JAMAICA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,273	3	1,726	+ 547
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,644	9	587	+ 1,057
Stroke	3	1,090	1	2,415	- 1,325
Lung Cancers	4	925	10	472	+ 453
Lung Disease	5	895	11	452	+ 443
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	655	13	436	+ 219
Diabetes Mellitus	7	472	2	2,077	- 1,605
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	469	15	393	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	9	397	5	883	- 486
Breast Cancer	10	359	14	413	- 54
Suicide	11	332	35	70	+ 262
Kidney Disease	12	331	6	793	- 462
Pancreas Cancer	13	329	27	119	+ 210
Falls	14	329	33	82	+ 247
Lymphomas	15	321	17	251	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	16	246	20	176	+ 69
Skin Cancers	17	245	52	10	+ 235
Leukemia	18	224	26	129	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	19	215	25	132	+ 82
Liver Cancer	20	215	29	101	+ 114
Drug Use	21	188	48	13	+ 175
Other Injuries	22	173	31	91	+ 82
Hypertension	23	172	8	651	- 479
Inflammatory/Heart	24	166	24	133	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	25	158	34	74	+ 84
Liver Disease	26	150	21	155	- 5
Stomach Cancer	27	136	19	231	- 95
Other Neoplasms	28	132	45	19	+ 114
Road Traffic Accidents	29	131	12	444	- 313
Bladder Cancer	30	125	38	60	+ 66
Ovary Cancer	31	106	30	97	+ 9
Oral Cancer	32	103	39	59	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	33	75	23	139	- 64
Skin Disease	34	63	22	145	- 83
Uterin Cancer	35	55	28	106	- 51
Asthma	36	48	36	65	- 17
Alcohol	37	40	55	7	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	40	44	27	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	39	36	16	358	- 322
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	31	42	35	- 3
Epilepsy	41	30	41	46	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	29	32	82	- 53
Low Birth Weight	43	26	18	241	- 214
Violence	44	26	4	1,484	- 1,459
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	24	50	11	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	46	20	56	3	+ 16
Drownings	47	19	51	10	+ 8
Hepatitis C	48	18	64	0	+ 18
Anemia	49	17	83	0	+ 17
Birth Trauma	50	15	37	65	- 50
Malnutrition	51	12	40	48	- 35
Osteoarthritis	52	12	82	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	8	81	0	+ 8
Schizophrenia	54	7	85	0	+ 7
Fires	55	6	46	16	- 10
Tuberculosis	56	6	54	8	- 2
HIV/AIDS	57	5	7	757	- 752
Hepatitis B	58	4	59	1	+ 3
Oral conditions	59	4	80	0	+ 4
Meningitis	60	4	47	16	- 12
Poisonings	61	4	57	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	3	53	9	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	2	43	35	- 32
Upper Respiratory	64	2	65	0	+ 2
War	65	1	61	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	60	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	49	13	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Australia

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.