SRI LANKA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,185	1	26,304	- 11,119
Stroke	2	15,016	6	6,805	+ 8,211
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,818	8	5,117	+ 9,701
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	8,053	28	605	+ 7,448
HIV/AIDS	5	7,696	55	39	+ 7,656
Liver Disease	6	6,510	17	1,303	+ 5,207
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,280	2	12,460	- 6,180
Low Birth Weight	8	5,554	29	536	+ 5,018
Tuberculosis	9	5,362	25	769	+ 4,593
Other Injuries	10	5,141	14	1,529	+ 3,611
Road Traffic Accidents	11	5,055	9	4,200	+ 855
Hypertension	12	4,660	20	1,055	+ 3,604
Kidney Disease	13	4,116	5	6,858	- 2,742
Malnutrition	14	3,745	54	43	+ 3,702
Birth Trauma	15	3,670	44	193	+ 3,477
Lung Disease	16	2,656	3	9,456	- 6,800
Meningitis	17	2,579	46	146	+ 2,433
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,496	22	989	+ 1,507
Suicide	19	2,073	10	2,977	- 904
Breast Cancer	20	2,007	15	1,383	+ 624
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,993	4	6,939	- 4,945
Asthma	22	1,500	7	6,471	- 4,971
Malaria	23	1,458	80	0	+ 1,458
Violence	24	1,416	31	499	+ 916
Pertussis	25	1,095	59	15	+ 1,080
Falls	26	1,005	23	964	+ 41
Leukemia	27	1,002	18	1,155	- 153
Inflammatory/Heart	28	998	35	425	+ 573
Cervical Cancer	29	889	26	762	+ 127
Lymphomas	30	887	21	1,027	- 140
Maternal Conditions	31	886	48	96	+ 790
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	831	24	911	- 81
Fires	33	722	41	239	+ 484
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	707	56	38	+ 669
Drownings	35	629	27	731	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	36	595	13	1,544	- 949
Epilepsy	37	572	39	269	+ 302
Endocrine Disorders	38	552	32	462	+ 90
Poisonings	39	546	49	93	+ 452
Ovary Cancer	40	514	37	281	+ 232
Parkinson's Disease	41	501	45	168	+ 333
Lung Cancers	42	441	12	1,775	- 1,334
Liver Cancer	43	418	19	1,090	- 673
Prostate Cancer	44	378	30	507	- 129
Oral Cancer	45	367	11	2,893	- 2,526
Tetanus	46	364	57	27	+ 336
Bladder Cancer	47	341	34	432	- 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	326	53	49	+ 277
Alcohol	49	323	51	82	+ 241
Stomach Cancer	50	312	16	1,321	- 1,008
Leishmaniasis	51	308	73	0	+ 308
Syphilis	52	284	58	15	+ 269
Skin Cancers	53	269	52	58	+ 210
Drug Use	54	268	40	257	+ 11
Skin Disease	55	266	36	293	- 26
Hepatitis B	56	187	62	6	+ 181
Appendicitis	57	125	64	5	+ 120
Pancreas Cancer	58	123	43	214	- 90
Encephalitis	59	112	61	10	+ 102
Uterin Cancer	60	93	42	218	- 125
Upper Respiratory	61	85	66	5	+ 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	72	60	11	+ 61
War	63	60	38	280	- 220
Schistosomiasis	64	56	81	0	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	65	53	50	86	- 33
Measles	66	45	77	0	+ 45
Multiple Sclerosis	67	34	69	2	+ 31
Hepatitis C	68	32	75	0	+ 32
Diphtheria	69	18	74	0	+ 18
Chlamydia	70	10	84	0	+ 10
Ascariasis	71	9	72	0	+ 9
Otitis Media	72	8	76	0	+ 8
Dengue	73	1	47	131	- 130
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	63	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	65	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Djibouti

Sri Lanka

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.