JAMAICA VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COMOROS		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,865	15	393	+ 1,472
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,140	42	35	+ 1,105
Stroke	3	1,116	1	2,415	- 1,299
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,094	3	1,726	- 632
Low Birth Weight	5	1,030	18	241	+ 789
Road Traffic Accidents	6	709	12	444	+ 265
Birth Trauma	7	661	37	65	+ 596
Liver Disease	8	501	21	155	+ 346
Diabetes Mellitus	9	428	2	2,077	- 1,650
Congenital Anomalies	10	410	23	139	+ 271
Meningitis	11	362	47	16	+ 347
Hypertension	12	361	8	651	- 290
Cervical Cancer	13	328	16	358	- 30
Kidney Disease	14	318	6	793	- 475
Malnutrition	15	301	40	48	+ 253
Other Injuries	16	283	31	91	+ 192
Lung Disease	17	262	11	452	- 190
Pertussis	18	251	67	0	+ 251
Tuberculosis	19	247	54	8	+ 240
Violence	20	198	4	1,484	- 1,286
Asthma	21	153	36	65	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	22	147	43	35	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	146	9	587	- 442
Suicide	24	144	35	70	+ 74
Drownings	25	109	51	10	+ 99
Oesophagus Cancer	26	106	34	74	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	27	103	5	883	- 780
Liver Cancer	28	91	29	101	- 10
Malaria	29	91	72	0	+ 91
Fires	30	85	46	16	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	31	82	24	133	- 51
Falls	32	82	33	82	+ 0
Breast Cancer	33	71	14	413	- 342
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	66	32	82	- 17
Poisonings	35	63	57	2	+ 61
Endocrine Disorders	36	61	20	176	- 115
Lymphomas	37	60	17	251	- 190
Syphilis	38	60	60	1	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	59	13	436	- 378
Epilepsy	40	54	41	46	+ 9
Oral Cancer	41	48	39	59	- 10
Skin Cancers	42	39	52	10	+ 29
Tetanus	43	37	63	0	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	44	36	25	132	- 97
Stomach Cancer	45	35	19	231	- 195
Bladder Cancer	46	32	38	60	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	32	44	27	+ 5
Skin Disease	48	29	22	145	- 116
Drug Use	49	21	48	13	+ 8
Appendicitis	50	18	53	9	+ 9
Alcohol	51	18	55	7	+ 11
Hepatitis B	52	16	59	1	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	53	13	65	0	+ 13
Encephalitis	54	13	49	13	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	55	10	28	106	- 96
Ovary Cancer	56	10	30	97	- 87
Leukemia	57	10	26	129	- 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	50	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	59	3	45	19	- 15
Lung Cancers	60	3	10	472	- 469
Hepatitis C	61	3	64	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	56	3	- 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	62	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Dengue	68	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	76	0	7	757	- 757
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	79	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	27	119	- 119
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Comoros

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.