PANAMA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,823	2	2,006	+ 1,817
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,288	4	1,070	+ 2,218
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,732	1	2,624	+ 108
Violence	4	2,350	6	730	+ 1,620
Prostate Cancer	5	1,399	12	390	+ 1,009
Kidney Disease	6	1,255	3	1,106	+ 149
HIV/AIDS	7	1,199	8	653	+ 546
Hypertension	8	1,030	10	510	+ 520
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	930	17	296	+ 633
Lung Cancers	10	748	16	303	+ 445
Lung Disease	11	715	5	815	- 100
Road Traffic Accidents	12	703	9	591	+ 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	691	14	352	+ 339
Breast Cancer	14	654	19	279	+ 376
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	622	7	697	- 75
Cervical Cancer	16	567	26	185	+ 382
Lymphomas	17	397	24	205	+ 193
Low Birth Weight	18	381	22	238	+ 143
Stomach Cancer	19	365	11	397	- 32
Endocrine Disorders	20	279	18	279	+ 0
Liver Disease	21	245	15	325	- 80
Skin Disease	22	230	30	127	+ 103
Congenital Anomalies	23	220	13	378	- 158
Inflammatory/Heart	24	211	20	270	- 59
Parkinson's Disease	25	210	33	115	+ 95
Leukemia	26	204	25	189	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	27	188	29	135	+ 53
Uterin Cancer	28	168	40	66	+ 102
Liver Cancer	29	160	27	182	- 21
Ovary Cancer	30	154	41	64	+ 90
Other Injuries	31	144	35	100	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	130	50	30	+ 100
Falls	33	130	37	92	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	34	117	45	52	+ 65
Suicide	35	111	32	121	- 10
Asthma	36	103	43	56	+ 47
Birth Trauma	37	103	36	94	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	38	94	46	33	+ 61
Oral Cancer	39	93	38	78	+ 15
Malnutrition	40	76	31	122	- 47
Epilepsy	41	73	39	66	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	55	28	163	- 108
Maternal Conditions	43	55	48	32	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	42	53	25	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	45	29	21	256	- 227
Fires	46	25	57	11	+ 13
Meningitis	47	25	52	27	- 3
Drug Use	48	21	47	33	- 12
Encephalitis	49	21	63	3	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	18	55	14	+ 4
Drownings	51	16	34	103	- 87
Skin Cancers	52	16	44	56	- 40
Appendicitis	53	14	56	11	+ 3
Tuberculosis	54	12	23	223	- 211
Alcohol	55	12	49	30	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	62	3	+ 3
Poisonings	57	4	61	4	- 0
Dengue	58	2	64	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	59	1	59	7	- 6
Syphilis	60	1	65	1	- 0
War	61	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	54	14	- 13
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	74	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	82	0	60	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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.