DJIBOUTI VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	468	3	671	- 203
Stroke	2	436	2	680	- 243
Coronary Heart Disease	3	406	1	687	- 282
HIV/AIDS	4	390	5	348	+ 42
Malaria	5	321	23	66	+ 255
Tuberculosis	6	294	9	243	+ 51
Road Traffic Accidents	7	225	11	229	- 4
Low Birth Weight	8	192	8	251	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	188	4	364	- 176
Birth Trauma	10	178	15	166	+ 12
Liver Disease	11	174	6	295	- 121
Diabetes Mellitus	12	171	7	284	- 114
Kidney Disease	13	120	13	186	- 67
Congenital Anomalies	14	113	18	113	+ 0
Lung Disease	15	90	16	120	- 30
Meningitis	16	86	17	117	- 31
Liver Cancer	17	82	43	19	+ 63
Other Injuries	18	70	10	233	- 163
Hypertension	19	64	12	211	- 147
Cervical Cancer	20	62	29	40	+ 22
Suicide	21	57	19	94	- 36
Maternal Conditions	22	57	31	40	+ 17
Asthma	23	57	22	68	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	24	57	38	25	+ 32
Breast Cancer	25	56	20	91	- 35
Malnutrition	26	54	14	170	- 116
Violence	27	53	24	64	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	28	46	28	45	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	37	21	90	- 53
Falls	30	34	26	45	- 12
Prostate Cancer	31	30	44	17	+ 13
Lymphomas	32	25	30	40	- 15
Stomach Cancer	33	25	50	14	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	23	32	38	- 15
Pertussis	35	21	25	50	- 28
Drownings	36	21	35	28	- 7
Fires	37	21	33	33	- 12
Ovary Cancer	38	20	40	23	- 3
Drug Use	39	18	54	12	+ 6
Poisonings	40	15	39	25	- 10
Syphilis	41	14	52	13	+ 1
Oral Cancer	42	14	45	17	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	43	11	41	23	- 12
Encephalitis	44	10	59	5	+ 5
Leukemia	45	10	27	45	- 36
Pancreas Cancer	46	10	58	6	+ 4
Epilepsy	47	9	37	26	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	9	34	32	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	49	8	36	27	- 19
Skin Disease	50	8	55	12	- 4
Schistosomiasis	51	7	64	3	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	7	48	15	- 7
Bladder Cancer	53	7	47	15	- 8
Alcohol	54	7	49	15	- 8
Lung Cancers	55	7	42	20	- 13
Tetanus	56	6	46	16	- 10
Uterin Cancer	57	6	60	4	+ 2
Skin Cancers	58	6	53	12	- 6
Appendicitis	59	4	57	6	- 1
Measles	60	4	66	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	67	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	3	56	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	1	65	2	- 1
War	64	1	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	62	3	- 3
Ascariasis	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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

Ghana

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.