KENYA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	40,235	9	11,972	+ 28,262
Stroke	2	39,787	4	15,895	+ 23,892
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	39,261	1	22,571	+ 16,690
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	21,337	5	15,420	+ 5,917
HIV/AIDS	5	20,391	2	20,885	- 494
Liver Disease	6	17,249	7	13,405	+ 3,845
Diabetes Mellitus	7	16,641	14	5,651	+ 10,990
Low Birth Weight	8	14,716	11	9,562	+ 5,154
Tuberculosis	9	14,209	3	19,655	- 5,447
Other Injuries	10	13,621	19	4,336	+ 9,286
Road Traffic Accidents	11	13,393	6	14,883	- 1,490
Hypertension	12	12,346	17	4,418	+ 7,929
Kidney Disease	13	10,906	16	4,464	+ 6,443
Malnutrition	14	9,924	21	4,212	+ 5,711
Birth Trauma	15	9,724	10	9,957	- 233
Lung Disease	16	7,038	20	4,280	+ 2,758
Meningitis	17	6,832	15	5,364	+ 1,469
Congenital Anomalies	18	6,614	12	6,115	+ 499
Suicide	19	5,493	23	3,214	+ 2,279
Breast Cancer	20	5,319	25	2,658	+ 2,661
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	5,281	31	1,827	+ 3,454
Asthma	22	3,974	26	2,300	+ 1,674
Malaria	23	3,864	8	12,652	- 8,788
Violence	24	3,751	24	2,942	+ 808
Pertussis	25	2,900	42	1,014	+ 1,887
Falls	26	2,662	33	1,465	+ 1,197
Leukemia	27	2,654	35	1,327	+ 1,327
Inflammatory/Heart	28	2,643	40	1,121	+ 1,522
Cervical Cancer	29	2,355	22	3,389	- 1,034
Lymphomas	30	2,351	29	1,931	+ 420
Maternal Conditions	31	2,348	13	5,651	- 3,304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	2,202	32	1,477	+ 725
Fires	33	1,914	36	1,316	+ 598
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,874	41	1,089	+ 785
Drownings	35	1,665	39	1,200	+ 465
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,576	18	4,373	- 2,797
Epilepsy	37	1,515	43	832	+ 682
Endocrine Disorders	38	1,464	44	831	+ 633
Poisonings	39	1,446	38	1,269	+ 177
Ovary Cancer	40	1,361	45	795	+ 566
Parkinson's Disease	41	1,327	50	470	+ 857
Lung Cancers	42	1,169	47	669	+ 500
Liver Cancer	43	1,107	34	1,351	- 244
Prostate Cancer	44	1,002	37	1,292	- 290
Oral Cancer	45	974	30	1,842	- 869
Tetanus	46	964	27	2,129	- 1,165
Bladder Cancer	47	902	57	318	+ 585
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	865	53	408	+ 457
Alcohol	49	856	55	355	+ 501
Stomach Cancer	50	828	28	2,010	- 1,182
Leishmaniasis	51	817	59	194	+ 622
Syphilis	52	751	52	449	+ 302
Skin Cancers	53	712	48	638	+ 74
Drug Use	54	710	62	113	+ 596
Skin Disease	55	705	51	455	+ 250
Hepatitis B	56	494	49	522	- 28
Appendicitis	57	331	58	240	+ 90
Pancreas Cancer	58	327	46	716	- 390
Encephalitis	59	297	60	189	+ 108
Uterin Cancer	60	245	56	323	- 77
Upper Respiratory	61	226	64	95	+ 131
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	192	66	84	+ 108
War	63	158	65	89	+ 69
Schistosomiasis	64	147	54	370	- 223
Other Neoplasms	65	139	67	60	+ 79
Measles	66	120	63	103	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	67	89	68	39	+ 51
Hepatitis C	68	85	61	152	- 67
Diphtheria	69	48	69	13	+ 35
Chlamydia	70	26	70	10	+ 16
Ascariasis	71	24	71	9	+ 15
Otitis Media	72	20	72	7	+ 13
Dengue	73	2	73	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Djibouti

Kenya

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.