LITHUANIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,247	2	5,643	- 3,396
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,933	14	525	+ 1,408
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,606	1	15,329	- 13,723
Violence	4	1,382	36	132	+ 1,250
Prostate Cancer	5	822	12	598	+ 224
Kidney Disease	6	738	19	372	+ 366
HIV/AIDS	7	705	51	22	+ 683
Hypertension	8	606	4	1,289	- 683
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	547	8	649	- 102
Lung Cancers	10	440	3	1,329	- 889
Lung Disease	11	421	16	513	- 92
Road Traffic Accidents	12	413	27	225	+ 189
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	406	5	1,074	- 668
Breast Cancer	14	385	11	629	- 244
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	366	7	654	- 288
Cervical Cancer	16	333	28	224	+ 109
Lymphomas	17	234	21	321	- 88
Low Birth Weight	18	224	55	9	+ 215
Stomach Cancer	19	215	10	639	- 425
Endocrine Disorders	20	164	39	72	+ 92
Liver Disease	21	144	9	644	- 499
Skin Disease	22	135	44	48	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	23	129	41	62	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	24	124	17	484	- 360
Parkinson's Disease	25	123	29	222	- 99
Leukemia	26	120	24	284	- 164
Pancreas Cancer	27	110	13	578	- 468
Uterin Cancer	28	99	34	159	- 61
Liver Cancer	29	94	25	239	- 145
Ovary Cancer	30	90	26	233	- 143
Other Injuries	31	85	18	416	- 331
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	77	22	313	- 236
Falls	33	76	15	518	- 442
Oesophagus Cancer	34	69	30	219	- 150
Suicide	35	65	6	721	- 656
Asthma	36	61	46	45	+ 15
Birth Trauma	37	61	53	10	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	38	55	23	292	- 237
Oral Cancer	39	55	20	338	- 283
Malnutrition	40	44	58	7	+ 37
Epilepsy	41	43	40	62	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	32	42	59	- 27
Maternal Conditions	43	32	63	2	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	25	48	29	- 4
Other Neoplasms	45	17	31	212	- 195
Fires	46	15	43	51	- 37
Meningitis	47	14	52	19	- 5
Drug Use	48	12	37	122	- 110
Encephalitis	49	12	65	2	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	11	47	41	- 31
Drownings	51	10	35	150	- 140
Skin Cancers	52	9	32	197	- 187
Appendicitis	53	8	54	10	- 1
Tuberculosis	54	7	38	119	- 112
Alcohol	55	7	33	192	- 185
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	49	29	- 26
Poisonings	57	2	45	46	- 44
Dengue	58	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	61	5	- 4
Syphilis	60	1	70	0	+ 1
War	61	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	71	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	62	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	0	50	23	- 23
Upper Respiratory	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	64	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	82	0	59	6	- 6
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Jamaica

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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.