DJIBOUTI VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,039	5	348	+ 691
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	520	3	671	- 151
Tuberculosis	3	503	9	243	+ 260
Stroke	4	473	2	680	- 207
Coronary Heart Disease	5	433	1	687	- 254
Road Traffic Accidents	6	308	11	229	+ 79
Diabetes Mellitus	7	257	7	284	- 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	229	4	364	- 136
Low Birth Weight	9	183	8	251	- 68
Lung Disease	10	164	16	120	+ 43
Violence	11	160	24	64	+ 96
Hypertension	12	152	12	211	- 59
Birth Trauma	13	122	15	166	- 44
Liver Disease	14	119	6	295	- 176
Kidney Disease	15	114	13	186	- 72
Congenital Anomalies	16	100	18	113	- 12
Suicide	17	86	19	94	- 8
Malnutrition	18	79	14	170	- 90
Other Injuries	19	73	10	233	- 159
Asthma	20	71	22	68	+ 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	62	21	90	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	22	57	28	45	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	23	47	29	40	+ 7
Breast Cancer	24	43	20	91	- 48
Maternal Conditions	25	39	31	40	- 1
Drownings	26	39	35	28	+ 10
Meningitis	27	39	17	117	- 78
Fires	28	39	33	33	+ 6
Skin Cancers	29	38	53	12	+ 26
Oral Cancer	30	35	45	17	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	31	33	44	17	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	27	34	32	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	33	26	38	25	+ 1
Falls	34	22	26	45	- 23
Lung Cancers	35	21	42	20	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	19	32	38	- 18
Pertussis	37	19	25	50	- 30
Epilepsy	38	17	37	26	- 8
Poisonings	39	16	39	25	- 8
Lymphomas	40	16	30	40	- 24
Liver Cancer	41	16	43	19	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	42	15	41	23	- 7
Syphilis	43	12	52	13	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	12	48	15	- 3
Stomach Cancer	45	12	50	14	- 3
Drug Use	46	11	54	12	- 1
Skin Disease	47	11	55	12	- 1
Alcohol	48	10	49	15	- 5
Leukemia	49	8	27	45	- 37
Ovary Cancer	50	8	40	23	- 15
Malaria	51	8	23	66	- 58
Oesophagus Cancer	52	7	36	27	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	58	6	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	54	6	47	15	- 10
Schistosomiasis	55	5	64	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	56	4	60	4	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	3	62	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	3	57	6	- 3
Encephalitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
Other Neoplasms	60	3	65	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	2	61	4	- 2
Tetanus	62	2	46	16	- 14
Hepatitis B	63	2	56	8	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	67	2	- 1
Measles	65	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
War	67	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	69	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	51	14	- 14
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Namibia

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.