MAURITIUS VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,121	3	985	+ 136
Diabetes Mellitus	2	964	1	1,873	- 909
Coronary Heart Disease	3	801	2	1,805	- 1,004
Violence	4	689	41	30	+ 659
Prostate Cancer	5	410	15	115	+ 295
Kidney Disease	6	368	4	724	- 356
HIV/AIDS	7	351	13	141	+ 211
Hypertension	8	302	6	592	- 290
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	273	34	42	+ 231
Lung Cancers	10	219	9	182	+ 37
Lung Disease	11	210	5	646	- 437
Road Traffic Accidents	12	206	11	155	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	203	10	182	+ 20
Breast Cancer	14	192	8	232	- 40
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	182	7	346	- 164
Cervical Cancer	16	166	30	49	+ 117
Lymphomas	17	116	24	57	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	18	112	35	37	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	19	107	18	104	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	20	82	19	101	- 19
Liver Disease	21	72	12	145	- 74
Skin Disease	22	67	22	64	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	23	64	25	57	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	24	62	16	108	- 46
Parkinson's Disease	25	61	47	12	+ 50
Leukemia	26	60	31	48	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	27	55	28	55	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	28	49	40	32	+ 17
Liver Cancer	29	47	27	56	- 9
Ovary Cancer	30	45	32	46	- 1
Other Injuries	31	42	21	66	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	38	43	22	+ 16
Falls	33	38	26	57	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	34	34	37	35	- 1
Suicide	35	33	14	120	- 88
Asthma	36	30	17	107	- 77
Birth Trauma	37	30	36	37	- 6
Bladder Cancer	38	28	44	21	+ 7
Oral Cancer	39	27	23	63	- 36
Malnutrition	40	22	54	4	+ 18
Epilepsy	41	21	38	35	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	16	42	23	- 7
Maternal Conditions	43	16	48	11	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	12	56	3	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	45	9	20	77	- 68
Fires	46	7	50	10	- 3
Meningitis	47	7	57	2	+ 5
Drug Use	48	6	46	16	- 10
Encephalitis	49	6	61	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	5	60	1	+ 4
Drownings	51	5	33	43	- 38
Skin Cancers	52	5	53	5	+ 0
Appendicitis	53	4	59	1	+ 3
Tuberculosis	54	4	45	17	- 14
Alcohol	55	3	29	53	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	84	0	+ 2
Poisonings	57	1	49	11	- 9
Dengue	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	67	0	+ 0
War	61	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	74	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	51	9	- 9
Upper Respiratory	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	55	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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.