JAMAICA VS GEORGIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GEORGIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,227	3	1,726	+ 7,501
Stroke	2	6,896	1	2,415	+ 4,481
Hypertension	3	2,528	8	651	+ 1,877
Liver Disease	4	1,078	21	155	+ 923
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,052	9	587	+ 465
Diabetes Mellitus	6	934	2	2,077	- 1,143
Lung Disease	7	667	11	452	+ 216
Lung Cancers	8	664	10	472	+ 191
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	510	15	393	+ 117
Kidney Disease	10	476	6	793	- 317
Breast Cancer	11	353	14	413	- 60
Stomach Cancer	12	307	19	231	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	13	286	12	444	- 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	256	13	436	- 181
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	246	44	27	+ 219
Falls	16	242	33	82	+ 160
Liver Cancer	17	222	29	101	+ 121
Suicide	18	211	35	70	+ 141
Parkinson's Disease	19	204	25	132	+ 72
Other Injuries	20	200	31	91	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	21	199	24	133	+ 66
Prostate Cancer	22	167	5	883	- 716
Pancreas Cancer	23	131	27	119	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	24	130	32	82	+ 48
Lymphomas	25	120	17	251	- 131
Bladder Cancer	26	118	38	60	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	27	108	16	358	- 250
Congenital Anomalies	28	100	23	139	- 38
Ovary Cancer	29	100	30	97	+ 3
Leukemia	30	99	26	129	- 30
Oral Cancer	31	96	39	59	+ 37
Tuberculosis	32	88	54	8	+ 80
Skin Cancers	33	86	52	10	+ 76
Fires	34	81	46	16	+ 65
Asthma	35	78	36	65	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	36	66	28	106	- 40
Low Birth Weight	37	66	18	241	- 175
Endocrine Disorders	38	63	20	176	- 114
Drownings	39	55	51	10	+ 45
Violence	40	52	4	1,484	- 1,432
Drug Use	41	52	48	13	+ 39
HIV/AIDS	42	51	7	757	- 706
Oesophagus Cancer	43	43	34	74	- 30
Epilepsy	44	29	41	46	- 17
Alcohol	45	28	55	7	+ 21
Birth Trauma	46	23	37	65	- 42
Meningitis	47	14	47	16	- 1
Encephalitis	48	14	49	13	+ 1
Poisonings	49	14	57	2	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	11	42	35	- 24
Skin Disease	51	10	22	145	- 136
Other Neoplasms	52	8	45	19	- 10
Maternal Conditions	53	7	43	35	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	56	3	+ 3
Appendicitis	55	6	53	9	- 3
Leishmaniasis	56	5	71	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	50	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	58	4	59	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	59	3	40	48	- 45
Upper Respiratory	60	0	65	0	+ 0
War	61	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	62	0	63	0	- 0
Syphilis	63	0	60	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Georgia

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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.