DJIBOUTI VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	871	1	687	+ 183
Kidney Disease	2	526	13	186	+ 340
Stroke	3	331	2	680	- 348
Diabetes Mellitus	4	308	7	284	+ 24
Lung Disease	5	234	16	120	+ 114
Liver Disease	6	179	6	295	- 115
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	172	3	671	- 499
Road Traffic Accidents	8	165	11	229	- 64
Hypertension	9	164	12	211	- 47
Violence	10	92	24	64	+ 28
Congenital Anomalies	11	85	18	113	- 28
Liver Cancer	12	76	43	19	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	13	73	8	251	- 178
Stomach Cancer	14	71	50	14	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	15	58	44	17	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	16	56	29	40	+ 16
Other Injuries	17	53	10	233	- 179
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	47	32	38	+ 9
Suicide	19	42	19	94	- 51
Breast Cancer	20	42	20	91	- 49
Alcohol	21	42	49	15	+ 27
Falls	22	41	26	45	- 4
Lung Cancers	23	41	42	20	+ 21
Leukemia	24	34	27	45	- 12
Birth Trauma	25	29	15	166	- 137
Other Neoplasms	26	29	65	2	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	27	26	58	6	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	28	24	38	25	- 1
Lymphomas	29	24	30	40	- 16
Malnutrition	30	24	14	170	- 145
Skin Disease	31	24	55	12	+ 12
Drownings	32	23	35	28	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	22	21	90	- 68
Inflammatory/Heart	34	21	28	45	- 24
HIV/AIDS	35	21	5	348	- 328
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	18	4	364	- 346
Tuberculosis	37	17	9	243	- 226
Asthma	38	16	22	68	- 52
Maternal Conditions	39	13	31	40	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	13	34	32	- 19
Epilepsy	41	11	37	26	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	10	41	23	- 13
Oral Cancer	43	10	45	17	- 7
Ovary Cancer	44	9	40	23	- 14
Skin Cancers	45	9	53	12	- 3
Drug Use	46	7	54	12	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	47	6	36	27	- 21
Uterin Cancer	48	6	60	4	+ 2
Appendicitis	49	5	57	6	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	62	3	+ 1
Meningitis	51	4	17	117	- 112
Bladder Cancer	52	4	47	15	- 11
Anemia	53	4	85	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	48	15	- 12
Poisonings	55	3	39	25	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	3	80	0	+ 3
Fires	57	2	33	33	- 30
Encephalitis	58	2	59	5	- 4
Osteoarthritis	59	1	81	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	1	52	13	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	67	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	56	8	- 8
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	25	50	- 49
Hepatitis C	68	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	71	0	- 0
War	70	0	63	3	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	61	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	51	14	- 14
Diphtheria	77	0	69	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	66	2	- 2
Tetanus	79	0	46	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	23	66	- 66
Schistosomiasis	84	0	64	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Nicaragua

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.