COLOMBIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,254	1	43,066	- 8,812
Stroke	2	33,873	3	16,573	+ 17,301
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	33,425	5	10,773	+ 22,652
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	18,166	38	747	+ 17,418
HIV/AIDS	5	17,360	17	2,683	+ 14,677
Liver Disease	6	14,685	19	2,426	+ 12,259
Diabetes Mellitus	7	14,168	11	5,028	+ 9,139
Low Birth Weight	8	12,529	23	2,095	+ 10,433
Tuberculosis	9	12,097	32	1,272	+ 10,825
Other Injuries	10	11,597	28	1,592	+ 10,004
Road Traffic Accidents	11	11,402	6	7,765	+ 3,638
Hypertension	12	10,511	8	6,400	+ 4,112
Kidney Disease	13	9,285	7	6,834	+ 2,451
Malnutrition	14	8,448	27	1,878	+ 6,570
Birth Trauma	15	8,279	41	648	+ 7,631
Lung Disease	16	5,992	4	15,928	- 9,936
Meningitis	17	5,817	50	244	+ 5,573
Congenital Anomalies	18	5,631	16	2,963	+ 2,668
Suicide	19	4,676	26	1,965	+ 2,712
Breast Cancer	20	4,528	13	3,669	+ 859
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	4,496	22	2,157	+ 2,339
Asthma	22	3,384	54	191	+ 3,192
Malaria	23	3,289	67	26	+ 3,264
Violence	24	3,193	2	19,268	- 16,075
Pertussis	25	2,469	69	18	+ 2,451
Falls	26	2,266	29	1,518	+ 749
Leukemia	27	2,260	21	2,208	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	28	2,250	31	1,329	+ 921
Cervical Cancer	29	2,005	20	2,266	- 261
Lymphomas	30	2,001	18	2,603	- 602
Maternal Conditions	31	1,999	46	394	+ 1,605
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,874	12	4,371	- 2,497
Fires	33	1,630	56	127	+ 1,503
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,595	39	698	+ 897
Drownings	35	1,418	40	689	+ 729
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,342	36	835	+ 506
Epilepsy	37	1,290	43	597	+ 692
Endocrine Disorders	38	1,246	30	1,367	- 121
Poisonings	39	1,231	61	61	+ 1,170
Ovary Cancer	40	1,159	33	1,122	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,130	47	383	+ 747
Lung Cancers	42	995	10	5,250	- 4,255
Liver Cancer	43	943	24	2,065	- 1,122
Prostate Cancer	44	853	14	3,584	- 2,732
Oral Cancer	45	829	37	807	+ 22
Tetanus	46	821	71	14	+ 807
Bladder Cancer	47	768	42	609	+ 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	736	63	38	+ 698
Alcohol	49	729	68	23	+ 706
Stomach Cancer	50	705	9	6,112	- 5,407
Leishmaniasis	51	695	74	7	+ 688
Syphilis	52	640	65	30	+ 609
Skin Cancers	53	606	35	1,028	- 422
Drug Use	54	604	44	492	+ 113
Skin Disease	55	600	34	1,102	- 501
Hepatitis B	56	421	62	50	+ 370
Appendicitis	57	282	52	213	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	58	278	25	2,022	- 1,744
Encephalitis	59	253	64	38	+ 215
Uterin Cancer	60	209	45	423	- 214
Upper Respiratory	61	192	66	27	+ 166
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	163	51	242	- 79
War	63	135	49	260	- 125
Schistosomiasis	64	125	77	1	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	65	118	15	3,205	- 3,086
Measles	66	102	78	0	+ 101
Multiple Sclerosis	67	76	60	62	+ 14
Hepatitis C	68	73	59	65	+ 8
Diphtheria	69	41	80	0	+ 40
Chlamydia	70	22	81	0	+ 22
Ascariasis	71	20	76	5	+ 16
Otitis Media	72	17	73	7	+ 10
Dengue	73	2	55	133	- 132
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	67	- 67
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	70	18	- 18
Anemia	85	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Djibouti

Colombia

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.