory/Heart 28 14 17 39 - 25
Cervical Cancer 29 12 23 28 - 15
Lymphomas 30 12 15 51 - 38
Maternal Conditions 31 12 56 1 + 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers 32 11 6 115 - 104
Fires 33 10 62 1 + 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease 34 10 34 14 - 4
Drownings 35 9 57 1 + 8
Oesophagus Cancer 36 8 36 12 - 3
Epilepsy 37 8 38 9 - 1
Endocrine Disorders 38 8 9 93 - 86
Poisonings 39 8 48 2 + 5
Ovary Cancer 40 7 32 16 - 8
Parkinson's Disease 41 7 31 16 - 9
Lung Cancers 42 6 16 43 - 37
Liver Cancer 43 6 33 14 - 9
Prostate Cancer 44 5 5 165 - 160
Oral Cancer 45 5 28 18 - 13
Tetanus 46 5 70 0 + 5
Bladder Cancer 47 5 39 9 - 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease 48 5 55 1 + 3
Alcohol 49 4 46 4 + 0
Stomach Cancer 50 4 22 28 - 23
Leishmaniasis 51 4 79 0 + 4
Syphilis 52 4 64 0 + 4
Skin Cancers 53 4 47 4 - 0
Drug Use 54 4 53 1 + 2
Skin Disease 55 4 14 62 - 59
Hepatitis B 56 3 52 2 + 1
Appendicitis 57 2 65 0 + 1
Pancreas Cancer 58 2 18 39 - 37
Encephalitis 59 2 82 0 + 2
Uterin Cancer 60 1 27 21 - 20
Upper Respiratory 61 1 58 1 + 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 1 44 5 - 4
War 63 1 66 0 + 1
Schistosomiasis 64 1 77 0 + 1
Other Neoplasms 65 1 24 26 - 25
Measles 66 1 68 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 67 0 61 1 - 0
Hepatitis C 68 0 83 0 + 0
Diphtheria 69 0 69 0 + 0
Chlamydia 70 0 81 0 + 0
Ascariasis 71 0 75 0 + 0
Otitis Media 72 0 72 0 + 0
Dengue 73 0 54 1 - 1
Hookworm Disease 74 0 73 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 75 0 74 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 84 0 - 0
Chagas disease 77 0 80 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 78 0 78 0 - 0
Leprosy 79 0 71 0 - 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy 80 0 30 17 - 17
Osteoarthritis 81 0 50 2 - 2
Oral conditions 82 0 63 1 - 1
Depression 83 0 86 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 84 0 59 1 - 1
Anemia 85 0 37 11 - 11
Vitamin A Deficiency 86 0 85 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020