CHILE VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,961	2	9,731	+ 6,230
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,729	10	3,177	+ 10,553
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,408	1	10,685	+ 724
Violence	4	9,811	29	744	+ 9,067
Prostate Cancer	5	5,839	14	2,435	+ 3,404
Kidney Disease	6	5,242	3	4,065	+ 1,177
HIV/AIDS	7	5,006	33	539	+ 4,466
Hypertension	8	4,301	7	3,817	+ 485
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,882	5	4,000	- 118
Lung Cancers	10	3,123	9	3,452	- 330
Lung Disease	11	2,987	4	4,062	- 1,075
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,935	12	2,826	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	2,885	11	3,022	- 138
Breast Cancer	14	2,732	16	1,689	+ 1,043
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,597	6	3,920	- 1,323
Cervical Cancer	16	2,366	27	780	+ 1,586
Lymphomas	17	1,658	18	1,394	+ 265
Low Birth Weight	18	1,590	36	437	+ 1,153
Stomach Cancer	19	1,524	8	3,631	- 2,107
Endocrine Disorders	20	1,165	22	1,286	- 121
Liver Disease	21	1,023	13	2,647	- 1,624
Skin Disease	22	961	28	763	+ 197
Congenital Anomalies	23	917	25	858	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	24	881	31	709	+ 172
Parkinson's Disease	25	876	26	790	+ 86
Leukemia	26	852	24	879	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	27	784	17	1,567	- 783
Uterin Cancer	28	701	45	275	+ 427
Liver Cancer	29	668	19	1,369	- 701
Ovary Cancer	30	641	35	514	+ 127
Other Injuries	31	600	21	1,310	- 710
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	545	46	223	+ 321
Falls	33	542	23	904	- 362
Oesophagus Cancer	34	488	30	722	- 234
Suicide	35	464	15	1,700	- 1,237
Asthma	36	431	42	295	+ 137
Birth Trauma	37	430	54	87	+ 342
Bladder Cancer	38	394	32	641	- 248
Oral Cancer	39	388	40	307	+ 81
Malnutrition	40	315	37	420	- 105
Epilepsy	41	303	43	294	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	229	39	334	- 105
Maternal Conditions	43	229	63	24	+ 205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	176	52	104	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	45	123	20	1,358	- 1,235
Fires	46	103	41	295	- 192
Meningitis	47	103	53	95	+ 8
Drug Use	48	86	50	149	- 62
Encephalitis	49	86	70	2	+ 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	75	48	187	- 112
Drownings	51	68	44	283	- 215
Skin Cancers	52	66	34	526	- 459
Appendicitis	53	60	59	37	+ 23
Tuberculosis	54	51	38	410	- 359
Alcohol	55	49	47	207	- 158
Multiple Sclerosis	56	22	62	27	- 4
Poisonings	57	15	57	68	- 53
Dengue	58	7	73	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	6	60	30	- 24
Syphilis	60	5	66	5	+ 0
War	61	3	64	14	- 10
Chlamydia	62	2	80	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	2	69	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	61	27	- 26
Upper Respiratory	65	1	67	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	68	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	55	79	- 79
Schistosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	65	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	73	- 73
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	131	- 131
Anemia	83	0	49	180	- 180
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	38	- 38
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Jamaica

Chile

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.