JAMAICA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,535	3	1,726	+ 809
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,851	15	393	+ 1,458
Stroke	3	1,653	1	2,415	- 762
Kidney Disease	4	1,348	6	793	+ 555
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,130	2	2,077	- 947
Liver Disease	6	914	21	155	+ 760
Lung Disease	7	857	11	452	+ 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	569	9	587	- 19
Road Traffic Accidents	9	557	12	444	+ 113
Hypertension	10	442	8	651	- 209
Other Injuries	11	293	31	91	+ 203
Low Birth Weight	12	290	18	241	+ 49
Tuberculosis	13	272	54	8	+ 264
Violence	14	252	4	1,484	- 1,233
Congenital Anomalies	15	248	23	139	+ 109
Cervical Cancer	16	246	16	358	- 112
Falls	17	245	33	82	+ 163
Malnutrition	18	236	40	48	+ 189
Birth Trauma	19	226	37	65	+ 161
Lung Cancers	20	207	10	472	- 266
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	202	42	35	+ 168
Parkinson's Disease	22	195	25	132	+ 63
Stomach Cancer	23	180	19	231	- 50
Chagas disease	24	173	73	0	+ 173
Liver Cancer	25	165	29	101	+ 64
Suicide	26	164	35	70	+ 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	156	32	82	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	28	126	5	883	- 757
Breast Cancer	29	111	14	413	- 303
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	93	13	436	- 343
Drownings	31	93	51	10	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	32	88	20	176	- 88
Alcohol	33	88	55	7	+ 81
Leukemia	34	87	26	129	- 42
Inflammatory/Heart	35	86	24	133	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	36	76	27	119	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	67	44	27	+ 40
Asthma	38	59	36	65	- 6
Maternal Conditions	39	56	43	35	+ 22
Drug Use	40	56	48	13	+ 43
Lymphomas	41	50	17	251	- 201
Epilepsy	42	46	41	46	- 0
Skin Cancers	43	44	52	10	+ 34
Fires	44	42	46	16	+ 26
HIV/AIDS	45	40	7	757	- 717
Appendicitis	46	36	53	9	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	47	35	28	106	- 71
Oesophagus Cancer	48	31	34	74	- 43
Meningitis	49	29	47	16	+ 14
Pertussis	50	28	67	0	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	50	11	+ 14
Encephalitis	52	25	49	13	+ 12
Syphilis	53	24	60	1	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	54	23	30	97	- 74
Skin Disease	55	23	22	145	- 122
Oral Cancer	56	21	39	59	- 38
Poisonings	57	15	57	2	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	58	10	45	19	- 9
Bladder Cancer	59	10	38	60	- 50
Tetanus	60	7	63	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	56	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	4	65	0	+ 3
War	63	2	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	64	1	59	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	58	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	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.