DJIBOUTI VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	514	3	671	- 157
Stroke	2	402	2	680	- 278
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	359	4	364	- 5
Coronary Heart Disease	4	338	1	687	- 350
Road Traffic Accidents	5	208	11	229	- 21
Liver Disease	6	191	6	295	- 104
Diabetes Mellitus	7	148	7	284	- 136
Hypertension	8	145	12	211	- 66
Lung Disease	9	104	16	120	- 16
Malnutrition	10	103	14	170	- 66
Birth Trauma	11	97	15	166	- 69
Kidney Disease	12	91	13	186	- 96
Maternal Conditions	13	85	31	40	+ 45
Tuberculosis	14	85	9	243	- 157
Other Injuries	15	85	10	233	- 148
Low Birth Weight	16	83	8	251	- 168
Malaria	17	69	23	66	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	18	68	18	113	- 45
Meningitis	19	63	17	117	- 53
Violence	20	60	24	64	- 4
Suicide	21	60	19	94	- 34
Asthma	22	51	22	68	- 17
Breast Cancer	23	49	20	91	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	49	21	90	- 42
HIV/AIDS	25	48	5	348	- 300
Falls	26	26	26	45	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	23	34	32	- 9
Lymphomas	28	23	30	40	- 17
Leukemia	29	23	27	45	- 23
Cervical Cancer	30	21	29	40	- 19
Fires	31	21	33	33	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	32	19	28	45	- 26
Drownings	33	18	35	28	- 10
Poisonings	34	18	39	25	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	18	32	38	- 20
Pertussis	36	14	25	50	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	37	13	41	23	- 9
Epilepsy	38	13	37	26	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	39	13	36	27	- 14
Ovary Cancer	40	12	40	23	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	48	15	- 3
Schistosomiasis	42	11	64	3	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	43	11	38	25	- 14
Oral Cancer	44	11	45	17	- 5
Liver Cancer	45	11	43	19	- 8
Lung Cancers	46	10	42	20	- 10
Prostate Cancer	47	8	44	17	- 9
Stomach Cancer	48	8	50	14	- 7
Alcohol	49	7	49	15	- 7
Skin Disease	50	7	55	12	- 5
Bladder Cancer	51	7	47	15	- 9
Tetanus	52	6	46	16	- 11
Drug Use	53	6	54	12	- 6
Syphilis	54	5	52	13	- 7
Appendicitis	55	5	57	6	- 1
Skin Cancers	56	5	53	12	- 7
Hepatitis B	57	4	56	8	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	3	58	6	- 3
Leishmaniasis	59	3	51	14	- 11
Upper Respiratory	60	3	61	4	- 1
Uterin Cancer	61	3	60	4	- 1
Encephalitis	62	2	59	5	- 3
Measles	63	2	66	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	62	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	65	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	68	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
War	71	0	63	3	- 3
Diphtheria	72	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Eritrea

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.