JAMAICA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,839	3	1,726	+ 2,113
Stroke	2	2,572	1	2,415	+ 157
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,211	2	2,077	+ 134
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,333	15	393	+ 940
Prostate Cancer	5	1,195	5	883	+ 312
Kidney Disease	6	989	6	793	+ 196
Endocrine Disorders	7	690	20	176	+ 513
Hypertension	8	665	8	651	+ 14
Breast Cancer	9	614	14	413	+ 201
Other Injuries	10	528	31	91	+ 437
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	491	13	436	+ 54
Skin Disease	12	445	22	145	+ 300
Lung Disease	13	385	11	452	- 66
Lung Cancers	14	370	10	472	- 102
Uterin Cancer	15	298	28	106	+ 192
Pancreas Cancer	16	275	27	119	+ 157
Birth Trauma	17	265	37	65	+ 200
Liver Disease	18	262	21	155	+ 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	256	9	587	- 332
Cervical Cancer	20	251	16	358	- 107
Lymphomas	21	246	17	251	- 5
Road Traffic Accidents	22	220	12	444	- 224
Stomach Cancer	23	200	19	231	- 30
Violence	24	182	4	1,484	- 1,302
Liver Cancer	25	173	29	101	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	26	166	23	139	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	27	166	18	241	- 74
Oral Cancer	28	163	39	59	+ 104
Other Neoplasms	29	160	45	19	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	30	147	34	74	+ 73
Alcohol	31	144	55	7	+ 137
Anemia	32	136	83	0	+ 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	116	32	82	+ 33
Falls	34	113	33	82	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	35	108	30	97	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	36	106	24	133	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	105	81	0	+ 105
Leukemia	38	101	26	129	- 28
Drownings	39	100	51	10	+ 90
Malnutrition	40	88	40	48	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	41	88	38	60	+ 28
HIV/AIDS	42	82	7	757	- 675
Asthma	43	73	36	65	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	44	67	25	132	- 65
Epilepsy	45	52	41	46	+ 6
Fires	46	46	46	16	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	43	44	27	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	39	42	35	+ 5
Drug Use	49	31	48	13	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	50	26	82	0	+ 26
Tuberculosis	51	24	54	8	+ 16
Suicide	52	18	35	70	- 52
Appendicitis	53	15	53	9	+ 6
Skin Cancers	54	15	52	10	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	55	13	43	35	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	11	50	11	- 0
Upper Respiratory	57	10	65	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	58	8	59	1	+ 7
Syphilis	59	7	60	1	+ 6
Poisonings	60	2	57	2	- 0
War	61	0	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	63	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	65	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	47	16	- 16
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	56	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	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.