JAMAICA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,304	3	1,726	- 422
Violence	2	990	4	1,484	- 494
Diabetes Mellitus	3	955	2	2,077	- 1,122
Stroke	4	861	1	2,415	- 1,553
HIV/AIDS	5	809	7	757	+ 52
Kidney Disease	6	695	6	793	- 98
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	655	15	393	+ 263
Road Traffic Accidents	8	598	12	444	+ 154
Liver Disease	9	391	21	155	+ 236
Prostate Cancer	10	321	5	883	- 562
Lung Disease	11	312	11	452	- 140
Hypertension	12	311	8	651	- 340
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	304	9	587	- 283
Other Injuries	14	241	31	91	+ 150
Lung Cancers	15	207	10	472	- 265
Suicide	16	187	35	70	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	17	187	16	358	- 171
Drownings	18	162	51	10	+ 152
Liver Cancer	19	162	29	101	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	20	157	19	231	- 73
Congenital Anomalies	21	156	23	139	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	22	153	20	176	- 23
Breast Cancer	23	147	14	413	- 266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	136	13	436	- 301
Low Birth Weight	25	134	18	241	- 107
Inflammatory/Heart	26	122	24	133	- 11
Falls	27	87	33	82	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	75	25	132	- 58
Malnutrition	29	67	40	48	+ 19
Alcohol	30	66	55	7	+ 58
Pancreas Cancer	31	63	27	119	- 55
Birth Trauma	32	63	37	65	- 2
Tuberculosis	33	60	54	8	+ 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	59	42	35	+ 24
Asthma	35	52	36	65	- 13
Epilepsy	36	52	41	46	+ 6
Skin Disease	37	37	22	145	- 108
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	35	32	82	- 47
Leukemia	39	27	26	129	- 102
Fires	40	25	46	16	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	44	27	- 3
Maternal Conditions	42	16	43	35	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	43	15	34	74	- 59
Appendicitis	44	10	53	9	+ 1
Poisonings	45	10	57	2	+ 7
Meningitis	46	10	47	16	- 6
Drug Use	47	9	48	13	- 4
Encephalitis	48	9	49	13	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	50	11	- 4
Lymphomas	50	7	17	251	- 243
Uterin Cancer	51	7	28	106	- 99
Ovary Cancer	52	6	30	97	- 91
Other Neoplasms	53	6	45	19	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	56	3	- 0
Dengue	55	1	58	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	56	1	59	1	+ 0
Chagas disease	57	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	65	0	+ 1
Tetanus	59	1	63	0	+ 1
War	60	1	61	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	64	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	60	1	- 1
Pertussis	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	62	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	52	10	- 10
Oral Cancer	67	0	39	59	- 59
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	38	60	- 60
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.