HAITI VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	10,051	2	11,779	- 1,728
Diabetes Mellitus	2	8,646	4	5,026	+ 3,620
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,184	1	13,208	- 6,024
Violence	4	6,178	12	2,330	+ 3,849
Prostate Cancer	5	3,677	17	1,356	+ 2,321
Kidney Disease	6	3,301	6	2,701	+ 600
HIV/AIDS	7	3,152	5	2,706	+ 447
Hypertension	8	2,709	7	2,632	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,445	23	955	+ 1,490
Lung Cancers	10	1,967	36	492	+ 1,475
Lung Disease	11	1,881	11	2,334	- 453
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,848	13	2,115	- 266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,817	32	680	+ 1,136
Breast Cancer	14	1,720	30	705	+ 1,015
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	1,636	3	7,064	- 5,428
Cervical Cancer	16	1,490	34	573	+ 917
Lymphomas	17	1,044	47	235	+ 809
Low Birth Weight	18	1,002	9	2,516	- 1,514
Stomach Cancer	19	960	26	863	+ 97
Endocrine Disorders	20	734	24	951	- 218
Liver Disease	21	644	10	2,425	- 1,781
Skin Disease	22	605	40	425	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	23	578	15	1,819	- 1,242
Inflammatory/Heart	24	555	25	941	- 386
Parkinson's Disease	25	551	42	329	+ 222
Leukemia	26	536	43	300	+ 236
Pancreas Cancer	27	494	44	268	+ 225
Uterin Cancer	28	442	57	42	+ 400
Liver Cancer	29	421	33	662	- 242
Ovary Cancer	30	404	51	153	+ 250
Other Injuries	31	378	16	1,499	- 1,121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	343	31	704	- 361
Falls	33	341	35	549	- 208
Oesophagus Cancer	34	307	49	155	+ 152
Suicide	35	292	21	1,085	- 793
Asthma	36	272	20	1,107	- 836
Birth Trauma	37	271	14	2,100	- 1,830
Bladder Cancer	38	248	55	92	+ 156
Oral Cancer	39	245	45	261	- 16
Malnutrition	40	199	29	717	- 518
Epilepsy	41	191	41	409	- 218
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	144	8	2,540	- 2,395
Maternal Conditions	43	144	18	1,349	- 1,205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	111	27	814	- 703
Other Neoplasms	45	77	60	31	+ 47
Fires	46	65	37	470	- 405
Meningitis	47	65	28	780	- 715
Drug Use	48	54	52	140	- 85
Encephalitis	49	54	54	118	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	47	58	37	+ 10
Drownings	51	43	19	1,306	- 1,264
Skin Cancers	52	42	56	56	- 15
Appendicitis	53	38	48	172	- 134
Tuberculosis	54	32	22	1,007	- 975
Alcohol	55	31	39	428	- 396
Multiple Sclerosis	56	14	61	28	- 14
Poisonings	57	10	50	154	- 145
Dengue	58	5	64	17	- 12
Hepatitis B	59	4	62	26	- 22
Syphilis	60	3	46	251	- 248
War	61	2	66	5	- 3
Chlamydia	62	1	68	5	- 3
Tetanus	63	1	53	119	- 118
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	65	1	63	19	- 18
Ascariasis	66	0	67	5	- 5
Pertussis	67	0	38	446	- 446
Diphtheria	68	0	69	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	59	36	- 36
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	80	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 HAITI

Jamaica

Haiti

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.