JAMAICA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,374	3	1,726	+ 6,648
Stroke	2	4,270	1	2,415	+ 1,855
Lung Cancers	3	1,934	10	472	+ 1,461
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	1,489	13	436	+ 1,053
Lung Disease	5	1,436	11	452	+ 984
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,335	2	2,077	- 742
Kidney Disease	7	947	6	793	+ 154
Hypertension	8	750	8	651	+ 99
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	726	9	587	+ 138
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	695	15	393	+ 302
Breast Cancer	11	693	14	413	+ 280
Falls	12	663	33	82	+ 581
Liver Disease	13	629	21	155	+ 474
Prostate Cancer	14	580	5	883	- 304
Stomach Cancer	15	535	19	231	+ 305
Pancreas Cancer	16	513	27	119	+ 395
Suicide	17	460	35	70	+ 390
Lymphomas	18	379	17	251	+ 128
Liver Cancer	19	341	29	101	+ 240
Bladder Cancer	20	340	38	60	+ 280
Inflammatory/Heart	21	311	24	133	+ 177
Leukemia	22	296	26	129	+ 167
Other Injuries	23	291	31	91	+ 200
Parkinson's Disease	24	288	25	132	+ 155
Oral Cancer	25	230	39	59	+ 171
Skin Cancers	26	226	52	10	+ 216
Road Traffic Accidents	27	223	12	444	- 221
Ovary Cancer	28	210	30	97	+ 113
Other Neoplasms	29	193	45	19	+ 174
Alcohol	30	149	55	7	+ 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	141	32	82	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	32	136	28	106	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	33	129	34	74	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	34	106	16	358	- 252
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	93	44	27	+ 66
Epilepsy	36	64	41	46	+ 18
Congenital Anomalies	37	64	23	139	- 75
Drownings	38	58	51	10	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	56	42	35	+ 21
Schizophrenia	40	54	85	0	+ 54
Asthma	41	50	36	65	- 15
Endocrine Disorders	42	49	20	176	- 127
Drug Use	43	48	48	13	+ 35
Tuberculosis	44	42	54	8	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	45	37	56	3	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	32	50	11	+ 21
Hepatitis C	47	30	64	0	+ 30
Violence	48	30	4	1,484	- 1,454
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	29	81	0	+ 29
Fires	50	23	46	16	+ 8
Hepatitis B	51	12	59	1	+ 11
Meningitis	52	11	47	16	- 4
Anemia	53	11	83	0	+ 11
Poisonings	54	11	57	2	+ 8
Birth Trauma	55	8	37	65	- 57
Low Birth Weight	56	7	18	241	- 234
Appendicitis	57	6	53	9	- 3
Skin Disease	58	5	22	145	- 140
HIV/AIDS	59	5	7	757	- 752
Otitis Media	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	43	35	- 33
Iodine Deficiency	62	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	63	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Malnutrition	70	0	40	48	- 48
Syphilis	71	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	62	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Croatia

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.