NIGERIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	163,538	7	61,374	+ 102,165
Stroke	2	161,719	8	57,744	+ 103,976
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	159,581	1	207,281	- 47,699
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	86,727	2	144,724	- 57,997
HIV/AIDS	5	82,881	10	44,124	+ 38,757
Liver Disease	6	70,110	13	38,326	+ 31,784
Diabetes Mellitus	7	67,639	18	22,497	+ 45,143
Low Birth Weight	8	59,815	6	95,959	- 36,144
Tuberculosis	9	57,752	3	127,335	- 69,583
Other Injuries	10	55,365	17	22,696	+ 32,669
Road Traffic Accidents	11	54,437	12	41,693	+ 12,744
Hypertension	12	50,183	24	10,692	+ 39,491
Kidney Disease	13	44,329	20	18,189	+ 26,140
Malnutrition	14	40,335	36	5,896	+ 34,439
Birth Trauma	15	39,525	5	100,186	- 60,661
Lung Disease	16	28,607	22	12,569	+ 16,039
Meningitis	17	27,771	11	43,651	- 15,880
Congenital Anomalies	18	26,883	9	49,696	- 22,813
Suicide	19	22,327	30	7,019	+ 15,308
Breast Cancer	20	21,620	23	11,884	+ 9,735
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	21,467	31	6,786	+ 14,681
Asthma	22	16,154	27	8,192	+ 7,962
Malaria	23	15,704	4	100,963	- 85,259
Violence	24	15,246	19	18,407	- 3,162
Pertussis	25	11,789	16	23,282	- 11,493
Falls	26	10,820	28	7,528	+ 3,291
Leukemia	27	10,789	47	2,257	+ 8,532
Inflammatory/Heart	28	10,743	42	4,826	+ 5,917
Cervical Cancer	29	9,572	25	10,574	- 1,002
Lymphomas	30	9,555	40	5,202	+ 4,353
Maternal Conditions	31	9,542	15	23,540	- 13,998
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	8,949	43	4,152	+ 4,797
Fires	33	7,781	29	7,132	+ 649
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	7,616	37	5,846	+ 1,770
Drownings	35	6,769	32	6,584	+ 185
Oesophagus Cancer	36	6,405	64	560	+ 5,845
Epilepsy	37	6,158	41	5,001	+ 1,157
Endocrine Disorders	38	5,950	21	15,799	- 9,849
Poisonings	39	5,878	33	6,570	- 693
Ovary Cancer	40	5,531	49	2,133	+ 3,398
Parkinson's Disease	41	5,394	46	2,473	+ 2,921
Lung Cancers	42	4,752	57	1,295	+ 3,457
Liver Cancer	43	4,500	39	5,289	- 789
Prostate Cancer	44	4,072	35	5,914	- 1,842
Oral Cancer	45	3,957	48	2,238	+ 1,719
Tetanus	46	3,919	26	8,355	- 4,436
Bladder Cancer	47	3,668	63	670	+ 2,998
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	3,514	52	1,946	+ 1,569
Alcohol	49	3,480	58	1,031	+ 2,449
Stomach Cancer	50	3,365	50	2,129	+ 1,237
Leishmaniasis	51	3,320	70	23	+ 3,297
Syphilis	52	3,054	38	5,449	- 2,395
Skin Cancers	53	2,894	53	1,933	+ 961
Drug Use	54	2,886	34	6,273	- 3,387
Skin Disease	55	2,866	56	1,468	+ 1,398
Hepatitis B	56	2,009	55	1,488	+ 520
Appendicitis	57	1,344	60	760	+ 584
Pancreas Cancer	58	1,327	51	1,975	- 648
Encephalitis	59	1,207	59	937	+ 270
Uterin Cancer	60	997	62	679	+ 319
Upper Respiratory	61	918	67	259	+ 660
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	780	69	165	+ 616
War	63	644	45	3,245	- 2,601
Schistosomiasis	64	599	54	1,508	- 909
Other Neoplasms	65	566	66	290	+ 276
Measles	66	486	14	29,439	- 28,953
Multiple Sclerosis	67	364	68	179	+ 184
Hepatitis C	68	346	65	304	+ 43
Diphtheria	69	193	44	3,800	- 3,606
Chlamydia	70	105	71	14	+ 92
Ascariasis	71	97	61	685	- 588
Otitis Media	72	81	72	3	+ 78
Dengue	73	8	73	2	+ 7
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGERIA

Djibouti

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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.