NO MACEDONIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,826	1	5,521	- 3,694
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,571	4	1,104	+ 467
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,305	2	4,420	- 3,114
Violence	4	1,123	36	31	+ 1,092
Prostate Cancer	5	668	14	259	+ 409
Kidney Disease	6	600	9	516	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	7	573	61	0	+ 572
Hypertension	8	492	7	627	- 135
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	444	30	71	+ 373
Lung Cancers	10	357	5	1,055	- 698
Lung Disease	11	342	6	807	- 465
Road Traffic Accidents	12	336	24	107	+ 229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	330	8	560	- 230
Breast Cancer	14	313	11	386	- 74
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	297	19	157	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	16	271	31	68	+ 203
Lymphomas	17	190	25	96	+ 94
Low Birth Weight	18	182	28	73	+ 109
Stomach Cancer	19	174	10	455	- 281
Endocrine Disorders	20	133	44	12	+ 121
Liver Disease	21	117	15	218	- 101
Skin Disease	22	110	57	1	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	23	105	37	29	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	24	101	3	4,249	- 4,149
Parkinson's Disease	25	100	20	141	- 40
Leukemia	26	97	22	114	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	27	90	12	267	- 177
Uterin Cancer	28	80	23	108	- 28
Liver Cancer	29	76	13	260	- 184
Ovary Cancer	30	73	26	93	- 20
Other Injuries	31	69	17	183	- 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	62	32	56	+ 6
Falls	33	62	27	78	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	34	56	34	45	+ 10
Suicide	35	53	16	196	- 143
Asthma	36	49	33	53	- 4
Birth Trauma	37	49	48	7	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	38	45	18	163	- 117
Oral Cancer	39	44	29	72	- 27
Malnutrition	40	36	58	1	+ 35
Epilepsy	41	35	38	23	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	26	56	1	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	43	26	54	2	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	20	43	13	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	45	14	40	19	- 5
Fires	46	12	46	11	+ 1
Meningitis	47	12	51	4	+ 8
Drug Use	48	10	47	9	+ 1
Encephalitis	49	10	59	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	9	60	0	+ 8
Drownings	51	8	41	18	- 10
Skin Cancers	52	8	21	126	- 118
Appendicitis	53	7	55	1	+ 5
Tuberculosis	54	6	35	32	- 26
Alcohol	55	6	42	14	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	39	21	- 19
Poisonings	57	2	45	11	- 9
Dengue	58	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	49	7	- 6
Syphilis	60	1	62	0	+ 0
War	61	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	50	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Jamaica

No Macedonia

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.