EQU. GUINEA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,536	6	437	+ 1,099
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,321	11	299	+ 1,022
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,098	7	419	+ 679
Violence	4	944	33	45	+ 899
Prostate Cancer	5	562	35	43	+ 519
Kidney Disease	6	504	14	198	+ 306
HIV/AIDS	7	482	1	1,838	- 1,357
Hypertension	8	414	16	165	+ 249
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	374	29	55	+ 318
Lung Cancers	10	300	41	27	+ 274
Lung Disease	11	287	20	120	+ 167
Road Traffic Accidents	12	282	8	368	- 86
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	278	40	29	+ 249
Breast Cancer	14	263	24	84	+ 179
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	250	2	913	- 663
Cervical Cancer	16	228	28	56	+ 172
Lymphomas	17	160	45	19	+ 140
Low Birth Weight	18	153	4	457	- 304
Stomach Cancer	19	147	49	16	+ 131
Endocrine Disorders	20	112	25	73	+ 39
Liver Disease	21	98	13	199	- 101
Skin Disease	22	92	51	13	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	23	88	12	249	- 161
Inflammatory/Heart	24	85	27	63	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	25	84	46	18	+ 67
Leukemia	26	82	61	4	+ 78
Pancreas Cancer	27	75	55	11	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	28	67	58	8	+ 60
Liver Cancer	29	64	34	43	+ 21
Ovary Cancer	30	62	52	13	+ 49
Other Injuries	31	58	23	105	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	52	43	22	+ 31
Falls	33	52	32	46	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	34	47	54	12	+ 35
Suicide	35	45	22	107	- 63
Asthma	36	41	26	65	- 24
Birth Trauma	37	41	5	441	- 400
Bladder Cancer	38	38	56	9	+ 29
Oral Cancer	39	37	37	35	+ 3
Malnutrition	40	30	31	48	- 18
Epilepsy	41	29	38	32	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	22	9	349	- 327
Maternal Conditions	43	22	17	139	- 117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	17	50	14	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	45	12	63	3	+ 9
Fires	46	10	39	30	- 20
Meningitis	47	10	19	127	- 117
Drug Use	48	8	30	50	- 42
Encephalitis	49	8	57	8	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	62	4	+ 4
Drownings	51	7	36	39	- 33
Skin Cancers	52	6	48	16	- 10
Appendicitis	53	6	59	6	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	5	10	321	- 316
Alcohol	55	5	53	12	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	67	1	+ 1
Poisonings	57	1	44	21	- 20
Dengue	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	65	3	- 2
Syphilis	60	0	18	134	- 133
War	61	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	42	23	- 23
Hepatitis C	64	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	66	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	21	109	- 109
Diphtheria	68	0	64	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	60	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	15	181	- 181
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Jamaica

Equ. Guinea

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.