JAMAICA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,936	3	1,726	+ 3,210
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,718	9	587	+ 1,130
Stroke	3	1,671	1	2,415	- 743
Lung Cancers	4	1,563	10	472	+ 1,090
Lung Disease	5	1,437	11	452	+ 985
Hypertension	6	899	8	651	+ 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	874	13	436	+ 437
Kidney Disease	8	764	6	793	- 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	695	15	393	+ 302
Breast Cancer	10	632	14	413	+ 219
Pancreas Cancer	11	603	27	119	+ 485
Prostate Cancer	12	553	5	883	- 330
Diabetes Mellitus	13	522	2	2,077	- 1,555
Falls	14	514	33	82	+ 432
Liver Disease	15	510	21	155	+ 355
Parkinson's Disease	16	423	25	132	+ 290
Lymphomas	17	411	17	251	+ 160
Endocrine Disorders	18	358	20	176	+ 182
Suicide	19	345	35	70	+ 275
Stomach Cancer	20	324	19	231	+ 94
Inflammatory/Heart	21	298	24	133	+ 165
Leukemia	22	293	26	129	+ 164
Other Injuries	23	277	31	91	+ 186
Other Neoplasms	24	274	45	19	+ 255
Liver Cancer	25	270	29	101	+ 169
Alcohol	26	210	55	7	+ 203
Oesophagus Cancer	27	209	34	74	+ 135
Bladder Cancer	28	208	38	60	+ 148
Oral Cancer	29	202	39	59	+ 143
Ovary Cancer	30	174	30	97	+ 77
Skin Cancers	31	136	52	10	+ 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	129	42	35	+ 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	121	44	27	+ 95
Road Traffic Accidents	34	106	12	444	- 338
Epilepsy	35	104	41	46	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	36	77	23	139	- 62
Uterin Cancer	37	75	28	106	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	73	32	82	- 10
Cervical Cancer	39	72	16	358	- 286
Drug Use	40	65	48	13	+ 52
Multiple Sclerosis	41	53	56	3	+ 49
Skin Disease	42	52	22	145	- 94
Anemia	43	33	83	0	+ 33
Asthma	44	31	36	65	- 34
Low Birth Weight	45	26	18	241	- 215
Violence	46	26	4	1,484	- 1,458
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	18	50	11	+ 7
Hepatitis C	48	17	64	0	+ 17
Drownings	49	15	51	10	+ 5
Malnutrition	50	15	40	48	- 33
Schizophrenia	51	13	85	0	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	52	12	82	0	+ 12
Fires	53	12	46	16	- 4
HIV/AIDS	54	12	7	757	- 746
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	10	81	0	+ 10
Tuberculosis	56	9	54	8	+ 2
Birth Trauma	57	8	37	65	- 57
Poisonings	58	7	57	2	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	6	59	1	+ 5
Meningitis	60	6	47	16	- 10
Upper Respiratory	61	5	65	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	62	4	53	9	- 5
Oral conditions	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	43	35	- 33
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	49	13	- 13
Syphilis	68	0	60	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	63	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	58	1	- 1
Leprosy	84	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	62	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.