JAMAICA VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,173	3	1,726	+ 1,447
Stroke	2	2,830	1	2,415	+ 415
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,697	15	393	+ 1,304
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,207	2	2,077	- 870
HIV/AIDS	5	650	7	757	- 107
Kidney Disease	6	649	6	793	- 144
Hypertension	7	632	8	651	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	610	42	35	+ 575
Low Birth Weight	9	604	18	241	+ 364
Liver Disease	10	583	21	155	+ 428
Lung Disease	11	561	11	452	+ 109
Violence	12	560	4	1,484	- 925
Road Traffic Accidents	13	508	12	444	+ 64
Birth Trauma	14	505	37	65	+ 440
Congenital Anomalies	15	437	23	139	+ 298
Other Injuries	16	360	31	91	+ 269
Prostate Cancer	17	326	5	883	- 558
Maternal Conditions	18	324	43	35	+ 289
Drownings	19	314	51	10	+ 304
Asthma	20	266	36	65	+ 201
Suicide	21	261	35	70	+ 191
Tuberculosis	22	242	54	8	+ 234
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	229	9	587	- 358
Endocrine Disorders	24	229	20	176	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	25	226	24	133	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	26	207	19	231	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	196	44	27	+ 169
Meningitis	28	187	47	16	+ 172
Malnutrition	29	172	40	48	+ 124
Breast Cancer	30	169	14	413	- 244
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	169	32	82	+ 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	163	13	436	- 273
Liver Cancer	33	159	29	101	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	34	138	16	358	- 220
Falls	35	132	33	82	+ 50
Lung Cancers	36	118	10	472	- 354
Fires	37	113	46	16	+ 97
Pertussis	38	107	67	0	+ 107
Alcohol	39	103	55	7	+ 95
Skin Disease	40	102	22	145	- 43
Epilepsy	41	98	41	46	+ 52
Parkinson's Disease	42	79	25	132	- 53
Leukemia	43	72	26	129	- 57
Pancreas Cancer	44	64	27	119	- 54
Oral Cancer	45	63	39	59	+ 4
Syphilis	46	60	60	1	+ 60
Lymphomas	47	57	17	251	- 194
Appendicitis	48	41	53	9	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	49	37	34	74	- 37
Poisonings	50	37	57	2	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	51	37	30	97	- 60
Drug Use	52	34	48	13	+ 21
Tetanus	53	29	63	0	+ 28
Encephalitis	54	28	49	13	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	55	22	38	60	- 37
Skin Cancers	56	14	52	10	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	10	28	106	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	9	50	11	- 2
Malaria	59	9	72	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	60	7	45	19	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	56	3	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	6	59	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	63	5	65	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	58	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	0	+ 2
War	66	1	61	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	62	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	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.