DJIBOUTI VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,129	5	348	+ 1,781
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,436	3	671	+ 765
Stroke	3	1,258	2	680	+ 579
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,052	4	364	+ 687
Coronary Heart Disease	5	938	1	687	+ 251
Diabetes Mellitus	6	893	7	284	+ 609
Suicide	7	688	19	94	+ 594
Tuberculosis	8	540	9	243	+ 297
Lung Disease	9	492	16	120	+ 372
Kidney Disease	10	453	13	186	+ 267
Hypertension	11	442	12	211	+ 231
Low Birth Weight	12	427	8	251	+ 176
Violence	13	413	24	64	+ 349
Liver Disease	14	354	6	295	+ 59
Birth Trauma	15	320	15	166	+ 154
Road Traffic Accidents	16	303	11	229	+ 74
Asthma	17	303	22	68	+ 235
Other Injuries	18	238	10	233	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	19	174	18	113	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	20	166	29	40	+ 126
Malnutrition	21	160	14	170	- 10
Meningitis	22	142	17	117	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	23	136	28	45	+ 91
Maternal Conditions	24	131	31	40	+ 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	124	34	32	+ 92
Fires	26	120	33	33	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	27	105	38	25	+ 80
Drownings	28	89	35	28	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	87	21	90	- 3
Epilepsy	30	64	37	26	+ 38
Falls	31	57	26	45	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	56	48	15	+ 41
Poisonings	33	50	39	25	+ 25
Breast Cancer	34	43	20	91	- 47
Prostate Cancer	35	36	44	17	+ 19
Lymphomas	36	35	30	40	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	37	33	36	27	+ 6
Alcohol	38	32	49	15	+ 17
Liver Cancer	39	32	43	19	+ 13
Skin Disease	40	31	55	12	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	41	24	41	23	+ 2
Oral Cancer	42	23	45	17	+ 6
Lung Cancers	43	23	42	20	+ 3
Pertussis	44	23	25	50	- 27
Syphilis	45	23	52	13	+ 10
Skin Cancers	46	21	53	12	+ 9
Tetanus	47	20	46	16	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	18	32	38	- 20
Leukemia	49	17	27	45	- 28
Drug Use	50	14	54	12	+ 2
Hepatitis B	51	12	56	8	+ 3
Appendicitis	52	11	57	6	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	53	11	40	23	- 12
Uterin Cancer	54	10	60	4	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	55	8	61	4	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	8	62	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	57	6	59	5	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	58	5	58	6	- 0
Measles	59	5	66	2	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	60	5	50	14	- 9
Bladder Cancer	61	4	47	15	- 11
Other Neoplasms	62	4	65	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	67	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	65	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	- 0
War	68	0	63	3	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	51	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	76	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	23	66	- 66
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

Lesotho

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.