JAMAICA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,930	3	1,726	+ 1,204
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,463	15	393	+ 2,070
Lung Disease	3	1,396	11	452	+ 944
Stroke	4	1,375	1	2,415	- 1,040
Kidney Disease	5	816	6	793	+ 23
Lung Cancers	6	602	10	472	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	537	13	436	+ 100
Breast Cancer	8	424	14	413	+ 11
Diabetes Mellitus	9	411	2	2,077	- 1,666
Road Traffic Accidents	10	378	12	444	- 66
Hypertension	11	348	8	651	- 302
Other Injuries	12	339	31	91	+ 248
Inflammatory/Heart	13	330	24	133	+ 197
Pancreas Cancer	14	277	27	119	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	15	271	5	883	- 613
Liver Disease	16	242	21	155	+ 87
Endocrine Disorders	17	240	20	176	+ 63
Suicide	18	225	35	70	+ 155
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	225	9	587	- 363
Stomach Cancer	20	212	19	231	- 19
Other Neoplasms	21	194	45	19	+ 175
Skin Disease	22	191	22	145	+ 45
Violence	23	163	4	1,484	- 1,321
Lymphomas	24	163	17	251	- 88
Cervical Cancer	25	149	16	358	- 209
Congenital Anomalies	26	145	23	139	+ 7
Leukemia	27	132	26	129	+ 3
Low Birth Weight	28	131	18	241	- 109
Oesophagus Cancer	29	123	34	74	+ 50
Liver Cancer	30	123	29	101	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	31	101	38	60	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	32	89	7	757	- 668
Ovary Cancer	33	79	30	97	- 18
Skin Cancers	34	64	52	10	+ 54
Oral Cancer	35	64	39	59	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	36	58	25	132	- 75
Uterin Cancer	37	57	28	106	- 49
Malnutrition	38	56	40	48	+ 8
Drug Use	39	50	48	13	+ 37
Anemia	40	42	83	0	+ 42
Tuberculosis	41	39	54	8	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	35	42	35	+ 0
Falls	43	30	33	82	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	29	32	82	- 53
Chagas disease	45	27	73	0	+ 27
Alcohol	46	27	55	7	+ 19
Asthma	47	24	36	65	- 41
Drownings	48	23	51	10	+ 13
Birth Trauma	49	22	37	65	- 43
Epilepsy	50	20	41	46	- 26
Meningitis	51	19	47	16	+ 3
Fires	52	17	46	16	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	53	17	43	35	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	15	50	11	+ 3
Poisonings	55	12	57	2	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	8	44	27	- 18
Hepatitis C	57	7	64	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	56	3	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	59	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	4	53	9	- 5
Schizophrenia	61	4	85	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	3	59	1	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	3	81	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	64	1	49	13	- 12
Syphilis	65	1	60	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	66	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	65	0	+ 1
Pertussis	68	1	67	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	+ 0
War	70	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	62	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Argentina

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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.