ZAMBIA VS DJIBOUTI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DJIBOUTI		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,367	10	4,432	+ 9,936
Stroke	2	14,208	3	7,948	+ 6,260
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	14,020	2	9,517	+ 4,503
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	7,619	5	6,275	+ 1,344
HIV/AIDS	5	7,281	1	17,234	- 9,953
Liver Disease	6	6,159	9	4,501	+ 1,659
Diabetes Mellitus	7	5,942	14	2,395	+ 3,547
Low Birth Weight	8	5,255	8	4,857	+ 398
Tuberculosis	9	5,074	6	5,941	- 867
Other Injuries	10	4,864	19	1,729	+ 3,135
Road Traffic Accidents	11	4,782	11	3,654	+ 1,129
Hypertension	12	4,409	13	2,616	+ 1,792
Kidney Disease	13	3,894	18	1,760	+ 2,134
Malnutrition	14	3,544	15	2,303	+ 1,241
Birth Trauma	15	3,472	7	5,062	- 1,589
Lung Disease	16	2,513	21	1,273	+ 1,241
Meningitis	17	2,440	16	1,976	+ 464
Congenital Anomalies	18	2,362	12	3,146	- 784
Suicide	19	1,961	20	1,303	+ 659
Breast Cancer	20	1,899	35	366	+ 1,534
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,886	29	590	+ 1,296
Asthma	22	1,419	26	741	+ 678
Malaria	23	1,380	4	7,882	- 6,502
Violence	24	1,339	23	1,153	+ 186
Pertussis	25	1,036	25	743	+ 293
Falls	26	951	28	596	+ 354
Leukemia	27	948	39	261	+ 687
Inflammatory/Heart	28	944	33	501	+ 443
Cervical Cancer	29	841	17	1,799	- 958
Lymphomas	30	839	31	548	+ 292
Maternal Conditions	31	838	22	1,188	- 350
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	786	43	203	+ 584
Fires	33	684	32	546	+ 137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	669	40	246	+ 424
Drownings	35	595	27	689	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	36	563	36	359	+ 204
Epilepsy	37	541	38	332	+ 209
Endocrine Disorders	38	523	37	354	+ 169
Poisonings	39	516	34	456	+ 60
Ovary Cancer	40	486	57	82	+ 403
Parkinson's Disease	41	474	47	164	+ 310
Lung Cancers	42	417	41	226	+ 192
Liver Cancer	43	395	46	177	+ 219
Prostate Cancer	44	358	30	561	- 204
Oral Cancer	45	348	48	155	+ 192
Tetanus	46	344	44	190	+ 154
Bladder Cancer	47	322	50	132	+ 191
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	309	45	190	+ 119
Alcohol	49	306	49	140	+ 166
Stomach Cancer	50	296	42	206	+ 89
Leishmaniasis	51	292	58	72	+ 219
Syphilis	52	268	24	885	- 616
Skin Cancers	53	254	54	108	+ 146
Drug Use	54	254	53	122	+ 131
Skin Disease	55	252	52	126	+ 126
Hepatitis B	56	176	55	104	+ 72
Appendicitis	57	118	56	84	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	58	117	62	42	+ 74
Encephalitis	59	106	59	70	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	60	88	64	30	+ 58
Upper Respiratory	61	81	60	68	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	69	63	30	+ 39
War	63	57	69	6	+ 50
Schistosomiasis	64	53	51	128	- 76
Other Neoplasms	65	50	65	20	+ 30
Measles	66	43	61	48	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	32	67	13	+ 19
Hepatitis C	68	30	66	18	+ 13
Diphtheria	69	17	73	3	+ 14
Chlamydia	70	9	71	3	+ 6
Ascariasis	71	9	68	9	- 0
Otitis Media	72	7	70	5	+ 2
Dengue	73	1	74	1	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
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 ZAMBIA

Djibouti

Zambia

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.