NICARAGUA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	DJIBOUTI		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,612	1	5,843	- 1,231
Stroke	2	4,561	3	2,225	+ 2,336
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,501	7	1,152	+ 3,349
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,446	36	122	+ 2,324
HIV/AIDS	5	2,337	35	139	+ 2,198
Liver Disease	6	1,977	6	1,203	+ 774
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,908	4	2,068	- 160
Low Birth Weight	8	1,687	13	490	+ 1,197
Tuberculosis	9	1,629	37	115	+ 1,514
Other Injuries	10	1,561	17	358	+ 1,204
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,535	8	1,109	+ 427
Hypertension	12	1,415	9	1,103	+ 312
Kidney Disease	13	1,250	2	3,533	- 2,283
Malnutrition	14	1,138	30	163	+ 974
Birth Trauma	15	1,115	25	198	+ 917
Lung Disease	16	807	5	1,570	- 763
Meningitis	17	783	51	29	+ 754
Congenital Anomalies	18	758	11	571	+ 187
Suicide	19	630	19	285	+ 345
Breast Cancer	20	610	20	283	+ 327
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	605	33	149	+ 456
Asthma	22	456	38	105	+ 351
Malaria	23	443	83	0	+ 443
Violence	24	430	10	619	- 189
Pertussis	25	332	67	3	+ 329
Falls	26	305	22	276	+ 29
Leukemia	27	304	24	227	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	28	303	34	139	+ 164
Cervical Cancer	29	270	16	374	- 104
Lymphomas	30	269	29	164	+ 106
Maternal Conditions	31	269	39	88	+ 181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	252	18	315	- 63
Fires	33	219	57	16	+ 203
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	215	40	85	+ 129
Drownings	35	191	32	157	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	36	181	47	42	+ 139
Epilepsy	37	174	41	74	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	38	168	28	164	+ 4
Poisonings	39	166	55	18	+ 148
Ovary Cancer	40	156	44	61	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	41	152	42	67	+ 85
Lung Cancers	42	134	23	274	- 140
Liver Cancer	43	127	12	509	- 382
Prostate Cancer	44	115	15	386	- 271
Oral Cancer	45	112	43	64	+ 47
Tetanus	46	111	79	0	+ 111
Bladder Cancer	47	103	52	28	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	99	54	20	+ 79
Alcohol	49	98	21	279	- 180
Stomach Cancer	50	95	14	478	- 383
Leishmaniasis	51	94	76	0	+ 94
Syphilis	52	86	60	9	+ 77
Skin Cancers	53	82	45	59	+ 23
Drug Use	54	81	46	50	+ 31
Skin Disease	55	81	31	162	- 81
Hepatitis B	56	57	62	5	+ 51
Appendicitis	57	38	49	32	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	58	37	27	178	- 140
Encephalitis	59	34	58	10	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	60	28	48	39	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	26	72	1	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	22	50	31	- 9
War	63	18	70	1	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	64	17	84	0	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	65	16	26	192	- 176
Measles	66	14	78	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	67	10	61	7	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	10	68	1	+ 9
Diphtheria	69	5	77	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	70	3	74	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	71	3	69	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	72	2	75	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	85	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Djibouti

Nicaragua

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.