ALBANIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,657	2	8,790	- 6,133
Diabetes Mellitus	2	2,285	19	208	+ 2,077
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,899	1	8,797	- 6,898
Violence	4	1,633	27	103	+ 1,531
Prostate Cancer	5	972	16	311	+ 661
Kidney Disease	6	873	11	399	+ 474
HIV/AIDS	7	833	42	26	+ 808
Hypertension	8	716	10	425	+ 291
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	646	3	1,827	- 1,181
Lung Cancers	10	520	4	1,026	- 506
Lung Disease	11	497	5	876	- 379
Road Traffic Accidents	12	489	14	337	+ 152
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	480	20	197	+ 283
Breast Cancer	14	455	17	229	+ 225
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	432	6	634	- 201
Cervical Cancer	16	394	36	48	+ 346
Lymphomas	17	276	31	69	+ 207
Low Birth Weight	18	265	25	106	+ 158
Stomach Cancer	19	254	7	493	- 239
Endocrine Disorders	20	194	29	91	+ 103
Liver Disease	21	170	12	376	- 206
Skin Disease	22	160	55	6	+ 154
Congenital Anomalies	23	153	28	102	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	24	147	8	465	- 318
Parkinson's Disease	25	146	13	369	- 223
Leukemia	26	142	22	131	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	27	130	18	225	- 94
Uterin Cancer	28	117	38	42	+ 75
Liver Cancer	29	111	9	434	- 323
Ovary Cancer	30	107	39	39	+ 67
Other Injuries	31	100	26	105	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	91	33	57	+ 34
Falls	33	90	23	125	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	34	81	34	52	+ 30
Suicide	35	77	24	125	- 48
Asthma	36	72	21	193	- 121
Birth Trauma	37	72	41	32	+ 39
Bladder Cancer	38	66	15	330	- 264
Oral Cancer	39	65	30	90	- 25
Malnutrition	40	53	58	3	+ 50
Epilepsy	41	50	37	44	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	38	52	9	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	43	38	59	2	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	29	35	50	- 21
Other Neoplasms	45	20	47	19	+ 1
Fires	46	17	45	20	- 3
Meningitis	47	17	49	14	+ 3
Drug Use	48	14	44	25	- 11
Encephalitis	49	14	46	20	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	51	11	+ 1
Drownings	51	11	43	25	- 14
Skin Cancers	52	11	32	64	- 53
Appendicitis	53	10	56	5	+ 5
Tuberculosis	54	9	54	8	+ 0
Alcohol	55	8	48	18	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	40	39	- 35
Poisonings	57	3	53	9	- 6
Dengue	58	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
War	61	1	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	57	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	50	12	- 12
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	61	1	- 1
Malaria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	65	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Jamaica

Albania

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.