LATVIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,244	1	8,099	- 6,855
Stroke	2	1,230	2	5,893	- 4,662
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,214	9	501	+ 713
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	660	54	14	+ 646
HIV/AIDS	5	631	39	74	+ 556
Liver Disease	6	533	15	365	+ 169
Diabetes Mellitus	7	515	8	529	- 15
Low Birth Weight	8	455	56	11	+ 444
Tuberculosis	9	439	40	71	+ 368
Other Injuries	10	421	16	362	+ 59
Road Traffic Accidents	11	414	27	154	+ 261
Hypertension	12	382	3	1,194	- 812
Kidney Disease	13	337	17	356	- 19
Malnutrition	14	307	64	2	+ 305
Birth Trauma	15	301	55	12	+ 289
Lung Disease	16	218	18	346	- 129
Meningitis	17	211	52	15	+ 197
Congenital Anomalies	18	205	43	46	+ 158
Suicide	19	170	14	384	- 214
Breast Cancer	20	164	10	472	- 308
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	163	7	664	- 500
Asthma	22	123	46	42	+ 81
Malaria	23	119	79	0	+ 119
Violence	24	116	37	94	+ 22
Pertussis	25	90	70	0	+ 90
Falls	26	82	23	201	- 119
Leukemia	27	82	25	186	- 104
Inflammatory/Heart	28	82	5	921	- 839
Cervical Cancer	29	73	33	128	- 55
Lymphomas	30	73	19	245	- 173
Maternal Conditions	31	73	60	5	+ 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	68	6	722	- 654
Fires	33	59	36	103	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	58	31	142	- 84
Drownings	35	52	34	127	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	36	49	32	131	- 82
Epilepsy	37	47	45	44	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	38	45	41	59	- 14
Poisonings	39	45	49	23	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	40	42	24	196	- 154
Parkinson's Disease	41	41	35	125	- 84
Lung Cancers	42	36	4	956	- 920
Liver Cancer	43	34	26	157	- 122
Prostate Cancer	44	31	12	464	- 433
Oral Cancer	45	30	22	214	- 184
Tetanus	46	30	71	0	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	47	28	20	228	- 200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	27	47	41	- 14
Alcohol	49	26	21	227	- 201
Stomach Cancer	50	26	11	470	- 444
Leishmaniasis	51	25	77	0	+ 25
Syphilis	52	23	65	1	+ 22
Skin Cancers	53	22	30	144	- 122
Drug Use	54	22	48	41	- 19
Skin Disease	55	22	38	76	- 55
Hepatitis B	56	15	63	3	+ 12
Appendicitis	57	10	59	5	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	10	13	436	- 426
Encephalitis	59	9	69	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	60	8	29	148	- 140
Upper Respiratory	61	7	62	4	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	51	20	- 14
War	63	5	68	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	64	5	78	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	65	4	28	153	- 148
Measles	66	4	72	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	50	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	68	3	42	53	- 50
Diphtheria	69	1	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	84	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	66	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	7	- 7
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Djibouti

Latvia

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.