BELIZE VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	287	1	192	+ 95
Stroke	2	284	4	127	+ 157
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	280	7	97	+ 184
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	152	34	9	+ 144
HIV/AIDS	5	146	5	119	+ 26
Liver Disease	6	123	9	58	+ 66
Diabetes Mellitus	7	119	3	141	- 22
Low Birth Weight	8	105	25	20	+ 85
Tuberculosis	9	101	33	9	+ 93
Other Injuries	10	97	14	36	+ 62
Road Traffic Accidents	11	96	8	88	+ 8
Hypertension	12	88	12	46	+ 42
Kidney Disease	13	78	6	102	- 24
Malnutrition	14	71	29	10	+ 61
Birth Trauma	15	69	32	9	+ 60
Lung Disease	16	50	11	46	+ 4
Meningitis	17	49	46	1	+ 47
Congenital Anomalies	18	47	21	23	+ 24
Suicide	19	39	16	28	+ 12
Breast Cancer	20	38	23	22	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	38	13	45	- 7
Asthma	22	28	35	8	+ 21
Malaria	23	28	76	0	+ 28
Violence	24	27	2	146	- 119
Pertussis	25	21	63	0	+ 21
Falls	26	19	27	13	+ 6
Leukemia	27	19	39	4	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	28	19	26	18	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	29	17	17	28	- 11
Lymphomas	30	17	50	1	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	31	17	42	2	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	16	24	20	- 4
Fires	33	14	40	4	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	13	38	5	+ 8
Drownings	35	12	18	24	- 12
Oesophagus Cancer	36	11	43	2	+ 9
Epilepsy	37	11	36	8	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	38	10	22	23	- 12
Poisonings	39	10	45	1	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	40	10	52	1	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	41	9	28	11	- 2
Lung Cancers	42	8	15	30	- 22
Liver Cancer	43	8	19	24	- 16
Prostate Cancer	44	7	10	47	- 40
Oral Cancer	45	7	67	0	+ 7
Tetanus	46	7	59	0	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	47	6	81	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	6	41	3	+ 3
Alcohol	49	6	30	10	- 4
Stomach Cancer	50	6	20	23	- 17
Leishmaniasis	51	6	77	0	+ 6
Syphilis	52	5	62	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	53	5	66	0	+ 5
Drug Use	54	5	47	1	+ 4
Skin Disease	55	5	37	5	- 0
Hepatitis B	56	4	56	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	2	44	1	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	31	9	- 7
Encephalitis	59	2	48	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	2	51	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	58	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	49	1	+ 0
War	63	1	60	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	1	53	1	+ 0
Measles	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	54	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	61	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	57	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.