JAMAICA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,829	3	1,726	+ 1,103
War	2	1,803	61	1	+ 1,803
Stroke	3	1,341	1	2,415	- 1,073
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,031	15	393	+ 638
Low Birth Weight	5	889	18	241	+ 648
Birth Trauma	6	755	37	65	+ 690
Tuberculosis	7	692	54	8	+ 685
Hypertension	8	563	8	651	- 88
Maternal Conditions	9	549	43	35	+ 515
Kidney Disease	10	464	6	793	- 329
Road Traffic Accidents	11	425	12	444	- 19
Diabetes Mellitus	12	405	2	2,077	- 1,672
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	391	42	35	+ 356
Congenital Anomalies	14	352	23	139	+ 213
Lung Disease	15	327	11	452	- 125
Liver Disease	16	324	21	155	+ 169
Asthma	17	239	36	65	+ 174
Other Injuries	18	228	31	91	+ 137
Violence	19	226	4	1,484	- 1,258
Meningitis	20	185	47	16	+ 169
Pertussis	21	148	67	0	+ 148
Breast Cancer	22	128	14	413	- 285
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	124	9	587	- 463
Suicide	24	111	35	70	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	106	32	82	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	26	106	19	231	- 125
Oral Cancer	27	103	39	59	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	28	96	20	176	- 80
Oesophagus Cancer	29	93	34	74	+ 19
Tetanus	30	88	63	0	+ 88
Encephalitis	31	84	49	13	+ 71
Lung Cancers	32	76	10	472	- 397
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	73	44	27	+ 47
Drownings	34	70	51	10	+ 60
Epilepsy	35	70	41	46	+ 24
Lymphomas	36	67	17	251	- 184
Falls	37	64	33	82	- 18
Hepatitis B	38	61	59	1	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	52	13	436	- 384
Liver Cancer	40	46	29	101	- 55
Parkinson's Disease	41	44	25	132	- 88
Leukemia	42	43	26	129	- 86
Malnutrition	43	41	40	48	- 6
Cervical Cancer	44	38	16	358	- 320
Inflammatory/Heart	45	37	24	133	- 96
HIV/AIDS	46	33	7	757	- 725
Poisonings	47	27	57	2	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	48	26	30	97	- 71
Measles	49	25	77	0	+ 25
Fires	50	24	46	16	+ 9
Drug Use	51	23	48	13	+ 10
Appendicitis	52	21	53	9	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	53	20	28	106	- 86
Bladder Cancer	54	19	38	60	- 40
Prostate Cancer	55	18	5	883	- 865
Pancreas Cancer	56	16	27	119	- 102
Malaria	57	13	72	0	+ 13
Alcohol	58	11	55	7	+ 3
Skin Cancers	59	10	52	10	+ 0
Syphilis	60	7	60	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	7	22	145	- 139
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	56	3	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	63	2	45	19	- 17
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	50	11	- 10
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Afghanistan

Jamaica

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.