DR CONGO VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	79,717	7	34,713	+ 45,004
Stroke	2	78,830	6	36,596	+ 42,234
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	77,788	1	73,546	+ 4,243
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	42,275	5	41,301	+ 974
HIV/AIDS	5	40,400	15	13,286	+ 27,115
Liver Disease	6	34,175	13	15,044	+ 19,131
Diabetes Mellitus	7	32,971	16	12,902	+ 20,069
Low Birth Weight	8	29,157	8	34,668	- 5,512
Tuberculosis	9	28,152	2	43,759	- 15,608
Other Injuries	10	26,988	22	8,272	+ 18,716
Road Traffic Accidents	11	26,535	10	30,256	- 3,721
Hypertension	12	24,462	12	15,743	+ 8,719
Kidney Disease	13	21,608	20	9,077	+ 12,532
Malnutrition	14	19,661	21	8,910	+ 10,751
Birth Trauma	15	19,267	9	33,075	- 13,809
Lung Disease	16	13,945	14	13,527	+ 418
Meningitis	17	13,537	17	11,568	+ 1,969
Congenital Anomalies	18	13,104	11	16,256	- 3,152
Suicide	19	10,883	26	5,812	+ 5,071
Breast Cancer	20	10,538	35	3,416	+ 7,123
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	10,464	28	4,548	+ 5,916
Asthma	22	7,874	24	7,733	+ 141
Malaria	23	7,655	4	41,813	- 34,158
Violence	24	7,432	18	11,120	- 3,689
Pertussis	25	5,747	23	7,921	- 2,174
Falls	26	5,274	33	3,483	+ 1,791
Leukemia	27	5,259	41	1,871	+ 3,388
Inflammatory/Heart	28	5,237	29	4,045	+ 1,192
Cervical Cancer	29	4,666	27	4,823	- 157
Lymphomas	30	4,658	38	2,061	+ 2,596
Maternal Conditions	31	4,651	19	10,513	- 5,862
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	4,362	36	2,966	+ 1,396
Fires	33	3,793	39	2,007	+ 1,785
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	3,713	40	1,923	+ 1,790
Drownings	35	3,300	34	3,454	- 154
Oesophagus Cancer	36	3,122	53	790	+ 2,332
Epilepsy	37	3,002	44	1,727	+ 1,275
Endocrine Disorders	38	2,900	25	7,380	- 4,479
Poisonings	39	2,865	42	1,729	+ 1,136
Ovary Cancer	40	2,696	58	656	+ 2,040
Parkinson's Disease	41	2,630	49	1,035	+ 1,595
Lung Cancers	42	2,316	47	1,158	+ 1,159
Liver Cancer	43	2,194	31	3,840	- 1,646
Prostate Cancer	44	1,985	30	3,948	- 1,964
Oral Cancer	45	1,929	51	1,003	+ 926
Tetanus	46	1,910	46	1,166	+ 744
Bladder Cancer	47	1,788	65	270	+ 1,518
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	1,713	43	1,728	- 15
Alcohol	49	1,697	60	635	+ 1,062
Stomach Cancer	50	1,640	37	2,579	- 939
Leishmaniasis	51	1,618	52	869	+ 749
Syphilis	52	1,489	32	3,751	- 2,263
Skin Cancers	53	1,411	55	765	+ 645
Drug Use	54	1,407	59	638	+ 768
Skin Disease	55	1,397	54	781	+ 616
Hepatitis B	56	979	61	456	+ 523
Appendicitis	57	655	56	703	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	58	647	50	1,017	- 370
Encephalitis	59	588	57	680	- 92
Uterin Cancer	60	486	63	352	+ 134
Upper Respiratory	61	448	62	370	+ 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	380	66	217	+ 163
War	63	314	45	1,658	- 1,344
Schistosomiasis	64	292	48	1,071	- 779
Other Neoplasms	65	276	67	88	+ 188
Measles	66	237	3	42,254	- 42,017
Multiple Sclerosis	67	177	71	44	+ 133
Hepatitis C	68	169	69	69	+ 100
Diphtheria	69	94	70	47	+ 48
Chlamydia	70	51	73	15	+ 37
Ascariasis	71	47	68	80	- 32
Otitis Media	72	39	72	38	+ 1
Dengue	73	4	74	1	+ 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Leprosy	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Djibouti

DR Congo

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.