MALTA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	324	1	876	- 551
Stroke	2	321	2	291	+ 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	317	3	213	+ 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	172	55	1	+ 171
HIV/AIDS	5	164	41	4	+ 161
Liver Disease	6	139	24	23	+ 116
Diabetes Mellitus	7	134	6	163	- 28
Low Birth Weight	8	119	35	11	+ 107
Tuberculosis	9	115	52	2	+ 113
Other Injuries	10	110	33	16	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	11	108	31	18	+ 90
Hypertension	12	100	20	33	+ 66
Kidney Disease	13	88	11	79	+ 9
Malnutrition	14	80	60	0	+ 80
Birth Trauma	15	78	44	3	+ 75
Lung Disease	16	57	8	127	- 70
Meningitis	17	55	56	1	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	18	53	32	17	+ 36
Suicide	19	44	22	27	+ 18
Breast Cancer	20	43	10	85	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	43	4	207	- 165
Asthma	22	32	36	8	+ 24
Malaria	23	31	69	0	+ 31
Violence	24	30	40	4	+ 26
Pertussis	25	23	72	0	+ 23
Falls	26	21	14	52	- 30
Leukemia	27	21	21	28	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	28	21	27	22	- 1
Cervical Cancer	29	19	39	4	+ 15
Lymphomas	30	19	12	53	- 34
Maternal Conditions	31	19	64	0	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	18	7	147	- 129
Fires	33	15	62	0	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	15	37	7	+ 8
Drownings	35	13	48	2	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	36	13	29	20	- 8
Epilepsy	37	12	43	3	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	38	12	30	19	- 7
Poisonings	39	12	58	1	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	40	11	17	34	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	41	11	16	50	- 39
Lung Cancers	42	9	5	197	- 187
Liver Cancer	43	9	18	34	- 25
Prostate Cancer	44	8	13	53	- 45
Oral Cancer	45	8	23	25	- 17
Tetanus	46	8	74	0	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	47	7	19	33	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	7	49	2	+ 5
Alcohol	49	7	47	3	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	50	7	15	50	- 43
Leishmaniasis	51	7	66	0	+ 7
Syphilis	52	6	81	0	+ 6
Skin Cancers	53	6	34	14	- 8
Drug Use	54	6	38	7	- 1
Skin Disease	55	6	25	23	- 17
Hepatitis B	56	4	61	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	63	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	3	9	90	- 88
Encephalitis	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	28	21	- 19
Upper Respiratory	61	2	59	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	51	2	- 0
War	63	1	54	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	1	26	22	- 21
Measles	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	45	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	1	53	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Djibouti

Malta

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.