ECUADOR VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	15,658	3	5,429	+ 10,228
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,468	5	4,321	+ 9,147
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,192	1	9,805	+ 1,387
Violence	4	9,625	15	1,210	+ 8,415
Prostate Cancer	5	5,728	12	1,362	+ 4,366
Kidney Disease	6	5,142	2	6,184	- 1,042
HIV/AIDS	7	4,911	27	609	+ 4,301
Hypertension	8	4,219	10	2,507	+ 1,713
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,808	9	2,565	+ 1,243
Lung Cancers	10	3,063	20	1,075	+ 1,989
Lung Disease	11	2,930	8	2,576	+ 354
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,879	6	3,490	- 611
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	2,830	19	1,109	+ 1,721
Breast Cancer	14	2,680	25	825	+ 1,854
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,548	4	5,083	- 2,535
Cervical Cancer	16	2,321	24	840	+ 1,481
Lymphomas	17	1,627	22	883	+ 744
Low Birth Weight	18	1,560	16	1,172	+ 388
Stomach Cancer	19	1,495	11	2,089	- 594
Endocrine Disorders	20	1,143	31	507	+ 636
Liver Disease	21	1,004	7	3,330	- 2,327
Skin Disease	22	942	51	103	+ 840
Congenital Anomalies	23	900	13	1,335	- 436
Inflammatory/Heart	24	864	36	308	+ 557
Parkinson's Disease	25	859	26	658	+ 201
Leukemia	26	836	23	882	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	27	769	30	562	+ 207
Uterin Cancer	28	688	48	129	+ 559
Liver Cancer	29	656	21	954	- 298
Ovary Cancer	30	629	35	322	+ 306
Other Injuries	31	589	17	1,161	- 572
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	534	33	417	+ 118
Falls	33	532	18	1,114	- 582
Oesophagus Cancer	34	478	42	180	+ 299
Suicide	35	455	14	1,326	- 871
Asthma	36	423	53	85	+ 338
Birth Trauma	37	422	38	302	+ 119
Bladder Cancer	38	386	44	168	+ 218
Oral Cancer	39	381	45	166	+ 215
Malnutrition	40	309	28	578	- 269
Epilepsy	41	297	40	273	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	224	34	410	- 186
Maternal Conditions	43	224	46	164	+ 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	173	47	163	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	45	120	57	64	+ 56
Fires	46	101	43	175	- 74
Meningitis	47	101	52	90	+ 11
Drug Use	48	85	41	214	- 129
Encephalitis	49	84	55	82	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	73	49	124	- 50
Drownings	51	66	32	470	- 403
Skin Cancers	52	65	37	308	- 242
Appendicitis	53	59	50	110	- 52
Tuberculosis	54	50	29	574	- 524
Alcohol	55	48	39	280	- 232
Multiple Sclerosis	56	22	60	18	+ 4
Poisonings	57	15	58	59	- 43
Dengue	58	7	61	10	- 3
Hepatitis B	59	6	64	3	+ 3
Syphilis	60	5	54	85	- 80
War	61	3	66	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	2	68	1	+ 1
Tetanus	63	2	62	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	64	1	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	1	63	8	- 7
Ascariasis	66	0	65	2	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	56	79	- 79
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	59	21	- 21
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Jamaica

Ecuador

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.