JAMAICA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,276	3	1,726	+ 1,550
Stroke	2	1,405	1	2,415	- 1,010
Road Traffic Accidents	3	540	12	444	+ 96
Hypertension	4	503	8	651	- 148
Kidney Disease	5	452	6	793	- 341
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	438	15	393	+ 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	338	9	587	- 249
Low Birth Weight	8	327	18	241	+ 86
Diabetes Mellitus	9	281	2	2,077	- 1,796
Lung Disease	10	280	11	452	- 172
Congenital Anomalies	11	262	23	139	+ 123
Lung Cancers	12	236	10	472	- 236
Birth Trauma	13	228	37	65	+ 163
Breast Cancer	14	208	14	413	- 205
Liver Disease	15	208	21	155	+ 53
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	189	13	436	- 248
Tuberculosis	17	171	54	8	+ 163
Asthma	18	123	36	65	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	19	122	19	231	- 109
Lymphomas	20	110	17	251	- 141
Bladder Cancer	21	85	38	60	+ 26
Other Injuries	22	84	31	91	- 7
Falls	23	79	33	82	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	24	75	25	132	- 57
Leukemia	25	70	26	129	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	67	42	35	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	27	65	16	358	- 293
Suicide	28	64	35	70	- 6
Prostate Cancer	29	64	5	883	- 819
Drug Use	30	59	48	13	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	31	58	27	119	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	32	56	20	176	- 121
Maternal Conditions	33	55	43	35	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	34	50	24	133	- 84
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	43	32	82	- 39
Violence	36	43	4	1,484	- 1,441
Skin Cancers	37	43	52	10	+ 33
Oral Cancer	38	42	39	59	- 17
Fires	39	38	46	16	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	40	37	30	97	- 60
Liver Cancer	41	33	29	101	- 68
Drownings	42	27	51	10	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	22	44	27	- 5
Epilepsy	44	21	41	46	- 25
Meningitis	45	19	47	16	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	46	19	34	74	- 55
Poisonings	47	17	57	2	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	48	12	7	757	- 746
Pertussis	49	10	67	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	50	10	59	1	+ 9
Encephalitis	51	9	49	13	- 4
Skin Disease	52	7	22	145	- 139
Malnutrition	53	5	40	48	- 43
Alcohol	54	5	55	7	- 3
Appendicitis	55	5	53	9	- 4
Uterin Cancer	56	5	28	106	- 102
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	56	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	3	45	19	- 15
Measles	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	60	3	63	0	+ 3
Syphilis	61	2	60	1	+ 2
War	62	2	61	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	50	11	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Algeria

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.