JAMAICA VS ISRAEL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ISRAEL		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,538	3	1,726	- 188
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	900	9	587	+ 312
Kidney Disease	3	732	6	793	- 61
Stroke	4	730	1	2,415	- 1,685
Lung Cancers	5	608	10	472	+ 136
Diabetes Mellitus	6	575	2	2,077	- 1,503
Lung Disease	7	464	11	452	+ 12
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	456	15	393	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	454	13	436	+ 17
Breast Cancer	10	371	14	413	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	11	307	27	119	+ 189
Endocrine Disorders	12	301	20	176	+ 125
Lymphomas	13	278	17	251	+ 27
Other Injuries	14	249	31	91	+ 158
Leukemia	15	184	26	129	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	16	170	19	231	- 61
Prostate Cancer	17	157	5	883	- 727
Bladder Cancer	18	149	38	60	+ 89
Suicide	19	136	35	70	+ 66
Other Neoplasms	20	126	45	19	+ 108
Hypertension	21	120	8	651	- 530
Parkinson's Disease	22	120	25	132	- 13
Skin Cancers	23	114	52	10	+ 104
Skin Disease	24	110	22	145	- 35
Liver Cancer	25	104	29	101	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	26	100	12	444	- 344
Ovary Cancer	27	97	30	97	- 0
Liver Disease	28	88	21	155	- 67
Congenital Anomalies	29	87	23	139	- 51
Inflammatory/Heart	30	64	24	133	- 69
Uterin Cancer	31	61	28	106	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	50	42	35	+ 15
Oral Cancer	33	45	39	59	- 14
Anemia	34	45	83	0	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	43	44	27	+ 17
Asthma	36	43	36	65	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	37	41	34	74	- 32
Cervical Cancer	38	40	16	358	- 318
Falls	39	37	33	82	- 45
Epilepsy	40	33	41	46	- 13
Violence	41	31	4	1,484	- 1,453
Low Birth Weight	42	28	18	241	- 212
Drug Use	43	20	48	13	+ 7
Schizophrenia	44	20	85	0	+ 20
Drownings	45	12	51	10	+ 1
Hepatitis C	46	12	64	0	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	47	12	56	3	+ 8
Malnutrition	48	12	40	48	- 36
Alcohol	49	12	55	7	+ 4
Birth Trauma	50	10	37	65	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	10	32	82	- 72
HIV/AIDS	52	8	7	757	- 750
Fires	53	7	46	16	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	7	50	11	- 4
Meningitis	55	6	47	16	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	81	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	57	5	54	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	58	5	59	1	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	59	2	82	0	+ 2
War	60	2	61	1	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	43	35	- 33
Upper Respiratory	62	2	65	0	+ 1
Poisonings	63	1	57	2	- 1
Appendicitis	64	1	53	9	- 8
Oral conditions	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	49	13	- 12
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	62	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	58	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	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.