MALAWI VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,033	7	4,929	+ 10,104
Stroke	2	14,866	5	5,939	+ 8,927
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,670	2	7,739	+ 6,931
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	7,972	6	5,782	+ 2,191
HIV/AIDS	5	7,619	1	12,839	- 5,220
Liver Disease	6	6,445	10	3,259	+ 3,186
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,218	14	2,267	+ 3,951
Low Birth Weight	8	5,499	8	4,339	+ 1,160
Tuberculosis	9	5,309	11	2,992	+ 2,317
Other Injuries	10	5,090	22	1,266	+ 3,823
Road Traffic Accidents	11	5,004	4	6,221	- 1,217
Hypertension	12	4,613	17	1,797	+ 2,817
Kidney Disease	13	4,075	19	1,567	+ 2,508
Malnutrition	14	3,708	20	1,499	+ 2,208
Birth Trauma	15	3,633	9	3,563	+ 71
Lung Disease	16	2,630	21	1,340	+ 1,289
Meningitis	17	2,553	18	1,792	+ 761
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,471	13	2,509	- 38
Suicide	19	2,052	23	1,007	+ 1,045
Breast Cancer	20	1,987	27	600	+ 1,387
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,973	25	782	+ 1,191
Asthma	22	1,485	26	705	+ 780
Malaria	23	1,444	3	6,308	- 4,864
Violence	24	1,401	32	406	+ 995
Pertussis	25	1,084	31	436	+ 648
Falls	26	995	28	562	+ 433
Leukemia	27	992	56	82	+ 910
Inflammatory/Heart	28	988	35	370	+ 617
Cervical Cancer	29	880	12	2,876	- 1,996
Lymphomas	30	878	24	839	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	31	877	15	1,854	- 977
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	823	44	234	+ 588
Fires	33	715	34	380	+ 336
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	700	39	280	+ 421
Drownings	35	622	30	458	+ 164
Oesophagus Cancer	36	589	16	1,842	- 1,253
Epilepsy	37	566	41	260	+ 306
Endocrine Disorders	38	547	42	257	+ 290
Poisonings	39	540	37	325	+ 216
Ovary Cancer	40	508	48	158	+ 351
Parkinson's Disease	41	496	46	200	+ 296
Lung Cancers	42	437	51	131	+ 306
Liver Cancer	43	414	38	317	+ 97
Prostate Cancer	44	374	40	271	+ 104
Oral Cancer	45	364	43	251	+ 113
Tetanus	46	360	47	178	+ 183
Bladder Cancer	47	337	33	388	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	323	49	154	+ 169
Alcohol	49	320	52	114	+ 206
Stomach Cancer	50	309	45	206	+ 103
Leishmaniasis	51	305	74	0	+ 305
Syphilis	52	281	29	480	- 199
Skin Cancers	53	266	36	331	- 65
Drug Use	54	265	59	48	+ 218
Skin Disease	55	264	53	101	+ 162
Hepatitis B	56	185	55	88	+ 97
Appendicitis	57	124	54	94	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	58	122	60	38	+ 84
Encephalitis	59	111	58	48	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	60	92	62	23	+ 69
Upper Respiratory	61	84	57	60	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	72	61	29	+ 43
War	63	59	71	2	+ 57
Schistosomiasis	64	55	50	143	- 88
Other Neoplasms	65	52	63	17	+ 35
Measles	66	45	67	6	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	67	33	66	9	+ 25
Hepatitis C	68	32	64	15	+ 17
Diphtheria	69	18	72	2	+ 16
Chlamydia	70	10	70	3	+ 7
Ascariasis	71	9	69	4	+ 5
Otitis Media	72	7	68	5	+ 2
Dengue	73	1	65	9	- 8
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Djibouti

Malawi

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.