SOMALIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,992	7	7,233	+ 1,759
Stroke	2	8,892	6	8,595	+ 297
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,774	1	21,712	- 12,937
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	4,769	2	15,363	- 10,594
HIV/AIDS	5	4,557	33	610	+ 3,947
Liver Disease	6	3,855	13	3,917	- 62
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,719	16	2,888	+ 831
Low Birth Weight	8	3,289	8	6,250	- 2,961
Tuberculosis	9	3,175	4	10,261	- 7,086
Other Injuries	10	3,044	14	3,602	- 557
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,993	11	4,231	- 1,238
Hypertension	12	2,759	18	2,643	+ 116
Kidney Disease	13	2,437	21	2,051	+ 386
Malnutrition	14	2,218	10	4,825	- 2,607
Birth Trauma	15	2,173	5	9,573	- 7,400
Lung Disease	16	1,573	19	2,442	- 869
Meningitis	17	1,527	9	5,381	- 3,854
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,478	15	3,410	- 1,932
Suicide	19	1,228	27	1,219	+ 9
Breast Cancer	20	1,189	26	1,232	- 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,180	32	647	+ 533
Asthma	22	888	23	1,878	- 990
Malaria	23	863	22	1,942	- 1,079
Violence	24	838	29	828	+ 10
Pertussis	25	648	20	2,054	- 1,406
Falls	26	595	37	548	+ 47
Leukemia	27	593	35	562	+ 32
Inflammatory/Heart	28	591	39	521	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	29	526	28	883	- 357
Lymphomas	30	525	34	605	- 79
Maternal Conditions	31	525	12	4,127	- 3,602
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	492	38	546	- 54
Fires	33	428	30	810	- 383
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	419	36	559	- 140
Drownings	35	372	25	1,272	- 899
Oesophagus Cancer	36	352	40	516	- 164
Epilepsy	37	339	43	419	- 80
Endocrine Disorders	38	327	44	406	- 79
Poisonings	39	323	31	758	- 435
Ovary Cancer	40	304	50	295	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	41	297	56	184	+ 113
Lung Cancers	42	261	54	233	+ 28
Liver Cancer	43	247	53	256	- 8
Prostate Cancer	44	224	52	285	- 61
Oral Cancer	45	218	46	328	- 110
Tetanus	46	215	17	2,648	- 2,433
Bladder Cancer	47	202	61	149	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	193	41	446	- 253
Alcohol	49	191	59	151	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	50	185	49	310	- 125
Leishmaniasis	51	183	51	290	- 107
Syphilis	52	168	45	378	- 210
Skin Cancers	53	159	57	164	- 5
Drug Use	54	159	65	54	+ 104
Skin Disease	55	158	58	151	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	110	48	315	- 204
Appendicitis	57	74	55	188	- 114
Pancreas Cancer	58	73	62	108	- 35
Encephalitis	59	66	63	91	- 24
Uterin Cancer	60	55	64	78	- 23
Upper Respiratory	61	50	47	326	- 275
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	43	66	35	+ 8
War	63	35	24	1,318	- 1,283
Schistosomiasis	64	33	42	435	- 402
Other Neoplasms	65	31	70	12	+ 19
Measles	66	27	3	11,576	- 11,549
Multiple Sclerosis	67	20	71	8	+ 12
Hepatitis C	68	19	67	34	- 15
Diphtheria	69	11	60	150	- 139
Chlamydia	70	6	72	5	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	5	69	30	- 24
Otitis Media	72	4	68	32	- 27
Dengue	73	0	73	1	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	77	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Djibouti

Somalia

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.