JAMAICA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,117	3	1,726	+ 5,391
Hypertension	2	6,387	8	651	+ 5,736
Stroke	3	2,640	1	2,415	+ 225
Lung Cancers	4	1,554	10	472	+ 1,082
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,246	13	436	+ 810
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	825	15	393	+ 432
Liver Disease	7	777	21	155	+ 622
Prostate Cancer	8	706	5	883	- 177
Stomach Cancer	9	685	19	231	+ 455
Pancreas Cancer	10	635	27	119	+ 516
Breast Cancer	11	615	14	413	+ 202
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	543	9	587	- 45
Lung Disease	13	541	11	452	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	14	513	24	133	+ 380
Lymphomas	15	504	17	251	+ 253
Suicide	16	467	35	70	+ 397
Kidney Disease	17	417	6	793	- 376
Alcohol	18	351	55	7	+ 344
Diabetes Mellitus	19	346	2	2,077	- 1,732
Other Injuries	20	334	31	91	+ 243
Bladder Cancer	21	297	38	60	+ 238
Leukemia	22	297	26	129	+ 168
Other Neoplasms	23	292	45	19	+ 273
Falls	24	280	33	82	+ 198
Oral Cancer	25	261	39	59	+ 202
Liver Cancer	26	254	29	101	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	27	233	34	74	+ 159
Ovary Cancer	28	206	30	97	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	29	194	25	132	+ 61
Skin Cancers	30	187	52	10	+ 177
Drug Use	31	177	48	13	+ 164
Cervical Cancer	32	160	16	358	- 198
Endocrine Disorders	33	156	20	176	- 20
Uterin Cancer	34	142	28	106	+ 36
Road Traffic Accidents	35	140	12	444	- 304
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	130	32	82	+ 48
Epilepsy	37	105	41	46	+ 59
Fires	38	97	46	16	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	39	95	7	757	- 662
Drownings	40	71	51	10	+ 61
Skin Disease	41	67	22	145	- 78
Violence	42	67	4	1,484	- 1,417
Congenital Anomalies	43	59	23	139	- 80
Asthma	44	57	36	65	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	51	44	27	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	41	50	11	+ 29
Tuberculosis	47	39	54	8	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	48	38	56	3	+ 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	29	81	0	+ 29
Osteoarthritis	50	24	82	0	+ 24
Anemia	51	22	83	0	+ 22
Poisonings	52	20	57	2	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	20	42	35	- 15
Meningitis	54	18	47	16	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	55	16	18	241	- 225
Schizophrenia	56	14	85	0	+ 14
Birth Trauma	57	12	37	65	- 53
Hepatitis C	58	10	64	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	59	5	53	9	- 4
Oral conditions	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	61	3	43	35	- 32
Syphilis	62	2	60	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	0	49	13	- 13
War	64	0	61	1	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	62	0	- 0
Malnutrition	79	0	40	48	- 48
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	82	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Estonia

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.