GHANA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,893	3	14,103	+ 9,791
Stroke	2	23,627	2	15,163	+ 8,465
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	23,315	1	16,262	+ 7,053
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	12,671	9	6,538	+ 6,133
HIV/AIDS	5	12,109	4	13,565	- 1,456
Liver Disease	6	10,243	11	6,053	+ 4,190
Diabetes Mellitus	7	9,882	12	5,929	+ 3,953
Low Birth Weight	8	8,739	8	6,662	+ 2,077
Tuberculosis	9	8,438	6	10,214	- 1,777
Other Injuries	10	8,089	18	2,433	+ 5,656
Road Traffic Accidents	11	7,953	7	7,808	+ 146
Hypertension	12	7,332	19	2,231	+ 5,101
Kidney Disease	13	6,477	13	4,161	+ 2,315
Malnutrition	14	5,893	26	1,868	+ 4,025
Birth Trauma	15	5,775	10	6,194	- 419
Lung Disease	16	4,180	15	3,120	+ 1,060
Meningitis	17	4,057	16	2,983	+ 1,074
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,928	14	3,935	- 8
Suicide	19	3,262	21	1,993	+ 1,269
Breast Cancer	20	3,159	25	1,937	+ 1,221
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	3,136	29	1,294	+ 1,842
Asthma	22	2,360	23	1,979	+ 381
Malaria	23	2,294	5	11,162	- 8,868
Violence	24	2,227	27	1,857	+ 370
Pertussis	25	1,722	35	744	+ 978
Falls	26	1,581	30	1,168	+ 413
Leukemia	27	1,576	45	340	+ 1,236
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,570	28	1,615	- 45
Cervical Cancer	29	1,398	20	2,161	- 763
Lymphomas	30	1,396	32	875	+ 521
Maternal Conditions	31	1,394	22	1,991	- 597
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	1,307	34	803	+ 505
Fires	33	1,137	37	729	+ 407
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,113	48	321	+ 792
Drownings	35	989	36	740	+ 249
Oesophagus Cancer	36	936	49	285	+ 650
Epilepsy	37	900	47	329	+ 570
Endocrine Disorders	38	869	24	1,965	- 1,096
Poisonings	39	859	40	522	+ 337
Ovary Cancer	40	808	38	698	+ 110
Parkinson's Disease	41	788	43	387	+ 401
Lung Cancers	42	694	55	237	+ 457
Liver Cancer	43	657	17	2,851	- 2,194
Prostate Cancer	44	595	31	1,031	- 436
Oral Cancer	45	578	42	483	+ 95
Tetanus	46	573	56	220	+ 352
Bladder Cancer	47	536	53	245	+ 291
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	513	52	256	+ 258
Alcohol	49	508	54	244	+ 264
Stomach Cancer	50	492	33	870	- 379
Leishmaniasis	51	485	77	0	+ 485
Syphilis	52	446	41	483	- 37
Skin Cancers	53	423	58	214	+ 208
Drug Use	54	422	39	630	- 208
Skin Disease	55	419	50	264	+ 155
Hepatitis B	56	293	62	101	+ 192
Appendicitis	57	196	59	146	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	58	194	46	334	- 140
Encephalitis	59	176	44	357	- 181
Uterin Cancer	60	146	57	219	- 73
Upper Respiratory	61	134	66	16	+ 118
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	114	67	16	+ 98
War	63	94	64	29	+ 65
Schistosomiasis	64	88	51	257	- 169
Other Neoplasms	65	83	63	48	+ 35
Measles	66	71	60	135	- 64
Multiple Sclerosis	67	53	61	113	- 59
Hepatitis C	68	51	65	28	+ 23
Diphtheria	69	28	69	4	+ 24
Chlamydia	70	15	70	3	+ 12
Ascariasis	71	14	68	12	+ 2
Otitis Media	72	12	72	0	+ 12
Dengue	73	1	71	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Djibouti

Ghana

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.