DJIBOUTI VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,115	2	680	+ 435
Coronary Heart Disease	2	881	1	687	+ 193
Diabetes Mellitus	3	827	7	284	+ 543
Kidney Disease	4	472	13	186	+ 286
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	389	3	671	- 282
Prostate Cancer	6	333	44	17	+ 316
Road Traffic Accidents	7	323	11	229	+ 94
Lung Disease	8	313	16	120	+ 193
Hypertension	9	311	12	211	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	282	21	90	+ 192
Violence	11	219	24	64	+ 155
Liver Disease	12	206	6	295	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	13	186	28	45	+ 141
Breast Cancer	14	151	20	91	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	15	130	50	14	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	125	32	38	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	17	119	38	25	+ 94
Lung Cancers	18	111	42	20	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	19	102	8	251	- 150
Skin Disease	20	96	55	12	+ 84
Other Injuries	21	87	10	233	- 145
Suicide	22	85	19	94	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	23	82	41	23	+ 59
Lymphomas	24	77	30	40	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	25	70	29	40	+ 30
Falls	26	62	26	45	+ 17
Asthma	27	57	22	68	- 11
Drownings	28	55	35	28	+ 27
Alcohol	29	55	49	15	+ 40
Congenital Anomalies	30	48	18	113	- 65
Pancreas Cancer	31	48	58	6	+ 42
Epilepsy	32	42	37	26	+ 16
Malnutrition	33	39	14	170	- 131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	32	34	32	- 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	27	4	364	- 337
Leukemia	36	26	27	45	- 19
Liver Cancer	37	24	43	19	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	23	48	15	+ 9
Fires	39	20	33	33	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	40	19	36	27	- 8
Ovary Cancer	41	19	40	23	- 5
Birth Trauma	42	18	15	166	- 148
Oral Cancer	43	18	45	17	+ 2
Tuberculosis	44	17	9	243	- 225
Uterin Cancer	45	12	60	4	+ 8
Drug Use	46	11	54	12	- 1
Maternal Conditions	47	11	31	40	- 29
Other Neoplasms	48	11	65	2	+ 8
Meningitis	49	9	17	117	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	8	62	3	+ 4
Appendicitis	51	7	57	6	+ 1
Encephalitis	52	7	59	5	+ 1
Dengue	53	3	73	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	67	2	+ 1
Poisonings	55	2	39	25	- 23
Tetanus	56	1	46	16	- 15
Syphilis	57	1	52	13	- 12
War	58	1	63	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	59	1	61	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	0	56	8	- 8
Schistosomiasis	61	0	64	3	- 2
Chlamydia	62	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	63	0	25	50	- 49
Ascariasis	64	0	71	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	69	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	53	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	47	15	- 15
Schizophrenia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	66	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	23	66	- 66
Leishmaniasis	82	0	51	14	- 14
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	5	348	- 348
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Saint Lucia

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.