ICELAND VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	251	1	403	- 152
Stroke	2	249	3	141	+ 108
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	245	6	82	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	133	55	1	+ 132
HIV/AIDS	5	127	59	0	+ 127
Liver Disease	6	108	31	9	+ 98
Diabetes Mellitus	7	104	16	30	+ 74
Low Birth Weight	8	92	43	3	+ 89
Tuberculosis	9	89	82	0	+ 89
Other Injuries	10	85	11	50	+ 35
Road Traffic Accidents	11	84	35	7	+ 77
Hypertension	12	77	17	24	+ 53
Kidney Disease	13	68	15	33	+ 35
Malnutrition	14	62	57	1	+ 61
Birth Trauma	15	61	46	2	+ 58
Lung Disease	16	44	5	129	- 85
Meningitis	17	43	50	1	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	18	41	34	7	+ 34
Suicide	19	34	13	40	- 6
Breast Cancer	20	33	9	53	- 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	33	2	295	- 262
Asthma	22	25	48	2	+ 23
Malaria	23	24	73	0	+ 24
Violence	24	23	39	4	+ 19
Pertussis	25	18	62	0	+ 18
Falls	26	17	18	24	- 7
Leukemia	27	17	22	19	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	28	17	26	16	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	29	15	32	9	+ 6
Lymphomas	30	15	14	37	- 22
Maternal Conditions	31	15	60	0	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	14	7	73	- 60
Fires	33	12	58	1	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	12	41	3	+ 8
Drownings	35	10	56	1	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	36	10	19	23	- 13
Epilepsy	37	9	37	5	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	38	9	27	16	- 6
Poisonings	39	9	42	3	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	9	25	16	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	41	8	10	53	- 45
Lung Cancers	42	7	4	134	- 127
Liver Cancer	43	7	20	22	- 15
Prostate Cancer	44	6	8	61	- 55
Oral Cancer	45	6	33	9	- 2
Tetanus	46	6	68	0	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	47	6	21	20	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	5	54	1	+ 4
Alcohol	49	5	28	14	- 9
Stomach Cancer	50	5	23	18	- 12
Leishmaniasis	51	5	77	0	+ 5
Syphilis	52	5	80	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	53	4	29	13	- 9
Drug Use	54	4	24	17	- 12
Skin Disease	55	4	45	3	+ 2
Hepatitis B	56	3	63	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	2	86	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	2	12	43	- 41
Encephalitis	59	2	78	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	36	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	61	1	51	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	38	4	- 3
War	63	1	61	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	64	1	75	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	1	30	10	- 9
Measles	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	44	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	52	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	65	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Djibouti

Iceland

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.