JAMAICA VS BENIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BENIN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,961	15	393	+ 1,568
Malaria	2	1,352	72	0	+ 1,352
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,312	42	35	+ 1,278
Stroke	4	1,125	1	2,415	- 1,290
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,037	3	1,726	- 689
Low Birth Weight	6	943	18	241	+ 702
Birth Trauma	7	759	37	65	+ 694
Road Traffic Accidents	8	608	12	444	+ 163
Liver Disease	9	470	21	155	+ 315
Congenital Anomalies	10	435	23	139	+ 296
HIV/AIDS	11	435	7	757	- 323
Meningitis	12	378	47	16	+ 362
Kidney Disease	13	371	6	793	- 422
Diabetes Mellitus	14	367	2	2,077	- 1,710
Other Injuries	15	294	31	91	+ 204
Endocrine Disorders	16	279	20	176	+ 103
Lung Disease	17	234	11	452	- 218
Pertussis	18	224	67	0	+ 224
Hypertension	19	209	8	651	- 442
Maternal Conditions	20	200	43	35	+ 165
Malnutrition	21	178	40	48	+ 131
Suicide	22	177	35	70	+ 107
Tuberculosis	23	177	54	8	+ 169
Asthma	24	171	36	65	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	25	167	5	883	- 717
Measles	26	151	77	0	+ 151
Breast Cancer	27	151	14	413	- 263
Violence	28	140	4	1,484	- 1,345
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	137	9	587	- 450
Cervical Cancer	30	128	16	358	- 229
Drownings	31	110	51	10	+ 99
Falls	32	104	33	82	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	33	88	24	133	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	85	32	82	+ 3
Fires	35	83	46	16	+ 67
Lymphomas	36	74	17	251	- 177
Epilepsy	37	71	41	46	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	38	69	19	231	- 161
Oesophagus Cancer	39	63	34	74	- 11
Liver Cancer	40	62	29	101	- 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	41	60	13	436	- 377
Poisonings	42	59	57	2	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	43	41	25	132	- 92
Drug Use	44	38	48	13	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	38	44	27	+ 11
Leukemia	46	38	26	129	- 91
Schistosomiasis	47	35	74	0	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	48	34	27	119	- 85
Oral Cancer	49	30	39	59	- 29
Tetanus	50	30	63	0	+ 30
Syphilis	51	29	60	1	+ 28
Skin Disease	52	28	22	145	- 118
Hepatitis B	53	27	59	1	+ 26
Skin Cancers	54	20	52	10	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	55	19	28	106	- 87
Ovary Cancer	56	16	30	97	- 81
Encephalitis	57	16	49	13	+ 3
Alcohol	58	16	55	7	+ 9
Lung Cancers	59	13	10	472	- 460
Appendicitis	60	9	53	9	- 0
Bladder Cancer	61	8	38	60	- 51
Ascariasis	62	8	66	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	63	4	45	19	- 15
Upper Respiratory	64	3	65	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	56	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	50	11	- 9
Diphtheria	68	2	68	0	+ 2
War	69	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	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.