JAMAICA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,702	3	1,726	+ 3,976
Stroke	2	3,800	1	2,415	+ 1,385
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,236	15	393	+ 1,843
Lung Cancers	4	1,985	10	472	+ 1,513
Lung Disease	5	1,492	11	452	+ 1,040
Kidney Disease	6	1,284	6	793	+ 491
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,063	9	587	+ 476
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	881	13	436	+ 445
Hypertension	9	789	8	651	+ 138
Parkinson's Disease	10	714	25	132	+ 582
Breast Cancer	11	680	14	413	+ 267
Prostate Cancer	12	546	5	883	- 337
Pancreas Cancer	13	514	27	119	+ 395
Liver Cancer	14	423	29	101	+ 321
Bladder Cancer	15	419	38	60	+ 359
Stomach Cancer	16	414	19	231	+ 184
Other Injuries	17	392	31	91	+ 301
Leukemia	18	365	26	129	+ 237
Lymphomas	19	342	17	251	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	20	342	2	2,077	- 1,735
Falls	21	336	33	82	+ 254
Road Traffic Accidents	22	235	12	444	- 209
Liver Disease	23	218	21	155	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	24	196	24	133	+ 62
Other Neoplasms	25	183	45	19	+ 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	165	32	82	+ 82
Ovary Cancer	27	150	30	97	+ 53
Suicide	28	144	35	70	+ 74
Endocrine Disorders	29	142	20	176	- 34
Oral Cancer	30	119	39	59	+ 60
Skin Cancers	31	118	52	10	+ 108
Drownings	32	118	51	10	+ 107
Uterin Cancer	33	101	28	106	- 6
Epilepsy	34	67	41	46	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	35	66	34	74	- 7
Cervical Cancer	36	66	16	358	- 292
Drug Use	37	52	48	13	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	38	47	23	139	- 92
Fires	39	40	46	16	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	40	36	56	3	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	41	34	18	241	- 206
Violence	42	28	4	1,484	- 1,456
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	27	44	27	+ 0
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	26	42	35	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	18	50	11	+ 7
Tuberculosis	46	18	54	8	+ 10
Skin Disease	47	15	22	145	- 130
Hepatitis B	48	15	59	1	+ 14
Alcohol	49	14	55	7	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	50	13	7	757	- 745
Anemia	51	13	83	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	52	10	64	0	+ 10
Meningitis	53	9	47	16	- 7
Schizophrenia	54	7	85	0	+ 7
Asthma	55	7	36	65	- 58
Poisonings	56	5	57	2	+ 3
Birth Trauma	57	5	37	65	- 60
Appendicitis	58	3	53	9	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	60	1	71	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	43	35	- 34
Tetanus	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	0	80	0	+ 0
War	64	0	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	60	1	- 0
Malnutrition	66	0	40	48	- 47
Encephalitis	67	0	49	13	- 13
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	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.