JAMAICA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,570	1	2,415	+ 1,155
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,321	3	1,726	+ 1,595
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,414	2	2,077	+ 337
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,054	15	393	+ 1,661
Prostate Cancer	5	1,532	5	883	+ 649
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,068	13	436	+ 631
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,059	9	587	+ 472
Breast Cancer	8	883	14	413	+ 469
Endocrine Disorders	9	866	20	176	+ 690
Kidney Disease	10	857	6	793	+ 64
Other Injuries	11	729	31	91	+ 638
Lung Disease	12	685	11	452	+ 234
Hypertension	13	668	8	651	+ 18
Skin Disease	14	579	22	145	+ 434
Lymphomas	15	471	17	251	+ 220
Lung Cancers	16	396	10	472	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	17	362	24	133	+ 229
Pancreas Cancer	18	360	27	119	+ 241
Violence	19	300	4	1,484	- 1,184
Leukemia	20	270	26	129	+ 141
HIV/AIDS	21	261	7	757	- 496
Stomach Cancer	22	257	19	231	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	23	256	16	358	- 102
Other Neoplasms	24	240	45	19	+ 221
Road Traffic Accidents	25	218	12	444	- 226
Liver Disease	26	212	21	155	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	27	197	28	106	+ 91
Oral Cancer	28	166	39	59	+ 107
Congenital Anomalies	29	166	23	139	+ 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	161	81	0	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	31	152	25	132	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	32	144	30	97	+ 47
Liver Cancer	33	134	29	101	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	132	32	82	+ 49
Asthma	35	121	36	65	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	36	107	34	74	+ 33
Anemia	37	103	83	0	+ 103
Epilepsy	38	87	41	46	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	39	87	38	60	+ 27
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	63	42	35	+ 29
Falls	41	61	33	82	- 21
Low Birth Weight	42	49	18	241	- 192
Birth Trauma	43	48	37	65	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	43	50	11	+ 32
Meningitis	45	40	47	16	+ 25
Alcohol	46	38	55	7	+ 30
Skin Cancers	47	37	52	10	+ 27
Poisonings	48	19	57	2	+ 17
Malnutrition	49	18	40	48	- 29
Osteoarthritis	50	18	82	0	+ 18
Suicide	51	16	35	70	- 54
Hepatitis B	52	15	59	1	+ 14
Drug Use	53	14	48	13	+ 1
Dengue	54	13	58	1	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	11	44	27	- 16
Maternal Conditions	56	11	43	35	- 24
Drownings	57	10	51	10	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	10	65	0	+ 10
Schizophrenia	59	10	85	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	60	9	54	8	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	56	3	+ 4
Fires	62	5	46	16	- 10
Oral conditions	63	5	80	0	+ 5
Syphilis	64	4	60	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	65	3	53	9	- 6
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	62	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	49	13	- 13
Hepatitis C	83	0	64	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.