JAMAICA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,477	3	1,726	+ 751
Violence	2	2,337	4	1,484	+ 852
Kidney Disease	3	2,013	6	793	+ 1,220
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,030	15	393	+ 637
Stroke	5	680	1	2,415	- 1,735
Lung Disease	6	636	11	452	+ 184
Diabetes Mellitus	7	590	2	2,077	- 1,487
Road Traffic Accidents	8	574	12	444	+ 130
HIV/AIDS	9	359	7	757	- 399
Liver Disease	10	340	21	155	+ 185
Stomach Cancer	11	299	19	231	+ 69
Alcohol	12	276	55	7	+ 269
Cervical Cancer	13	192	16	358	- 166
Congenital Anomalies	14	191	23	139	+ 53
Suicide	15	166	35	70	+ 96
Liver Cancer	16	151	29	101	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	17	140	5	883	- 743
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	136	9	587	- 451
Low Birth Weight	19	135	18	241	- 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	134	13	436	- 302
Leukemia	21	133	26	129	+ 4
Breast Cancer	22	124	14	413	- 289
Lung Cancers	23	123	10	472	- 349
Falls	24	103	33	82	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	25	95	20	176	- 81
Malnutrition	26	91	40	48	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	85	42	35	+ 50
Lymphomas	28	79	17	251	- 172
Pancreas Cancer	29	68	27	119	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	67	32	82	- 15
Hypertension	31	62	8	651	- 589
Other Neoplasms	32	62	45	19	+ 43
Drownings	33	58	51	10	+ 48
Anemia	34	56	83	0	+ 56
Asthma	35	52	36	65	- 13
Skin Disease	36	51	22	145	- 94
Birth Trauma	37	51	37	65	- 14
Other Injuries	38	41	31	91	- 50
Oral Cancer	39	40	39	59	- 19
Ovary Cancer	40	40	30	97	- 57
Oesophagus Cancer	41	34	34	74	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	42	33	24	133	- 100
Drug Use	43	31	48	13	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	44	30	25	132	- 103
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	27	81	0	+ 27
Tuberculosis	46	26	54	8	+ 18
Skin Cancers	47	25	52	10	+ 15
Epilepsy	48	22	41	46	- 24
Bladder Cancer	49	18	38	60	- 42
Uterin Cancer	50	17	28	106	- 89
Meningitis	51	15	47	16	- 0
Pertussis	52	14	67	0	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	53	11	43	35	- 23
Fires	54	9	46	16	- 6
Chagas disease	55	8	73	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	56	8	53	9	- 1
Poisonings	57	6	57	2	+ 4
Syphilis	58	6	60	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	50	11	- 5
Tetanus	60	5	63	0	+ 5
Dengue	61	4	58	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	4	65	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	3	49	13	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	56	3	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	3	44	27	- 24
Hepatitis B	66	2	59	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	67	2	85	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
War	70	0	61	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	62	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.