JAMAICA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,602	3	1,726	+ 1,876
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,220	9	587	+ 1,633
Stroke	3	1,746	1	2,415	- 668
Lung Cancers	4	1,598	10	472	+ 1,125
Lung Disease	5	1,518	11	452	+ 1,066
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,338	15	393	+ 945
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	785	13	436	+ 348
Kidney Disease	8	696	6	793	- 97
Breast Cancer	9	610	14	413	+ 197
Suicide	10	498	35	70	+ 428
Other Injuries	11	473	31	91	+ 382
Other Neoplasms	12	431	45	19	+ 412
Prostate Cancer	13	430	5	883	- 453
Pancreas Cancer	14	427	27	119	+ 308
Falls	15	414	33	82	+ 332
Lymphomas	16	366	17	251	+ 115
Liver Disease	17	338	21	155	+ 183
Endocrine Disorders	18	338	20	176	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	19	325	25	132	+ 192
Diabetes Mellitus	20	299	2	2,077	- 1,778
Leukemia	21	283	26	129	+ 154
Bladder Cancer	22	254	38	60	+ 195
Inflammatory/Heart	23	250	24	133	+ 117
Liver Cancer	24	230	29	101	+ 129
Oesophagus Cancer	25	212	34	74	+ 138
Stomach Cancer	26	203	19	231	- 27
Hypertension	27	174	8	651	- 476
Oral Cancer	28	159	39	59	+ 100
Road Traffic Accidents	29	157	12	444	- 287
Ovary Cancer	30	154	30	97	+ 57
Skin Cancers	31	123	52	10	+ 113
Alcohol	32	118	55	7	+ 110
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	98	42	35	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	34	91	28	106	- 16
Skin Disease	35	89	22	145	- 56
Epilepsy	36	82	41	46	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	69	44	27	+ 42
Malnutrition	38	69	40	48	+ 21
Drug Use	39	68	48	13	+ 55
Congenital Anomalies	40	66	23	139	- 72
Cervical Cancer	41	57	16	358	- 301
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	50	32	82	- 32
Anemia	43	47	83	0	+ 47
Violence	44	35	4	1,484	- 1,449
Multiple Sclerosis	45	35	56	3	+ 31
Asthma	46	30	36	65	- 35
Drownings	47	19	51	10	+ 8
Fires	48	18	46	16	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	50	11	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	50	16	18	241	- 224
Osteoarthritis	51	14	82	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	12	64	0	+ 12
Birth Trauma	53	11	37	65	- 54
Tuberculosis	54	11	54	8	+ 3
Poisonings	55	10	57	2	+ 7
Schizophrenia	56	9	85	0	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	57	9	7	757	- 749
Meningitis	58	7	47	16	- 9
Upper Respiratory	59	5	65	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	5	81	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	61	4	80	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	4	53	9	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	4	59	1	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	43	35	- 33
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	49	13	- 13
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	60	1	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	58	1	- 1
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

Belgium

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.