JAMAICA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,046	3	1,726	+ 1,320
Lung Disease	2	1,763	11	452	+ 1,311
Stroke	3	1,397	1	2,415	- 1,018
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,343	42	35	+ 1,309
Tuberculosis	5	873	54	8	+ 866
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	786	15	393	+ 393
Diabetes Mellitus	7	544	2	2,077	- 1,533
Liver Disease	8	538	21	155	+ 383
Low Birth Weight	9	478	18	241	+ 238
Falls	10	452	33	82	+ 370
Kidney Disease	11	447	6	793	- 346
Road Traffic Accidents	12	426	12	444	- 18
Asthma	13	393	36	65	+ 328
Suicide	14	347	35	70	+ 277
Other Injuries	15	300	31	91	+ 209
Oral Cancer	16	269	39	59	+ 210
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	254	9	587	- 334
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	253	44	27	+ 226
Hypertension	19	217	8	651	- 434
Birth Trauma	20	206	37	65	+ 141
Lung Cancers	21	177	10	472	- 296
Breast Cancer	22	166	14	413	- 247
Congenital Anomalies	23	166	23	139	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	24	162	19	231	- 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	155	13	436	- 281
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	136	32	82	+ 54
Violence	27	104	4	1,484	- 1,381
Drownings	28	98	51	10	+ 87
Encephalitis	29	96	49	13	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	30	91	16	358	- 267
HIV/AIDS	31	89	7	757	- 668
Parkinson's Disease	32	87	25	132	- 46
Lymphomas	33	80	17	251	- 170
Oesophagus Cancer	34	78	34	74	+ 4
Leukemia	35	67	26	129	- 62
Meningitis	36	67	47	16	+ 51
Pancreas Cancer	37	66	27	119	- 53
Prostate Cancer	38	62	5	883	- 821
Liver Cancer	39	61	29	101	- 40
Epilepsy	40	61	41	46	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	41	52	43	35	+ 17
Fires	42	47	46	16	+ 31
Alcohol	43	46	55	7	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	44	44	30	97	- 53
Skin Disease	45	36	22	145	- 110
Dengue	46	35	58	1	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	47	31	20	176	- 146
Bladder Cancer	48	28	38	60	- 31
Inflammatory/Heart	49	25	24	133	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	24	50	11	+ 13
Measles	51	24	77	0	+ 24
Drug Use	52	24	48	13	+ 10
Appendicitis	53	23	53	9	+ 13
Pertussis	54	20	67	0	+ 20
Malnutrition	55	17	40	48	- 30
Hepatitis B	56	16	59	1	+ 15
Malaria	57	15	72	0	+ 15
Tetanus	58	14	63	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	59	14	28	106	- 92
Skin Cancers	60	10	52	10	+ 0
Poisonings	61	7	57	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	62	6	45	19	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	56	3	+ 1
Syphilis	64	4	60	1	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	66	2	71	0	+ 2
War	67	2	61	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	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.