JAMAICA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,413	3	1,726	+ 2,687
Liver Disease	2	1,526	21	155	+ 1,371
Stroke	3	1,113	1	2,415	- 1,302
Liver Cancer	4	622	29	101	+ 521
Hypertension	5	535	8	651	- 115
Kidney Disease	6	535	6	793	- 258
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	525	15	393	+ 132
Diabetes Mellitus	8	486	2	2,077	- 1,591
Lung Disease	9	340	11	452	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	10	309	23	139	+ 170
Low Birth Weight	11	289	18	241	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	12	257	12	444	- 187
Breast Cancer	13	233	14	413	- 180
Lymphomas	14	191	17	251	- 60
Asthma	15	180	36	65	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	177	9	587	- 410
Birth Trauma	17	155	37	65	+ 90
Lung Cancers	18	144	10	472	- 328
Bladder Cancer	19	130	38	60	+ 71
Violence	20	106	4	1,484	- 1,379
Other Injuries	21	97	31	91	+ 6
Leukemia	22	96	26	129	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	94	42	35	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	78	13	436	- 358
Suicide	25	77	35	70	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	26	74	27	119	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	27	63	24	133	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	28	61	25	132	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	29	60	20	176	- 116
Falls	30	51	33	82	- 31
Ovary Cancer	31	49	30	97	- 48
Stomach Cancer	32	47	19	231	- 184
Fires	33	40	46	16	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	34	32	82	- 48
Prostate Cancer	35	33	5	883	- 851
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	32	44	27	+ 5
Drownings	37	28	51	10	+ 18
Encephalitis	38	27	49	13	+ 14
Skin Cancers	39	26	52	10	+ 16
Hepatitis B	40	25	59	1	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	41	24	34	74	- 50
Pertussis	42	23	67	0	+ 23
Meningitis	43	21	47	16	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	44	20	43	35	- 14
Oral Cancer	45	20	39	59	- 39
Malnutrition	46	19	40	48	- 28
War	47	18	61	1	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	48	16	16	358	- 342
Tetanus	49	14	63	0	+ 13
Epilepsy	50	11	41	46	- 34
Tuberculosis	51	11	54	8	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	52	11	28	106	- 95
HIV/AIDS	53	10	7	757	- 747
Schistosomiasis	54	6	74	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	55	6	22	145	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	56	3	+ 2
Poisonings	57	5	57	2	+ 3
Syphilis	58	4	60	1	+ 3
Appendicitis	59	4	53	9	- 5
Alcohol	60	4	55	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	61	3	45	19	- 16
Drug Use	62	3	48	13	- 10
Hepatitis C	63	2	64	0	+ 2
Measles	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	50	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	69	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Egypt

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.