BENIN VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,152	5	5,397	+ 4,755
Stroke	2	10,039	4	5,855	+ 4,185
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	9,907	1	10,205	- 298
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	5,384	3	6,830	- 1,446
HIV/AIDS	5	5,145	11	2,263	+ 2,882
Liver Disease	6	4,352	9	2,447	+ 1,906
Diabetes Mellitus	7	4,199	14	1,912	+ 2,287
Low Birth Weight	8	3,713	6	4,908	- 1,194
Tuberculosis	9	3,585	23	919	+ 2,666
Other Injuries	10	3,437	15	1,532	+ 1,905
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,379	8	3,162	+ 217
Hypertension	12	3,115	19	1,088	+ 2,027
Kidney Disease	13	2,752	13	1,929	+ 823
Malnutrition	14	2,504	21	928	+ 1,576
Birth Trauma	15	2,454	7	3,950	- 1,496
Lung Disease	16	1,776	17	1,220	+ 556
Meningitis	17	1,724	12	1,967	- 243
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,669	10	2,265	- 596
Suicide	19	1,386	22	922	+ 464
Breast Cancer	20	1,342	27	784	+ 558
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,333	29	715	+ 618
Asthma	22	1,003	24	891	+ 112
Malaria	23	975	2	7,037	- 6,062
Violence	24	946	28	726	+ 220
Pertussis	25	732	18	1,168	- 436
Falls	26	672	32	543	+ 129
Leukemia	27	670	46	196	+ 474
Inflammatory/Heart	28	667	33	457	+ 210
Cervical Cancer	29	594	30	669	- 74
Lymphomas	30	593	36	387	+ 206
Maternal Conditions	31	592	20	1,039	- 447
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	556	41	311	+ 244
Fires	33	483	35	431	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	473	34	442	+ 30
Drownings	35	420	31	570	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	36	398	39	326	+ 72
Epilepsy	37	382	37	369	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	38	369	16	1,454	- 1,085
Poisonings	39	365	42	307	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	40	343	56	86	+ 258
Parkinson's Disease	41	335	43	212	+ 123
Lung Cancers	42	295	59	66	+ 229
Liver Cancer	43	279	40	322	- 42
Prostate Cancer	44	253	25	867	- 614
Oral Cancer	45	246	49	156	+ 89
Tetanus	46	243	50	156	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	47	228	61	43	+ 184
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	218	45	197	+ 21
Alcohol	49	216	58	85	+ 131
Stomach Cancer	50	209	38	361	- 152
Leishmaniasis	51	206	79	0	+ 206
Syphilis	52	190	51	150	+ 39
Skin Cancers	53	180	54	102	+ 78
Drug Use	54	179	44	197	- 18
Skin Disease	55	178	52	144	+ 34
Hepatitis B	56	125	53	143	- 18
Appendicitis	57	83	60	45	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	58	82	48	177	- 95
Encephalitis	59	75	57	85	- 10
Uterin Cancer	60	62	55	99	- 37
Upper Respiratory	61	57	64	17	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	48	67	11	+ 37
War	63	40	69	2	+ 38
Schistosomiasis	64	37	47	183	- 146
Other Neoplasms	65	35	63	20	+ 15
Measles	66	30	26	788	- 758
Multiple Sclerosis	67	23	66	16	+ 7
Hepatitis C	68	22	65	17	+ 5
Diphtheria	69	12	68	10	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	7	70	2	+ 5
Ascariasis	71	6	62	40	- 34
Otitis Media	72	5	71	0	+ 5
Dengue	73	1	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

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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.