DJIBOUTI VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,379	1	687	+ 691
Stroke	2	725	2	680	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	3	638	11	229	+ 409
Diabetes Mellitus	4	254	7	284	- 30
Liver Disease	5	247	6	295	- 48
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	207	3	671	- 463
Kidney Disease	7	195	13	186	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	8	178	5	348	- 171
Violence	9	176	24	64	+ 112
Hypertension	10	174	12	211	- 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	166	21	90	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	12	152	44	17	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	13	141	8	251	- 110
Breast Cancer	14	134	20	91	+ 43
Lung Disease	15	125	16	120	+ 5
Lung Cancers	16	114	42	20	+ 94
Congenital Anomalies	17	96	18	113	- 17
Birth Trauma	18	84	15	166	- 82
Other Injuries	19	82	10	233	- 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	78	32	38	+ 41
Liver Cancer	21	61	43	19	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	22	55	38	25	+ 30
Cervical Cancer	23	52	29	40	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	24	50	50	14	+ 36
Suicide	25	49	19	94	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	46	4	364	- 318
Pancreas Cancer	27	42	58	6	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	28	41	41	23	+ 18
Asthma	29	41	22	68	- 27
Falls	30	40	26	45	- 5
Oral Cancer	31	40	45	17	+ 23
Leukemia	32	38	27	45	- 8
Lymphomas	33	34	30	40	- 6
Malnutrition	34	34	14	170	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	35	29	28	45	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	27	34	32	- 5
Drownings	37	23	35	28	- 6
Tuberculosis	38	22	9	243	- 220
Maternal Conditions	39	19	31	40	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	40	18	36	27	- 8
Skin Cancers	41	16	53	12	+ 4
Epilepsy	42	15	37	26	- 11
Drug Use	43	14	54	12	+ 2
Fires	44	13	33	33	- 20
Meningitis	45	12	17	117	- 104
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	11	48	15	- 3
Pertussis	47	11	25	50	- 38
Alcohol	48	11	49	15	- 4
Bladder Cancer	49	8	47	15	- 7
Ovary Cancer	50	8	40	23	- 15
Syphilis	51	6	52	13	- 6
Appendicitis	52	6	57	6	+ 0
Skin Disease	53	5	55	12	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	4	62	3	+ 1
Poisonings	55	4	39	25	- 20
Encephalitis	56	4	59	5	- 1
Uterin Cancer	57	4	60	4	- 0
Other Neoplasms	58	3	65	2	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	2	64	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	60	2	68	1	+ 0
Tetanus	61	2	46	16	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	67	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	8	- 7
Dengue	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Malaria	65	0	23	66	- 66
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	- 0
War	67	0	63	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	51	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	66	2	- 2
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Dominican Rep.

Djibouti

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.