AUSTRIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,669	2	5,208	+ 2,460
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,597	9	2,093	+ 4,503
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,482	1	17,638	- 12,156
Violence	4	4,714	47	47	+ 4,667
Prostate Cancer	5	2,806	15	1,501	+ 1,305
Kidney Disease	6	2,519	8	2,247	+ 271
HIV/AIDS	7	2,405	49	41	+ 2,364
Hypertension	8	2,067	6	3,601	- 1,534
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,865	4	4,174	- 2,309
Lung Cancers	10	1,500	3	4,217	- 2,716
Lung Disease	11	1,435	5	4,107	- 2,672
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,410	31	436	+ 975
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,386	7	2,324	- 938
Breast Cancer	14	1,312	11	1,857	- 544
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	1,248	13	1,563	- 316
Cervical Cancer	16	1,137	37	205	+ 931
Lymphomas	17	797	18	1,167	- 370
Low Birth Weight	18	764	51	40	+ 724
Stomach Cancer	19	732	24	817	- 84
Endocrine Disorders	20	560	20	1,077	- 517
Liver Disease	21	492	16	1,366	- 874
Skin Disease	22	462	43	99	+ 362
Congenital Anomalies	23	441	34	327	+ 114
Inflammatory/Heart	24	423	14	1,515	- 1,092
Parkinson's Disease	25	421	19	1,102	- 682
Leukemia	26	409	23	878	- 469
Pancreas Cancer	27	377	10	1,901	- 1,525
Uterin Cancer	28	337	35	275	+ 62
Liver Cancer	29	321	22	922	- 601
Ovary Cancer	30	308	30	513	- 206
Other Injuries	31	288	12	1,700	- 1,412
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	262	42	142	+ 120
Falls	33	260	21	982	- 721
Oesophagus Cancer	34	234	32	406	- 172
Suicide	35	223	17	1,307	- 1,084
Asthma	36	207	45	81	+ 126
Birth Trauma	37	206	54	34	+ 173
Bladder Cancer	38	189	26	617	- 428
Oral Cancer	39	187	27	614	- 428
Malnutrition	40	152	46	71	+ 81
Epilepsy	41	146	36	222	- 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	110	40	152	- 42
Maternal Conditions	43	110	64	4	+ 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	85	33	379	- 294
Other Neoplasms	45	59	25	814	- 755
Fires	46	49	52	36	+ 14
Meningitis	47	49	58	22	+ 28
Drug Use	48	42	39	161	- 120
Encephalitis	49	41	68	1	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	36	53	35	+ 1
Drownings	51	33	48	42	- 10
Skin Cancers	52	32	28	585	- 553
Appendicitis	53	29	59	15	+ 14
Tuberculosis	54	25	50	41	- 16
Alcohol	55	24	29	538	- 514
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	38	170	- 159
Poisonings	57	7	60	15	- 7
Dengue	58	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	59	3	62	8	- 5
Syphilis	60	2	66	1	+ 1
War	61	2	67	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	62	1	78	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	0	41	147	- 147
Upper Respiratory	65	0	55	26	- 25
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	82	0	57	22	- 22
Anemia	83	0	44	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Jamaica

Austria

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.