JAMAICA VS CZECH REPUBLIC: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CZECH REPUBLIC		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,239	3	1,726	+ 6,513
Stroke	2	2,084	1	2,415	- 330
Lung Cancers	3	1,418	10	472	+ 945
Lung Disease	4	1,088	11	452	+ 636
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,072	15	393	+ 679
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,040	2	2,077	- 1,037
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,031	9	587	+ 444
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,021	13	436	+ 584
Hypertension	9	653	8	651	+ 2
Other Injuries	10	617	31	91	+ 526
Pancreas Cancer	11	602	27	119	+ 484
Liver Disease	12	568	21	155	+ 413
Breast Cancer	13	511	14	413	+ 97
Kidney Disease	14	447	6	793	- 346
Prostate Cancer	15	417	5	883	- 467
Suicide	16	339	35	70	+ 269
Lymphomas	17	315	17	251	+ 64
Stomach Cancer	18	284	19	231	+ 54
Leukemia	19	284	26	129	+ 155
Bladder Cancer	20	277	38	60	+ 217
Oral Cancer	21	248	39	59	+ 189
Liver Cancer	22	241	29	101	+ 140
Endocrine Disorders	23	206	20	176	+ 29
Falls	24	191	33	82	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	25	183	24	133	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	26	179	45	19	+ 160
Skin Cancers	27	168	52	10	+ 158
Oesophagus Cancer	28	168	34	74	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	29	166	12	444	- 278
Ovary Cancer	30	161	30	97	+ 64
Parkinson's Disease	31	132	25	132	- 1
Alcohol	32	120	55	7	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	113	32	82	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	34	112	28	106	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	35	90	16	358	- 268
Malnutrition	36	78	40	48	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	72	44	27	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	67	42	35	+ 32
Epilepsy	39	64	41	46	+ 18
Skin Disease	40	53	22	145	- 92
Asthma	41	49	36	65	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	42	48	23	139	- 91
Drownings	43	40	51	10	+ 29
Drug Use	44	38	48	13	+ 25
Multiple Sclerosis	45	31	56	3	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	46	25	18	241	- 216
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	20	50	11	+ 9
Violence	48	17	4	1,484	- 1,467
Fires	49	14	46	16	- 2
Poisonings	50	10	57	2	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	51	7	65	0	+ 7
Birth Trauma	52	7	37	65	- 58
Meningitis	53	7	47	16	- 9
Tuberculosis	54	6	54	8	- 2
Anemia	55	6	83	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	81	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	57	5	53	9	- 4
Hepatitis C	58	5	64	0	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	59	2	7	757	- 755
Syphilis	60	1	60	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	61	1	43	35	- 34
Oral conditions	62	1	80	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	59	1	- 0
Encephalitis	64	0	49	13	- 13
War	65	0	61	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	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.