JAMAICA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,358	3	1,726	+ 632
Stroke	2	2,006	1	2,415	- 408
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,518	2	2,077	- 559
Hypertension	4	720	8	651	+ 69
Prostate Cancer	5	712	5	883	- 172
Breast Cancer	6	710	14	413	+ 297
Kidney Disease	7	692	6	793	- 101
Endocrine Disorders	8	661	20	176	+ 485
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	643	15	393	+ 250
Other Injuries	10	555	31	91	+ 464
Lung Disease	11	466	11	452	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	427	13	436	- 9
Skin Disease	13	245	22	145	+ 99
Cervical Cancer	14	242	16	358	- 116
Stomach Cancer	15	196	19	231	- 35
Lung Cancers	16	183	10	472	- 290
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	182	9	587	- 405
HIV/AIDS	18	168	7	757	- 590
Lymphomas	19	166	17	251	- 85
Uterin Cancer	20	158	28	106	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	21	155	24	133	+ 21
Anemia	22	142	83	0	+ 142
Pancreas Cancer	23	139	27	119	+ 21
Leukemia	24	133	26	129	+ 4
Liver Cancer	25	125	29	101	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	26	117	23	139	- 22
Epilepsy	27	97	41	46	+ 51
Liver Disease	28	96	21	155	- 58
Alcohol	29	95	55	7	+ 87
Ovary Cancer	30	92	30	97	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	89	81	0	+ 89
Other Neoplasms	32	82	45	19	+ 64
Oral Cancer	33	70	39	59	+ 11
Violence	34	65	4	1,484	- 1,420
Drownings	35	64	51	10	+ 54
Asthma	36	53	36	65	- 12
Low Birth Weight	37	46	18	241	- 194
Malnutrition	38	37	40	48	- 11
Appendicitis	39	35	53	9	+ 26
Drug Use	40	34	48	13	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	41	31	38	60	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	42	28	25	132	- 105
Skin Cancers	43	28	52	10	+ 18
Birth Trauma	44	26	37	65	- 39
Schizophrenia	45	25	85	0	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	23	42	35	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	23	32	82	- 60
Poisonings	48	20	57	2	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	16	44	27	- 10
Tuberculosis	50	15	54	8	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	50	11	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	52	12	43	35	- 23
Meningitis	53	11	47	16	- 4
Suicide	54	10	35	70	- 60
Otitis Media	55	8	69	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	56	3	+ 4
Fires	57	5	46	16	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	58	3	34	74	- 71
War	59	1	61	1	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	60	1	- 1
Chlamydia	61	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	63	0	- 0
Pertussis	64	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	77	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	68	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	76	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	49	13	- 13
Hepatitis B	74	0	59	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	12	444	- 444
Falls	82	0	33	82	- 82
Oral conditions	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Antigua/Bar.

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.