JAMAICA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,427	15	393	+ 1,035
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	1,057	42	35	+ 1,022
Stroke	3	938	1	2,415	- 1,477
Coronary Heart Disease	4	870	3	1,726	- 856
Road Traffic Accidents	5	752	12	444	+ 308
Birth Trauma	6	741	37	65	+ 676
Low Birth Weight	7	667	18	241	+ 427
Liver Disease	8	650	21	155	+ 495
Tuberculosis	9	511	54	8	+ 503
Diabetes Mellitus	10	387	2	2,077	- 1,690
Congenital Anomalies	11	372	23	139	+ 234
Hypertension	12	321	8	651	- 330
Kidney Disease	13	288	6	793	- 505
Meningitis	14	286	47	16	+ 271
Lung Disease	15	283	11	452	- 169
Other Injuries	16	280	31	91	+ 189
HIV/AIDS	17	273	7	757	- 484
Maternal Conditions	18	212	43	35	+ 177
Malnutrition	19	206	40	48	+ 158
Breast Cancer	20	202	14	413	- 211
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	197	9	587	- 391
Violence	22	192	4	1,484	- 1,292
Pertussis	23	164	67	0	+ 164
Measles	24	151	77	0	+ 151
Suicide	25	144	35	70	+ 73
Malaria	26	134	72	0	+ 134
Cervical Cancer	27	120	16	358	- 238
Falls	28	107	33	82	+ 25
Asthma	29	107	36	65	+ 42
Leukemia	30	101	26	129	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	89	13	436	- 347
Poisonings	32	87	57	2	+ 85
Lymphomas	33	86	17	251	- 165
Fires	34	78	46	16	+ 62
Drownings	35	75	51	10	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	36	58	30	97	- 39
Tetanus	37	52	63	0	+ 52
Lung Cancers	38	52	10	472	- 420
Inflammatory/Heart	39	52	24	133	- 82
Oesophagus Cancer	40	44	34	74	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	42	32	82	- 41
Liver Cancer	42	41	29	101	- 60
Syphilis	43	40	60	1	+ 40
Epilepsy	44	39	41	46	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	45	39	20	176	- 138
Parkinson's Disease	46	38	25	132	- 95
Stomach Cancer	47	36	19	231	- 194
Oral Cancer	48	35	39	59	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	32	44	27	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	50	30	5	883	- 854
Bladder Cancer	51	26	38	60	- 34
Skin Cancers	52	24	52	10	+ 14
Skin Disease	53	22	22	145	- 124
Schistosomiasis	54	20	74	0	+ 20
Alcohol	55	18	55	7	+ 10
Hepatitis B	56	18	59	1	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	57	17	65	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	58	16	53	9	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	59	14	71	0	+ 14
Drug Use	60	12	48	13	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	61	12	27	119	- 107
Uterin Cancer	62	10	28	106	- 96
Encephalitis	63	9	49	13	- 4
War	64	7	61	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	50	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	66	4	45	19	- 15
Diphtheria	67	3	68	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	3	66	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	3	64	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	56	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	62	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Ethiopia

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.