JAMAICA VS BOSNIA/HERZEG.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOSNIA/HERZEG.		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,839	3	1,726	+ 5,113
Stroke	2	5,851	1	2,415	+ 3,436
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,788	2	2,077	- 289
Lung Cancers	4	1,543	10	472	+ 1,071
Lung Disease	5	864	11	452	+ 412
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	850	9	587	+ 263
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	742	13	436	+ 306
Inflammatory/Heart	8	650	24	133	+ 516
Kidney Disease	9	512	6	793	- 281
Liver Disease	10	456	21	155	+ 301
Hypertension	11	406	8	651	- 245
Stomach Cancer	12	396	19	231	+ 165
Breast Cancer	13	392	14	413	- 21
Liver Cancer	14	357	29	101	+ 255
Pancreas Cancer	15	344	27	119	+ 226
Road Traffic Accidents	16	332	12	444	- 113
Influenza and Pneumonia	17	327	15	393	- 66
Prostate Cancer	18	307	5	883	- 577
Suicide	19	268	35	70	+ 198
Parkinson's Disease	20	253	25	132	+ 121
Falls	21	198	33	82	+ 116
Bladder Cancer	22	173	38	60	+ 113
Leukemia	23	138	26	129	+ 10
Lymphomas	24	137	17	251	- 114
Ovary Cancer	25	136	30	97	+ 39
Other Injuries	26	117	31	91	+ 26
Oral Cancer	27	108	39	59	+ 50
Skin Cancers	28	99	52	10	+ 89
Cervical Cancer	29	98	16	358	- 260
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	90	32	82	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	31	82	34	74	+ 8
Tuberculosis	32	69	54	8	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	33	68	28	106	- 38
Alcohol	34	67	55	7	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	35	51	23	139	- 88
Epilepsy	36	45	41	46	- 1
Asthma	37	44	36	65	- 21
Fires	38	40	46	16	+ 25
Endocrine Disorders	39	40	20	176	- 137
Violence	40	36	4	1,484	- 1,448
Low Birth Weight	41	36	18	241	- 205
Drownings	42	35	51	10	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	27	44	27	+ 0
Drug Use	44	19	48	13	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	45	17	45	19	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	46	16	56	3	+ 13
Skin Disease	47	15	22	145	- 130
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	14	50	11	+ 3
Birth Trauma	49	10	37	65	- 55
Poisonings	50	10	57	2	+ 8
Encephalitis	51	10	49	13	- 4
Appendicitis	52	8	53	9	- 1
Meningitis	53	7	47	16	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	6	42	35	- 29
Measles	55	4	77	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	2	59	1	+ 1
Malnutrition	57	2	40	48	- 46
Maternal Conditions	58	2	43	35	- 33
Pertussis	59	2	67	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	61	1	60	1	- 0
War	62	0	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	70	0	7	757	- 757
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.