JAMAICA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,498	3	1,726	+ 2,772
Stroke	2	2,901	1	2,415	+ 486
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,920	9	587	+ 1,332
Lung Cancers	4	1,582	10	472	+ 1,109
Lung Disease	5	1,500	11	452	+ 1,048
Hypertension	6	1,386	8	651	+ 736
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	984	13	436	+ 548
Diabetes Mellitus	8	919	2	2,077	- 1,158
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	757	15	393	+ 364
Breast Cancer	10	642	14	413	+ 229
Kidney Disease	11	589	6	793	- 204
Other Injuries	12	561	31	91	+ 470
Pancreas Cancer	13	560	27	119	+ 442
Stomach Cancer	14	475	19	231	+ 244
Other Neoplasms	15	462	45	19	+ 444
Lymphomas	16	448	17	251	+ 197
Liver Cancer	17	446	29	101	+ 344
Endocrine Disorders	18	390	20	176	+ 214
Parkinson's Disease	19	390	25	132	+ 258
Prostate Cancer	20	389	5	883	- 494
Leukemia	21	312	26	129	+ 183
Bladder Cancer	22	311	38	60	+ 251
Liver Disease	23	257	21	155	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	24	256	24	133	+ 123
Falls	25	196	33	82	+ 114
Suicide	26	187	35	70	+ 117
Oral Cancer	27	155	39	59	+ 96
Ovary Cancer	28	152	30	97	+ 55
Skin Cancers	29	150	52	10	+ 140
Road Traffic Accidents	30	149	12	444	- 295
Hepatitis C	31	114	64	0	+ 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	103	44	27	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	33	102	28	106	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	34	95	34	74	+ 21
Anemia	35	77	83	0	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	75	42	35	+ 41
Congenital Anomalies	37	67	23	139	- 72
Skin Disease	38	67	22	145	- 79
Epilepsy	39	62	41	46	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	40	53	16	358	- 304
Malnutrition	41	36	40	48	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	32	50	11	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	32	32	82	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	44	31	56	3	+ 28
Drug Use	45	30	48	13	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	46	24	7	757	- 733
Asthma	47	23	36	65	- 42
Osteoarthritis	48	22	82	0	+ 22
Schizophrenia	49	20	85	0	+ 20
Violence	50	19	4	1,484	- 1,465
Low Birth Weight	51	17	18	241	- 224
Drownings	52	16	51	10	+ 6
Tuberculosis	53	16	54	8	+ 8
Hepatitis B	54	15	59	1	+ 15
Alcohol	55	13	55	7	+ 5
Fires	56	13	46	16	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	11	81	0	+ 11
Poisonings	58	7	57	2	+ 5
Birth Trauma	59	6	37	65	- 59
Meningitis	60	6	47	16	- 10
Appendicitis	61	2	53	9	- 7
Oral conditions	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	65	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	43	35	- 34
Encephalitis	68	0	49	13	- 13
Syphilis	69	0	60	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.