JAMAICA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,172	3	1,726	- 554
Stroke	2	562	1	2,415	- 1,852
Kidney Disease	3	367	6	793	- 426
Diabetes Mellitus	4	340	2	2,077	- 1,737
Hypertension	5	263	8	651	- 388
Lung Disease	6	257	11	452	- 195
Road Traffic Accidents	7	245	12	444	- 199
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	199	15	393	- 194
Suicide	9	177	35	70	+ 107
Other Injuries	10	147	31	91	+ 56
Falls	11	144	33	82	+ 62
Asthma	12	129	36	65	+ 64
Drug Use	13	121	48	13	+ 108
Liver Disease	14	117	21	155	- 37
Congenital Anomalies	15	104	23	139	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	87	13	436	- 349
Breast Cancer	17	74	14	413	- 339
Endocrine Disorders	18	73	20	176	- 103
Low Birth Weight	19	55	18	241	- 186
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	55	9	587	- 533
Lung Cancers	21	52	10	472	- 420
Fires	22	50	46	16	+ 35
Drownings	23	47	51	10	+ 37
Leukemia	24	43	26	129	- 85
Epilepsy	25	39	41	46	- 6
Pancreas Cancer	26	38	27	119	- 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	36	44	27	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	28	34	24	133	- 100
Lymphomas	29	33	17	251	- 218
Stomach Cancer	30	31	19	231	- 199
Parkinson's Disease	31	28	25	132	- 104
Liver Cancer	32	27	29	101	- 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	26	42	35	- 9
Skin Cancers	34	22	52	10	+ 12
Violence	35	20	4	1,484	- 1,465
Tuberculosis	36	19	54	8	+ 11
Birth Trauma	37	18	37	65	- 47
Ovary Cancer	38	18	30	97	- 79
Bladder Cancer	39	17	38	60	- 43
Alcohol	40	17	55	7	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	41	16	16	358	- 342
Meningitis	42	15	47	16	- 1
Prostate Cancer	43	14	5	883	- 869
Hepatitis B	44	13	59	1	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	13	32	82	- 70
Uterin Cancer	46	12	28	106	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	47	10	34	74	- 63
Poisonings	48	10	57	2	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	49	10	56	3	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	50	10	7	757	- 748
Tetanus	51	9	63	0	+ 9
Oral Cancer	52	9	39	59	- 50
War	53	8	61	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	54	8	49	13	- 5
Appendicitis	55	4	53	9	- 5
Other Neoplasms	56	4	45	19	- 15
Skin Disease	57	4	22	145	- 142
Pertussis	58	3	67	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	59	1	43	35	- 33
Malnutrition	60	1	40	48	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	50	11	- 11
Syphilis	62	1	60	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.