DJIBOUTI VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,469	1	687	+ 782
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	836	21	90	+ 745
Lung Disease	3	568	16	120	+ 448
Stroke	4	461	2	680	- 218
Lung Cancers	5	453	42	20	+ 433
Kidney Disease	6	250	13	186	+ 64
Drug Use	7	217	54	12	+ 204
Hypertension	8	192	12	211	- 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	180	32	38	+ 142
Diabetes Mellitus	10	179	7	284	- 106
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	175	3	671	- 495
Suicide	12	154	19	94	+ 61
Breast Cancer	13	142	20	91	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	14	137	38	25	+ 112
Pancreas Cancer	15	129	58	6	+ 123
Liver Disease	16	126	6	295	- 168
Road Traffic Accidents	17	121	11	229	- 107
Falls	18	118	26	45	+ 72
Lymphomas	19	117	30	40	+ 77
Prostate Cancer	20	104	44	17	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	21	100	41	23	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	22	95	28	45	+ 49
Liver Cancer	23	79	43	19	+ 60
Leukemia	24	78	27	45	+ 33
Other Injuries	25	76	10	233	- 157
Bladder Cancer	26	57	47	15	+ 42
Violence	27	55	24	64	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	28	52	36	27	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	29	52	65	2	+ 49
Alcohol	30	43	49	15	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	31	42	40	23	+ 19
Skin Cancers	32	42	53	12	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	33	38	50	14	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	34	34	18	113	- 79
Oral Cancer	35	34	45	17	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	36	29	60	4	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	29	4	364	- 336
Cervical Cancer	38	20	29	40	- 20
Low Birth Weight	39	20	8	251	- 231
Malnutrition	40	20	14	170	- 150
Hepatitis C	41	17	68	1	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	42	16	5	348	- 332
Skin Disease	43	16	55	12	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	44	15	67	2	+ 13
Drownings	45	12	35	28	- 17
Asthma	46	11	22	68	- 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	11	48	15	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	10	34	32	- 22
Fires	49	9	33	33	- 23
Epilepsy	50	9	37	26	- 17
Anemia	51	9	85	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	62	3	+ 4
Poisonings	53	5	39	25	- 20
Birth Trauma	54	4	15	166	- 163
War	55	3	63	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	56	2	31	40	- 38
Schizophrenia	57	2	84	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	2	80	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	56	8	- 7
Meningitis	60	2	17	117	- 115
Osteoarthritis	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	62	2	9	243	- 241
Appendicitis	63	1	57	6	- 4
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	61	4	- 3
Syphilis	66	0	52	13	- 13
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	5	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	25	50	- 50
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	46	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	72	0	64	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	23	66	- 66
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	51	14	- 14
Measles	80	0	66	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

United States

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.