CONGO VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,212	4	2,494	+ 1,718
Stroke	2	4,165	5	2,267	+ 1,899
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,110	3	2,576	+ 1,534
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,234	8	1,304	+ 930
HIV/AIDS	5	2,135	1	4,509	- 2,375
Liver Disease	6	1,806	13	931	+ 875
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,742	10	1,050	+ 693
Low Birth Weight	8	1,541	9	1,283	+ 258
Tuberculosis	9	1,487	2	2,781	- 1,294
Other Injuries	10	1,426	20	333	+ 1,093
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,402	7	1,598	- 196
Hypertension	12	1,293	12	933	+ 360
Kidney Disease	13	1,142	15	613	+ 529
Malnutrition	14	1,039	24	272	+ 767
Birth Trauma	15	1,018	11	997	+ 21
Lung Disease	16	737	17	541	+ 196
Meningitis	17	715	22	299	+ 416
Congenital Anomalies	18	692	14	729	- 37
Suicide	19	575	19	349	+ 226
Breast Cancer	20	557	32	159	+ 398
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	553	25	230	+ 323
Asthma	22	416	23	291	+ 125
Malaria	23	404	6	1,977	- 1,573
Violence	24	393	18	539	- 146
Pertussis	25	304	21	329	- 25
Falls	26	279	33	149	+ 130
Leukemia	27	278	46	57	+ 220
Inflammatory/Heart	28	277	26	220	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	29	247	29	196	+ 50
Lymphomas	30	246	45	61	+ 185
Maternal Conditions	31	246	16	578	- 332
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	230	38	89	+ 142
Fires	33	200	37	90	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	196	35	105	+ 91
Drownings	35	174	36	104	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	36	165	57	19	+ 146
Epilepsy	37	159	40	76	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	38	153	27	208	- 55
Poisonings	39	151	41	71	+ 81
Ovary Cancer	40	142	48	49	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	41	139	42	69	+ 70
Lung Cancers	42	122	47	54	+ 69
Liver Cancer	43	116	30	169	- 54
Prostate Cancer	44	105	28	198	- 93
Oral Cancer	45	102	54	33	+ 69
Tetanus	46	101	55	23	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	47	94	61	15	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	91	43	67	+ 24
Alcohol	49	90	49	46	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	50	87	39	88	- 1
Leishmaniasis	51	85	78	0	+ 85
Syphilis	52	79	34	107	- 28
Skin Cancers	53	75	53	36	+ 39
Drug Use	54	74	44	65	+ 9
Skin Disease	55	74	50	46	+ 28
Hepatitis B	56	52	62	14	+ 37
Appendicitis	57	35	58	18	+ 16
Pancreas Cancer	58	34	52	42	- 8
Encephalitis	59	31	56	20	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	60	26	60	15	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	61	24	64	7	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	20	59	15	+ 5
War	63	17	72	1	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	64	15	51	45	- 29
Other Neoplasms	65	15	63	8	+ 7
Measles	66	13	31	159	- 147
Multiple Sclerosis	67	9	66	4	+ 6
Hepatitis C	68	9	67	2	+ 6
Diphtheria	69	5	68	2	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	3	70	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	3	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	2	71	1	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Leprosy	79	0	77	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Djibouti

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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.