DJIBOUTI VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	386	3	671	- 285
HIV/AIDS	2	357	5	348	+ 8
Tuberculosis	3	336	9	243	+ 93
Stroke	4	272	2	680	- 408
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	263	4	364	- 101
Road Traffic Accidents	6	254	11	229	+ 25
Liver Disease	7	229	6	295	- 66
Malaria	8	216	23	66	+ 150
Coronary Heart Disease	9	205	1	687	- 483
Birth Trauma	10	170	15	166	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	11	163	8	251	- 88
Congenital Anomalies	12	104	18	113	- 9
Maternal Conditions	13	97	31	40	+ 56
Diabetes Mellitus	14	97	7	284	- 188
Meningitis	15	92	17	117	- 25
Kidney Disease	16	76	13	186	- 110
Hypertension	17	75	12	211	- 135
Oesophagus Cancer	18	75	36	27	+ 48
Other Injuries	19	74	10	233	- 159
Lung Disease	20	73	16	120	- 47
Malnutrition	21	72	14	170	- 98
Cervical Cancer	22	58	29	40	+ 18
Suicide	23	55	19	94	- 39
Violence	24	50	24	64	- 14
Breast Cancer	25	45	20	91	- 45
Asthma	26	39	22	68	- 29
Tetanus	27	36	46	16	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	28	34	50	14	+ 20
Lymphomas	29	33	30	40	- 7
Oral Cancer	30	31	45	17	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	31	21	90	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	25	32	38	- 12
Falls	33	25	26	45	- 20
Liver Cancer	34	23	43	19	+ 4
Leukemia	35	23	27	45	- 23
Fires	36	22	33	33	- 10
Prostate Cancer	37	22	44	17	+ 5
Poisonings	38	22	39	25	- 3
Drownings	39	20	35	28	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	40	19	28	45	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	19	34	32	- 13
Pertussis	42	17	25	50	- 32
Epilepsy	43	14	37	26	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	44	14	38	25	- 11
Ovary Cancer	45	14	40	23	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	46	12	58	6	+ 7
Lung Cancers	47	11	42	20	- 9
Skin Cancers	48	11	53	12	- 1
Hepatitis B	49	9	56	8	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	50	8	41	23	- 15
Skin Disease	51	8	55	12	- 4
Syphilis	52	8	52	13	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	48	15	- 8
Schistosomiasis	54	6	64	3	+ 4
Alcohol	55	6	49	15	- 9
Uterin Cancer	56	6	60	4	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	57	5	47	15	- 10
Appendicitis	58	4	57	6	- 2
Leishmaniasis	59	3	51	14	- 11
Encephalitis	60	3	59	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	61	3	68	1	+ 1
Drug Use	62	2	54	12	- 10
Measles	63	2	66	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	64	2	61	4	- 2
War	65	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	62	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	67	1	65	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	67	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	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

Kenya

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.