JAMAICA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,616	3	1,726	- 109
Stroke	2	1,472	1	2,415	- 942
Kidney Disease	3	615	6	793	- 178
Lung Disease	4	615	11	452	+ 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	605	9	587	+ 18
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	593	15	393	+ 200
Hypertension	7	577	8	651	- 73
Stomach Cancer	8	549	19	231	+ 319
Lung Cancers	9	522	10	472	+ 50
Diabetes Mellitus	10	481	2	2,077	- 1,596
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	457	13	436	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	12	428	12	444	- 16
Liver Disease	13	401	21	155	+ 246
Prostate Cancer	14	368	5	883	- 515
Suicide	15	257	35	70	+ 187
Breast Cancer	16	255	14	413	- 158
Pancreas Cancer	17	237	27	119	+ 118
Lymphomas	18	211	17	251	- 40
Liver Cancer	19	207	29	101	+ 106
Other Neoplasms	20	205	45	19	+ 187
Other Injuries	21	198	31	91	+ 107
Endocrine Disorders	22	195	20	176	+ 18
Falls	23	137	33	82	+ 55
Leukemia	24	133	26	129	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	25	130	23	139	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	26	120	25	132	- 13
Cervical Cancer	27	118	16	358	- 240
Skin Disease	28	115	22	145	- 30
Violence	29	113	4	1,484	- 1,372
Oesophagus Cancer	30	109	34	74	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	31	107	24	133	- 26
Bladder Cancer	32	97	38	60	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	33	82	7	757	- 676
Skin Cancers	34	80	52	10	+ 69
Ovary Cancer	35	78	30	97	- 19
Low Birth Weight	36	66	18	241	- 174
Malnutrition	37	64	40	48	+ 16
Tuberculosis	38	62	54	8	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	51	42	35	+ 16
Oral Cancer	40	46	39	59	- 12
Fires	41	45	46	16	+ 29
Asthma	42	45	36	65	- 21
Epilepsy	43	45	41	46	- 1
Drownings	44	43	51	10	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	45	42	28	106	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	34	32	82	- 49
Alcohol	47	31	55	7	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	28	50	11	+ 17
Anemia	49	27	83	0	+ 27
Drug Use	50	22	48	13	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	51	20	82	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	16	44	27	- 11
Meningitis	53	14	47	16	- 1
Birth Trauma	54	13	37	65	- 52
Chagas disease	55	12	73	0	+ 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	11	81	0	+ 11
Poisonings	57	10	57	2	+ 8
Schizophrenia	58	6	85	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	59	6	53	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	5	59	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	61	4	64	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	56	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	4	43	35	- 31
War	64	2	61	1	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	60	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	65	0	+ 1
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	49	13	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	62	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.