DJIBOUTI VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	851	2	680	+ 171
Diabetes Mellitus	2	732	7	284	+ 448
Coronary Heart Disease	3	608	1	687	- 79
Violence	4	523	24	64	+ 459
Prostate Cancer	5	311	44	17	+ 294
Kidney Disease	6	279	13	186	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	7	267	5	348	- 81
Hypertension	8	229	12	211	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	207	21	90	+ 117
Lung Cancers	10	166	42	20	+ 146
Lung Disease	11	159	16	120	+ 39
Road Traffic Accidents	12	156	11	229	- 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	154	32	38	+ 116
Breast Cancer	14	146	20	91	+ 55
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	138	3	671	- 532
Cervical Cancer	16	126	29	40	+ 86
Lymphomas	17	88	30	40	+ 48
Low Birth Weight	18	85	8	251	- 167
Stomach Cancer	19	81	50	14	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	20	62	38	25	+ 37
Liver Disease	21	55	6	295	- 240
Skin Disease	22	51	55	12	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	23	49	18	113	- 64
Inflammatory/Heart	24	47	28	45	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	25	47	41	23	+ 24
Leukemia	26	45	27	45	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	27	42	58	6	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	28	37	60	4	+ 33
Liver Cancer	29	36	43	19	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	30	34	40	23	+ 11
Other Injuries	31	32	10	233	- 201
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	29	34	32	- 3
Falls	33	29	26	45	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	34	26	36	27	- 1
Suicide	35	25	19	94	- 69
Asthma	36	23	22	68	- 45
Birth Trauma	37	23	15	166	- 143
Bladder Cancer	38	21	47	15	+ 6
Oral Cancer	39	21	45	17	+ 4
Malnutrition	40	17	14	170	- 153
Epilepsy	41	16	37	26	- 10
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	12	4	364	- 352
Maternal Conditions	43	12	31	40	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	9	48	15	- 5
Other Neoplasms	45	7	65	2	+ 4
Fires	46	5	33	33	- 27
Meningitis	47	5	17	117	- 111
Drug Use	48	5	54	12	- 8
Encephalitis	49	5	59	5	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	4	62	3	+ 1
Drownings	51	4	35	28	- 25
Skin Cancers	52	4	53	12	- 9
Appendicitis	53	3	57	6	- 2
Tuberculosis	54	3	9	243	- 240
Alcohol	55	3	49	15	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	56	1	67	2	- 0
Poisonings	57	1	39	25	- 24
Dengue	58	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	59	0	56	8	- 8
Syphilis	60	0	52	13	- 13
War	61	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	62	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	46	16	- 16
Hepatitis C	64	0	68	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	61	4	- 4
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	25	50	- 50
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	51	14	- 14
Malaria	72	0	23	66	- 66
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	66	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Jamaica

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.