JAMAICA VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,287	3	1,726	+ 2,562
Stroke	2	4,009	1	2,415	+ 1,594
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,717	2	2,077	+ 1,640
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,367	15	393	+ 974
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,318	42	35	+ 1,284
Asthma	6	1,148	36	65	+ 1,083
Tuberculosis	7	1,046	54	8	+ 1,039
Kidney Disease	8	1,023	6	793	+ 230
Suicide	9	806	35	70	+ 736
Lung Disease	10	780	11	452	+ 328
Cervical Cancer	11	736	16	358	+ 378
Liver Disease	12	726	21	155	+ 571
Low Birth Weight	13	663	18	241	+ 423
Birth Trauma	14	560	37	65	+ 495
Congenital Anomalies	15	558	23	139	+ 419
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	446	44	27	+ 419
Malnutrition	17	362	40	48	+ 315
Breast Cancer	18	361	14	413	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	345	32	82	+ 263
Lung Cancers	20	339	10	472	- 134
Hypertension	21	330	8	651	- 321
Meningitis	22	328	47	16	+ 312
Stomach Cancer	23	281	19	231	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	265	9	587	- 323
Other Injuries	25	253	31	91	+ 162
Oral Cancer	26	252	39	59	+ 193
Liver Cancer	27	225	29	101	+ 124
Drownings	28	223	51	10	+ 213
Inflammatory/Heart	29	183	24	133	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	30	175	20	176	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	171	13	436	- 266
Pertussis	32	155	67	0	+ 154
Parkinson's Disease	33	145	25	132	+ 13
Violence	34	137	4	1,484	- 1,347
Maternal Conditions	35	137	43	35	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	36	133	34	74	+ 60
Syphilis	37	108	60	1	+ 107
Epilepsy	38	107	41	46	+ 61
Leukemia	39	100	26	129	- 29
Skin Disease	40	96	22	145	- 49
Lymphomas	41	76	17	251	- 175
Falls	42	76	33	82	- 6
Poisonings	43	75	57	2	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	44	65	5	883	- 818
Road Traffic Accidents	45	55	12	444	- 389
Uterin Cancer	46	50	28	106	- 56
Fires	47	49	46	16	+ 34
Hepatitis B	48	47	59	1	+ 46
Pancreas Cancer	49	46	27	119	- 73
Ovary Cancer	50	27	30	97	- 70
Bladder Cancer	51	23	38	60	- 36
Appendicitis	52	20	53	9	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	17	49	13	+ 4
Alcohol	54	16	55	7	+ 8
Tetanus	55	11	63	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	56	10	52	10	+ 0
Drug Use	57	10	48	13	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	7	45	19	- 11
Dengue	59	6	58	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	6	65	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	4	64	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	50	11	- 9
Ascariasis	64	2	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	65	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	62	0	+ 1
War	67	1	61	1	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	7	757	- 757
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	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.