QATAR VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,182	3	255	+ 1,927
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,877	2	459	+ 1,418
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,560	1	1,082	+ 478
Violence	4	1,342	34	14	+ 1,327
Prostate Cancer	5	798	31	18	+ 781
Kidney Disease	6	717	6	179	+ 538
HIV/AIDS	7	684	71	0	+ 684
Hypertension	8	588	28	26	+ 562
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	531	12	75	+ 456
Lung Cancers	10	427	13	73	+ 354
Lung Disease	11	408	15	68	+ 340
Road Traffic Accidents	12	401	4	206	+ 196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	394	11	83	+ 311
Breast Cancer	14	373	17	53	+ 321
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	355	10	108	+ 247
Cervical Cancer	16	323	36	13	+ 311
Lymphomas	17	227	18	48	+ 178
Low Birth Weight	18	217	20	45	+ 173
Stomach Cancer	19	208	23	42	+ 166
Endocrine Disorders	20	159	24	39	+ 120
Liver Disease	21	140	5	202	- 63
Skin Disease	22	131	33	16	+ 115
Congenital Anomalies	23	125	14	70	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	24	120	25	32	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	25	120	26	28	+ 92
Leukemia	26	116	16	57	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	27	107	30	25	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	28	96	49	6	+ 90
Liver Cancer	29	91	21	44	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	30	88	32	17	+ 71
Other Injuries	31	82	9	115	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	74	46	7	+ 67
Falls	33	74	8	129	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	34	67	37	13	+ 54
Suicide	35	63	7	165	- 102
Asthma	36	59	40	10	+ 49
Birth Trauma	37	59	38	13	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	38	54	27	27	+ 27
Oral Cancer	39	53	29	25	+ 28
Malnutrition	40	43	58	1	+ 42
Epilepsy	41	41	35	13	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	31	41	10	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	43	31	52	3	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	24	45	8	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	45	17	51	3	+ 14
Fires	46	14	22	42	- 28
Meningitis	47	14	47	7	+ 7
Drug Use	48	12	39	12	- 0
Encephalitis	49	12	50	5	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	59	0	+ 10
Drownings	51	9	19	45	- 36
Skin Cancers	52	9	43	8	+ 1
Appendicitis	53	8	57	1	+ 7
Tuberculosis	54	7	44	8	- 1
Alcohol	55	7	48	7	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	55	2	+ 1
Poisonings	57	2	42	9	- 7
Dengue	58	1	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	56	2	- 1
Syphilis	60	1	53	2	- 2
War	61	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	68	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	60	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	54	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	67	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	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to QATAR

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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.