JAMAICA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,951	3	1,726	+ 225
Stroke	2	1,929	1	2,415	- 486
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,903	15	393	+ 1,510
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,034	42	35	+ 1,000
HIV/AIDS	5	989	7	757	+ 231
Liver Disease	6	836	21	155	+ 681
Diabetes Mellitus	7	807	2	2,077	- 1,270
Low Birth Weight	8	713	18	241	+ 473
Tuberculosis	9	689	54	8	+ 681
Other Injuries	10	660	31	91	+ 570
Road Traffic Accidents	11	649	12	444	+ 205
Hypertension	12	599	8	651	- 52
Kidney Disease	13	529	6	793	- 264
Malnutrition	14	481	40	48	+ 433
Birth Trauma	15	471	37	65	+ 406
Lung Disease	16	341	11	452	- 111
Meningitis	17	331	47	16	+ 316
Congenital Anomalies	18	321	23	139	+ 182
Suicide	19	266	35	70	+ 196
Breast Cancer	20	258	14	413	- 155
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	256	9	587	- 331
Asthma	22	193	36	65	+ 127
Malaria	23	187	72	0	+ 187
Violence	24	182	4	1,484	- 1,302
Pertussis	25	141	67	0	+ 141
Falls	26	129	33	82	+ 47
Leukemia	27	129	26	129	- 0
Inflammatory/Heart	28	128	24	133	- 5
Cervical Cancer	29	114	16	358	- 244
Lymphomas	30	114	17	251	- 137
Maternal Conditions	31	114	43	35	+ 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	107	13	436	- 330
Fires	33	93	46	16	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	91	32	82	+ 8
Drownings	35	81	51	10	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	36	76	34	74	+ 3
Epilepsy	37	73	41	46	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	38	71	20	176	- 105
Poisonings	39	70	57	2	+ 68
Ovary Cancer	40	66	30	97	- 31
Parkinson's Disease	41	64	25	132	- 68
Lung Cancers	42	57	10	472	- 416
Liver Cancer	43	54	29	101	- 47
Prostate Cancer	44	49	5	883	- 835
Oral Cancer	45	47	39	59	- 12
Tetanus	46	47	63	0	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	47	44	38	60	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	42	44	27	+ 15
Alcohol	49	42	55	7	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	50	40	19	231	- 190
Leishmaniasis	51	40	71	0	+ 40
Syphilis	52	36	60	1	+ 36
Skin Cancers	53	35	52	10	+ 24
Drug Use	54	34	48	13	+ 21
Skin Disease	55	34	22	145	- 111
Hepatitis B	56	24	59	1	+ 23
Appendicitis	57	16	53	9	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	58	16	27	119	- 103
Encephalitis	59	14	49	13	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	12	28	106	- 94
Upper Respiratory	61	11	65	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	50	11	- 2
War	63	8	61	1	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	64	7	74	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	65	7	45	19	- 12
Measles	66	6	77	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	56	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	4	64	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	2	68	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	62	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	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 JAMAICA

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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.