DJIBOUTI VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Syria SYRIA DJIBOUTI Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 1,176 1 687 + 489
Stroke 2 337 2 680 - 342
War 3 324 63 3 + 321
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 123 3 671 - 547
Road Traffic Accidents 5 106 11 229 - 122
Kidney Disease 6 97 13 186 - 89
Diarrhoeal diseases 7 90 4 364 - 275
Congenital Anomalies 8 87 18 113 - 26
Lung Cancers 9 85 42 20 + 65
Breast Cancer 10 81 20 91 - 9
Liver Disease 11 72 6 295 - 223
Low Birth Weight 12 69 8 251 - 183
Lung Disease 13 67 16 120 - 53
Alzheimers & Dementia 14 65 21 90 - 26
Diabetes Mellitus 15 64 7 284 - 220
Colon-Rectum Cancers 16 51 32 38 + 13
Asthma 17 44 22 68 - 24
Lymphomas 18 34 30 40 - 6
Leukemia 19 33 27 45 - 12
Bladder Cancer 20 32 47 15 + 16
Birth Trauma 21 31 15 166 - 135
Stomach Cancer 22 30 50 14 + 16
Hypertension 23 29 12 211 - 181
Other Injuries 24 22 10 233 - 211
Violence 25 19 24 64 - 46
Endocrine Disorders 26 17 38 25 - 8
Pancreas Cancer 27 17 58 6 + 12
Prostate Cancer 28 17 44 17 - 0
Falls 29 16 26 45 - 30
Parkinson's Disease 30 15 41 23 - 7
Liver Cancer 31 15 43 19 - 4
Inflammatory/Heart 32 14 28 45 - 31
Suicide 33 14 19 94 - 80
Ovary Cancer 34 14 40 23 - 10
Meningitis 35 12 17 117 - 104
Oral Cancer 36 12 45 17 - 5
Pertussis 37 12 25 50 - 38
Skin Cancers 38 12 53 12 - 1
Drug Use 39 10 54 12 - 2
Drownings 40 9 35 28 - 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease 41 8 48 15 - 7
Cervical Cancer 42 8 29 40 - 32
Fires 43 7 33 33 - 25
Uterin Cancer 44 6 60 4 + 2
Maternal Conditions 45 4 31 40 - 36
Poisonings 46 4 39 25 - 21
Oesophagus Cancer 47 4 36 27 - 23
Epilepsy 48 4 37 26 - 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease 49 3 34 32 - 29
Encephalitis 50 3 59 5 - 2
Malnutrition 51 3 14 170 - 166
Tetanus 52 2 46 16 - 14
Alcohol 53 2 49 15 - 13
Appendicitis 54 2 57 6 - 4
Syphilis 55 1 52 13 - 12
Tuberculosis 56 1 9 243 - 242
Other Neoplasms 57 1 65 2 - 1
HIV/AIDS 58 1 5 348 - 348
Multiple Sclerosis 59 1 67 2 - 1
Schistosomiasis 60 0 64 3 - 2
Skin Disease 61 0 55 12 - 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 0 62 3 - 3
Hepatitis B 63 0 56 8 - 8
Diphtheria 64 0 69 1 - 1
Leishmaniasis 65 0 51 14 - 14
Upper Respiratory 66 0 61 4 - 4
Ascariasis 67 0 71 0 - 0
Hepatitis C 68 0 68 1 - 1
Chlamydia 69 0 70 0 - 0
Measles 70 0 66 2 - 2
Otitis Media 71 0 72 0 - 0
Dengue 72 0 73 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 73 0 74 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 74 0 75 0 - 0
Leprosy 75 0 79 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 76 0 - 0
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

Syria

Syria

Djibouti

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020