SAMOA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	144	1	241	- 96
Stroke	2	143	2	148	- 5
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	141	5	53	+ 88
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	77	21	12	+ 65
HIV/AIDS	5	73	73	0	+ 73
Liver Disease	6	62	8	27	+ 34
Diabetes Mellitus	7	60	3	108	- 48
Low Birth Weight	8	53	16	16	+ 36
Tuberculosis	9	51	50	2	+ 49
Other Injuries	10	49	20	13	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	11	48	10	26	+ 22
Hypertension	12	44	7	30	+ 14
Kidney Disease	13	39	6	52	- 13
Malnutrition	14	36	43	3	+ 33
Birth Trauma	15	35	35	5	+ 29
Lung Disease	16	25	4	57	- 32
Meningitis	17	24	44	2	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	18	24	15	18	+ 6
Suicide	19	20	11	25	- 5
Breast Cancer	20	19	13	19	- 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	19	14	19	+ 0
Asthma	22	14	12	21	- 7
Malaria	23	14	76	0	+ 14
Violence	24	13	34	6	+ 8
Pertussis	25	10	58	0	+ 10
Falls	26	10	27	8	+ 2
Leukemia	27	10	42	3	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	28	9	29	7	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	29	8	32	6	+ 3
Lymphomas	30	8	33	6	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	31	8	37	5	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	8	22	12	- 4
Fires	33	7	48	2	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	7	26	9	- 2
Drownings	35	6	19	13	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	36	6	51	1	+ 5
Epilepsy	37	5	45	2	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	38	5	31	6	- 1
Poisonings	39	5	52	1	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	40	5	25	10	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	5	28	7	- 3
Lung Cancers	42	4	9	26	- 22
Liver Cancer	43	4	30	7	- 3
Prostate Cancer	44	4	24	11	- 7
Oral Cancer	45	3	39	4	- 1
Tetanus	46	3	62	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	47	3	38	5	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	3	23	11	- 8
Alcohol	49	3	46	2	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	50	3	17	16	- 13
Leishmaniasis	51	3	75	0	+ 3
Syphilis	52	3	49	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	53	3	47	2	+ 1
Drug Use	54	3	55	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	55	3	41	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	2	57	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	1	56	0	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	1	40	4	- 3
Encephalitis	59	1	54	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	60	1	36	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	59	0	+ 0
War	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	65	0	53	1	- 0
Measles	66	0	18	16	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	67	0	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	61	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

Djibouti

Samoa

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.