JAMAICA VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,444	3	1,726	+ 6,718
Stroke	2	2,012	1	2,415	- 402
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,152	15	393	+ 759
Lung Cancers	4	977	10	472	+ 504
Lung Disease	5	790	11	452	+ 338
Hypertension	6	733	8	651	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	7	677	2	2,077	- 1,400
Liver Disease	8	594	21	155	+ 440
Road Traffic Accidents	9	560	12	444	+ 116
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	445	13	436	+ 9
Kidney Disease	11	443	6	793	- 350
Stomach Cancer	12	425	19	231	+ 195
Breast Cancer	13	421	14	413	+ 8
Liver Cancer	14	343	29	101	+ 242
Pancreas Cancer	15	340	27	119	+ 221
Congenital Anomalies	16	268	23	139	+ 129
Other Injuries	17	249	31	91	+ 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	223	32	82	+ 140
Prostate Cancer	19	210	5	883	- 674
Bladder Cancer	20	169	38	60	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	21	165	24	133	+ 31
Leukemia	22	129	26	129	+ 0
Low Birth Weight	23	123	18	241	- 117
Uterin Cancer	24	115	28	106	+ 9
Violence	25	106	4	1,484	- 1,378
Lymphomas	26	101	17	251	- 150
Cervical Cancer	27	94	16	358	- 264
Suicide	28	93	35	70	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	29	86	30	97	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	64	44	27	+ 37
Hepatitis C	31	61	64	0	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	32	61	7	757	- 697
Oral Cancer	33	57	39	59	- 2
Skin Cancers	34	54	52	10	+ 44
Endocrine Disorders	35	49	20	176	- 127
Oesophagus Cancer	36	48	34	74	- 25
Other Neoplasms	37	41	45	19	+ 23
Tuberculosis	38	41	54	8	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	38	9	587	- 549
Falls	40	36	33	82	- 46
Drug Use	41	34	48	13	+ 21
Birth Trauma	42	32	37	65	- 33
Skin Disease	43	26	22	145	- 119
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	25	81	0	+ 25
Drownings	45	20	51	10	+ 10
Poisonings	46	19	57	2	+ 17
Fires	47	12	46	16	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	48	11	25	132	- 121
Asthma	49	9	36	65	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	9	42	35	- 26
Hepatitis B	51	9	59	1	+ 8
Epilepsy	52	9	41	46	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	53	8	56	3	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	8	50	11	- 3
Maternal Conditions	55	8	43	35	- 27
Meningitis	56	6	47	16	- 9
Encephalitis	57	5	49	13	- 8
Anemia	58	5	83	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	4	53	9	- 5
Osteoarthritis	60	3	82	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	61	3	85	0	+ 3
Alcohol	62	3	55	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	66	1	40	48	- 46
Leishmaniasis	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	1	84	0	+ 1
War	69	0	61	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Syphilis	75	0	60	1	- 1
Chlamydia	76	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	63	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Armenia

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.