GAMBIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,743	3	1,007	+ 736
Stroke	2	1,724	4	802	+ 921
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,701	1	1,340	+ 361
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	924	9	626	+ 299
HIV/AIDS	5	883	2	1,125	- 241
Liver Disease	6	747	14	323	+ 424
Diabetes Mellitus	7	721	15	290	+ 431
Low Birth Weight	8	638	8	662	- 24
Tuberculosis	9	616	10	445	+ 171
Other Injuries	10	590	21	194	+ 396
Road Traffic Accidents	11	580	6	695	- 115
Hypertension	12	535	22	172	+ 363
Kidney Disease	13	472	16	266	+ 207
Malnutrition	14	430	26	110	+ 320
Birth Trauma	15	421	5	754	- 333
Lung Disease	16	305	19	206	+ 99
Meningitis	17	296	18	229	+ 67
Congenital Anomalies	18	287	11	383	- 97
Suicide	19	238	25	113	+ 125
Breast Cancer	20	230	40	26	+ 204
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	229	28	89	+ 140
Asthma	22	172	24	134	+ 38
Malaria	23	167	7	674	- 507
Violence	24	162	20	195	- 32
Pertussis	25	126	27	99	+ 27
Falls	26	115	29	83	+ 32
Leukemia	27	115	59	2	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	28	115	32	59	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	29	102	23	145	- 43
Lymphomas	30	102	51	12	+ 90
Maternal Conditions	31	102	13	345	- 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	95	52	11	+ 85
Fires	33	83	31	67	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	81	33	56	+ 25
Drownings	35	72	30	69	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	36	68	54	5	+ 63
Epilepsy	37	66	35	43	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	38	63	17	230	- 166
Poisonings	39	63	36	42	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	40	59	61	2	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	41	57	37	34	+ 23
Lung Cancers	42	51	38	34	+ 17
Liver Cancer	43	48	12	377	- 329
Prostate Cancer	44	43	43	21	+ 23
Oral Cancer	45	42	71	0	+ 42
Tetanus	46	42	45	18	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	47	39	56	4	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	37	41	24	+ 14
Alcohol	49	37	50	12	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	50	36	47	14	+ 22
Leishmaniasis	51	35	60	2	+ 33
Syphilis	52	33	34	55	- 22
Skin Cancers	53	31	68	0	+ 31
Drug Use	54	31	39	28	+ 3
Skin Disease	55	31	44	19	+ 12
Hepatitis B	56	21	46	14	+ 8
Appendicitis	57	14	55	5	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	58	14	53	6	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	13	48	14	- 1
Uterin Cancer	60	11	66	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	61	10	64	2	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	62	2	+ 7
War	63	7	69	0	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	64	6	42	23	- 16
Other Neoplasms	65	6	57	3	+ 3
Measles	66	5	49	13	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	58	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	4	65	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	2	67	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Djibouti

Gambia

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.