DJIBOUTI VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,185	5	348	+ 837
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	648	3	671	- 23
Coronary Heart Disease	3	539	1	687	- 148
Stroke	4	505	2	680	- 174
Diabetes Mellitus	5	497	7	284	+ 213
Tuberculosis	6	362	9	243	+ 119
Violence	7	346	24	64	+ 282
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	261	4	364	- 104
Kidney Disease	9	252	13	186	+ 66
Suicide	10	227	19	94	+ 133
Road Traffic Accidents	11	214	11	229	- 15
Hypertension	12	211	12	211	- 0
Lung Disease	13	196	16	120	+ 76
Liver Disease	14	148	6	295	- 146
Lung Cancers	15	127	42	20	+ 107
Low Birth Weight	16	103	8	251	- 148
Other Injuries	17	99	10	233	- 134
Asthma	18	98	22	68	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	19	97	38	25	+ 72
Cervical Cancer	20	91	29	40	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	21	89	28	45	+ 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	77	21	90	- 13
Breast Cancer	23	75	20	91	- 16
Prostate Cancer	24	72	44	17	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	25	72	18	113	- 41
Meningitis	26	60	17	117	- 56
Fires	27	60	33	33	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	59	32	38	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	29	57	36	27	+ 30
Birth Trauma	30	49	15	166	- 117
Lymphomas	31	46	30	40	+ 6
Drownings	32	40	35	28	+ 11
Liver Cancer	33	39	43	19	+ 20
Malnutrition	34	39	14	170	- 130
Pancreas Cancer	35	33	58	6	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	31	34	32	- 1
Epilepsy	37	31	37	26	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	38	28	31	40	- 12
Stomach Cancer	39	25	50	14	+ 11
Leukemia	40	24	27	45	- 21
Oral Cancer	41	23	45	17	+ 7
Falls	42	23	26	45	- 22
Pertussis	43	19	25	50	- 31
Syphilis	44	19	52	13	+ 6
Skin Disease	45	18	55	12	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	46	18	41	23	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	17	48	15	+ 2
Skin Cancers	48	16	53	12	+ 4
Alcohol	49	16	49	15	+ 2
Poisonings	50	16	39	25	- 9
Ovary Cancer	51	16	40	23	- 8
Bladder Cancer	52	14	47	15	- 2
Drug Use	53	13	54	12	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	54	8	60	4	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	6	62	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	56	5	57	6	- 1
Measles	57	4	66	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	4	65	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	4	59	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	4	61	4	- 0
Hepatitis B	61	2	56	8	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	67	2	+ 0
Malaria	63	1	23	66	- 65
War	64	1	63	3	- 2
Tetanus	65	1	46	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	66	1	64	3	- 2
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	51	14	- 14
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

South Africa

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.