JAMAICA VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,891	7	757	+ 2,133
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,435	15	393	+ 1,042
Malaria	3	1,050	72	0	+ 1,050
Low Birth Weight	4	718	18	241	+ 478
Birth Trauma	5	693	37	65	+ 628
Stroke	6	687	1	2,415	- 1,727
Coronary Heart Disease	7	659	3	1,726	- 1,067
Road Traffic Accidents	8	579	12	444	+ 135
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	549	42	35	+ 514
Tuberculosis	10	505	54	8	+ 497
Diabetes Mellitus	11	470	2	2,077	- 1,607
Congenital Anomalies	12	392	23	139	+ 253
Liver Disease	13	313	21	155	+ 159
Kidney Disease	14	312	6	793	- 481
Measles	15	285	77	0	+ 285
Hypertension	16	260	8	651	- 391
Maternal Conditions	17	218	43	35	+ 183
Syphilis	18	210	60	1	+ 210
Meningitis	19	200	47	16	+ 184
Lung Disease	20	189	11	452	- 262
Pertussis	21	171	67	0	+ 171
Suicide	22	168	35	70	+ 98
Other Injuries	23	165	31	91	+ 74
Breast Cancer	24	133	14	413	- 281
Endocrine Disorders	25	115	20	176	- 61
Asthma	26	103	36	65	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	27	99	24	133	- 34
Cervical Cancer	28	88	16	358	- 270
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	87	9	587	- 500
Drug Use	30	79	48	13	+ 66
Malnutrition	31	76	40	48	+ 28
Falls	32	72	33	82	- 10
Violence	33	70	4	1,484	- 1,414
Liver Cancer	34	68	29	101	- 33
Prostate Cancer	35	67	5	883	- 816
Drownings	36	62	51	10	+ 52
Oral Cancer	37	54	39	59	- 4
Epilepsy	38	51	41	46	+ 5
Fires	39	47	46	16	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	45	13	436	- 391
Lung Cancers	41	42	10	472	- 430
Tetanus	42	37	63	0	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	34	32	82	- 48
Poisonings	44	33	57	2	+ 31
Lymphomas	45	30	17	251	- 220
Parkinson's Disease	46	28	25	132	- 105
Trypanosomiasis	47	26	75	0	+ 26
Skin Cancers	48	25	52	10	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	49	25	19	231	- 206
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	22	44	27	- 4
Skin Disease	51	20	22	145	- 125
Ovary Cancer	52	20	30	97	- 77
Alcohol	53	19	55	7	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	54	19	34	74	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	55	18	27	119	- 101
Bladder Cancer	56	13	38	60	- 46
Encephalitis	57	12	49	13	- 1
Uterin Cancer	58	12	28	106	- 94
Appendicitis	59	9	53	9	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	7	74	0	+ 7
Leukemia	61	6	26	129	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	50	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	5	45	19	- 14
Diphtheria	64	5	68	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	65	5	59	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	65	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	3	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Equ. Guinea

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.