JAMAICA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,609	3	1,726	+ 883
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,195	9	587	+ 1,608
Stroke	3	1,501	1	2,415	- 913
Lung Cancers	4	1,473	10	472	+ 1,000
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	903	13	436	+ 466
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	816	15	393	+ 424
Lung Disease	7	753	11	452	+ 301
Breast Cancer	8	642	14	413	+ 228
Other Injuries	9	624	31	91	+ 534
Pancreas Cancer	10	510	27	119	+ 392
Kidney Disease	11	474	6	793	- 319
Diabetes Mellitus	12	451	2	2,077	- 1,626
Prostate Cancer	13	449	5	883	- 434
Lymphomas	14	416	17	251	+ 165
Liver Cancer	15	395	29	101	+ 294
Suicide	16	370	35	70	+ 300
Other Neoplasms	17	362	45	19	+ 344
Falls	18	342	33	82	+ 260
Endocrine Disorders	19	334	20	176	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	20	313	25	132	+ 180
Leukemia	21	308	26	129	+ 179
Liver Disease	22	305	21	155	+ 150
Hypertension	23	294	8	651	- 357
Bladder Cancer	24	271	38	60	+ 212
Inflammatory/Heart	25	250	24	133	+ 117
Stomach Cancer	26	228	19	231	- 2
Oral Cancer	27	193	39	59	+ 134
Oesophagus Cancer	28	193	34	74	+ 119
Malnutrition	29	174	40	48	+ 126
Ovary Cancer	30	164	30	97	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	31	138	12	444	- 306
Skin Cancers	32	134	52	10	+ 124
Alcohol	33	132	55	7	+ 124
Uterin Cancer	34	112	28	106	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	35	83	23	139	- 56
Drug Use	36	78	48	13	+ 65
Epilepsy	37	77	41	46	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	75	42	35	+ 40
Skin Disease	39	66	22	145	- 79
Cervical Cancer	40	65	16	358	- 293
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	57	44	27	+ 31
Asthma	42	43	36	65	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	41	32	82	- 42
Anemia	44	40	83	0	+ 40
Drownings	45	36	51	10	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	46	31	56	3	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	47	27	18	241	- 214
Schizophrenia	48	27	85	0	+ 27
Violence	49	22	4	1,484	- 1,462
Tuberculosis	50	18	54	8	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	18	50	11	+ 6
Hepatitis C	52	17	64	0	+ 17
Fires	53	17	46	16	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	54	15	7	757	- 742
Birth Trauma	55	13	37	65	- 52
Osteoarthritis	56	10	82	0	+ 10
Poisonings	57	9	57	2	+ 7
Meningitis	58	7	47	16	- 9
Hepatitis B	59	6	59	1	+ 5
Oral conditions	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	4	53	9	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	3	81	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	2	43	35	- 32
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	0	49	13	- 13
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	60	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	70	0	63	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	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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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.