JAMAICA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,227	3	1,726	- 499
Stroke	2	735	1	2,415	- 1,680
Road Traffic Accidents	3	434	12	444	- 10
Diabetes Mellitus	4	425	2	2,077	- 1,652
Hypertension	5	387	8	651	- 264
Kidney Disease	6	378	6	793	- 415
Lung Cancers	7	268	10	472	- 205
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	237	15	393	- 156
Congenital Anomalies	9	236	23	139	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	10	217	18	241	- 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	178	9	587	- 409
Breast Cancer	12	173	14	413	- 240
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	156	13	436	- 281
Liver Disease	14	125	21	155	- 30
Lung Disease	15	112	11	452	- 340
Leukemia	16	93	26	129	- 35
Stomach Cancer	17	92	19	231	- 138
Lymphomas	18	82	17	251	- 169
Other Injuries	19	74	31	91	- 17
Birth Trauma	20	68	37	65	+ 3
Violence	21	68	4	1,484	- 1,416
Pancreas Cancer	22	62	27	119	- 57
Bladder Cancer	23	54	38	60	- 6
Falls	24	48	33	82	- 34
Liver Cancer	25	47	29	101	- 54
Endocrine Disorders	26	46	20	176	- 131
Parkinson's Disease	27	43	25	132	- 90
Suicide	28	42	35	70	- 28
Fires	29	39	46	16	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	38	42	35	+ 4
Oral Cancer	31	36	39	59	- 23
Ovary Cancer	32	35	30	97	- 62
Prostate Cancer	33	33	5	883	- 850
Drug Use	34	29	48	13	+ 16
Asthma	35	29	36	65	- 36
Drownings	36	27	51	10	+ 17
Meningitis	37	20	47	16	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	38	19	24	133	- 115
Uterin Cancer	39	19	28	106	- 87
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	17	32	82	- 66
Cervical Cancer	41	16	16	358	- 342
Oesophagus Cancer	42	16	34	74	- 58
Pertussis	43	14	67	0	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	44	13	43	35	- 21
Syphilis	45	13	60	1	+ 12
Epilepsy	46	12	41	46	- 33
Poisonings	47	12	57	2	+ 9
Skin Disease	48	11	22	145	- 135
Skin Cancers	49	10	52	10	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	6	44	27	- 21
Malnutrition	51	4	40	48	- 44
Encephalitis	52	3	49	13	- 10
Tuberculosis	53	3	54	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	56	3	- 0
Alcohol	55	3	55	7	- 5
Tetanus	56	3	63	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	57	2	45	19	- 16
Appendicitis	58	2	53	9	- 7
War	59	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	59	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	50	11	- 10
Schistosomiasis	62	1	74	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	1	7	757	- 757
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to 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.