JAMAICA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,074	1	2,415	+ 1,660
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,533	3	1,726	+ 1,807
Lung Disease	3	1,931	11	452	+ 1,480
Lung Cancers	4	1,424	10	472	+ 952
Stomach Cancer	5	795	19	231	+ 564
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	607	9	587	+ 20
Hypertension	7	601	8	651	- 50
Road Traffic Accidents	8	499	12	444	+ 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	495	13	436	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	10	484	34	74	+ 411
Kidney Disease	11	383	6	793	- 410
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	366	15	393	- 27
Liver Cancer	13	361	29	101	+ 260
Diabetes Mellitus	14	322	2	2,077	- 1,755
Liver Disease	15	290	21	155	+ 136
Falls	16	277	33	82	+ 195
Suicide	17	232	35	70	+ 162
Pancreas Cancer	18	222	27	119	+ 104
Breast Cancer	19	185	14	413	- 228
Parkinson's Disease	20	141	25	132	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	130	44	27	+ 104
Leukemia	22	116	26	129	- 13
Lymphomas	23	115	17	251	- 136
Oral Cancer	24	109	39	59	+ 50
Other Injuries	25	108	31	91	+ 17
Drownings	26	105	51	10	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	27	103	16	358	- 255
Prostate Cancer	28	102	5	883	- 782
Bladder Cancer	29	76	38	60	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	75	32	82	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	31	73	23	139	- 66
Tuberculosis	32	69	54	8	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	33	60	24	133	- 74
HIV/AIDS	34	57	7	757	- 700
Ovary Cancer	35	56	30	97	- 41
Poisonings	36	51	57	2	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	37	51	20	176	- 125
Drug Use	38	48	48	13	+ 35
Asthma	39	46	36	65	- 19
Low Birth Weight	40	43	18	241	- 197
Skin Cancers	41	39	52	10	+ 29
Alcohol	42	38	55	7	+ 31
Birth Trauma	43	35	37	65	- 30
Malnutrition	44	26	40	48	- 22
Uterin Cancer	45	23	28	106	- 83
Epilepsy	46	23	41	46	- 23
Violence	47	22	4	1,484	- 1,462
Fires	48	21	46	16	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	20	50	11	+ 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	17	42	35	- 17
Meningitis	51	11	47	16	- 4
Skin Disease	52	10	22	145	- 135
Other Neoplasms	53	9	45	19	- 10
Maternal Conditions	54	7	43	35	- 27
Encephalitis	55	6	49	13	- 7
Hepatitis B	56	5	59	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	57	5	65	0	+ 5
Syphilis	58	4	60	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	56	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	3	53	9	- 6
War	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Measles	62	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	63	0	+ 1
Pertussis	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	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.