TRINIDAD/TOB. VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,205	3	822	+ 383
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,036	2	1,275	- 239
Coronary Heart Disease	3	861	1	1,476	- 614
Violence	4	741	4	549	+ 191
Prostate Cancer	5	441	6	330	+ 111
Kidney Disease	6	396	5	439	- 44
HIV/AIDS	7	378	12	196	+ 182
Hypertension	8	325	11	201	+ 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	293	9	215	+ 78
Lung Cancers	10	236	8	217	+ 18
Lung Disease	11	225	16	129	+ 96
Road Traffic Accidents	12	222	15	130	+ 91
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	218	13	196	+ 22
Breast Cancer	14	206	7	258	- 52
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	196	10	205	- 9
Cervical Cancer	16	179	21	97	+ 82
Lymphomas	17	125	20	111	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	18	120	23	83	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	19	115	26	69	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	20	88	18	119	- 31
Liver Disease	21	77	14	136	- 59
Skin Disease	22	73	36	39	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	23	69	22	93	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	24	67	25	72	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	25	66	32	51	+ 15
Leukemia	26	64	29	62	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	27	59	19	114	- 55
Uterin Cancer	28	53	27	68	- 15
Liver Cancer	29	50	28	66	- 15
Ovary Cancer	30	48	24	80	- 32
Other Injuries	31	45	30	61	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	41	31	52	- 11
Falls	33	41	33	43	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	34	37	41	24	+ 12
Suicide	35	35	17	121	- 86
Asthma	36	33	35	40	- 8
Birth Trauma	37	32	40	25	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	38	30	34	41	- 11
Oral Cancer	39	29	38	31	- 2
Malnutrition	40	24	47	17	+ 7
Epilepsy	41	23	37	32	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	17	45	18	- 1
Maternal Conditions	43	17	50	10	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	13	49	11	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	45	9	51	10	- 1
Fires	46	8	48	16	- 9
Meningitis	47	8	52	9	- 2
Drug Use	48	7	44	19	- 12
Encephalitis	49	7	54	6	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	53	8	- 2
Drownings	51	5	39	31	- 26
Skin Cancers	52	5	57	4	+ 1
Appendicitis	53	5	56	4	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	4	43	22	- 18
Alcohol	55	4	42	23	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	58	2	- 1
Poisonings	57	1	59	1	- 0
Dengue	58	1	55	5	- 5
Hepatitis B	59	0	60	0	- 0
Syphilis	60	0	61	0	+ 0
War	61	0	46	17	- 17
Chlamydia	62	0	63	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	62	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Jamaica

Trinidad/Tob.

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.