ERITREA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,382	4	2,154	+ 2,228
Stroke	2	4,333	2	2,564	+ 1,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,276	1	3,277	+ 1,000
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,324	3	2,292	+ 32
HIV/AIDS	5	2,221	25	308	+ 1,913
Liver Disease	6	1,879	6	1,215	+ 664
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,812	7	944	+ 868
Low Birth Weight	8	1,603	16	531	+ 1,072
Tuberculosis	9	1,548	14	543	+ 1,004
Other Injuries	10	1,484	15	540	+ 944
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,459	5	1,326	+ 133
Hypertension	12	1,345	8	926	+ 419
Kidney Disease	13	1,188	12	578	+ 610
Malnutrition	14	1,081	10	660	+ 421
Birth Trauma	15	1,059	11	616	+ 443
Lung Disease	16	767	9	662	+ 105
Meningitis	17	744	19	404	+ 340
Congenital Anomalies	18	720	18	432	+ 288
Suicide	19	598	21	382	+ 217
Breast Cancer	20	579	23	311	+ 268
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	575	24	310	+ 265
Asthma	22	433	22	326	+ 107
Malaria	23	421	17	437	- 16
Violence	24	409	20	384	+ 24
Pertussis	25	316	36	90	+ 226
Falls	26	290	26	168	+ 122
Leukemia	27	289	29	144	+ 145
Inflammatory/Heart	28	288	32	123	+ 165
Cervical Cancer	29	256	30	132	+ 124
Lymphomas	30	256	28	147	+ 109
Maternal Conditions	31	256	13	544	- 288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	240	35	113	+ 127
Fires	33	209	31	132	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	204	27	147	+ 57
Drownings	35	181	33	118	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	36	172	39	81	+ 91
Epilepsy	37	165	38	81	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	38	159	43	71	+ 88
Poisonings	39	157	34	114	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	40	148	40	79	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	41	145	37	85	+ 60
Lung Cancers	42	127	46	62	+ 66
Liver Cancer	43	121	45	69	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	44	109	47	54	+ 55
Oral Cancer	45	106	44	71	+ 35
Tetanus	46	105	52	37	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	47	98	51	42	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	94	41	77	+ 17
Alcohol	49	93	49	45	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	50	90	48	48	+ 42
Leishmaniasis	51	89	59	19	+ 70
Syphilis	52	82	54	35	+ 47
Skin Cancers	53	78	56	30	+ 48
Drug Use	54	77	53	36	+ 41
Skin Disease	55	77	50	45	+ 32
Hepatitis B	56	54	57	28	+ 26
Appendicitis	57	36	55	31	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	36	58	20	+ 16
Encephalitis	59	32	62	16	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	60	27	61	18	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	61	25	60	18	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	64	12	+ 9
War	63	17	71	0	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	64	16	42	73	- 57
Other Neoplasms	65	15	66	6	+ 9
Measles	66	13	63	13	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	10	67	4	+ 6
Hepatitis C	68	9	65	6	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	5	72	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	70	3	70	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	71	3	68	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	2	69	2	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	78	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Djibouti

Eritrea

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.