JAMAICA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,697	3	1,726	+ 10,971
Stroke	2	9,238	1	2,415	+ 6,823
Hypertension	3	1,871	8	651	+ 1,221
Lung Cancers	4	1,499	10	472	+ 1,027
Inflammatory/Heart	5	1,444	24	133	+ 1,310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,132	13	436	+ 696
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,040	9	587	+ 453
Diabetes Mellitus	8	830	2	2,077	- 1,247
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	786	15	393	+ 393
Breast Cancer	10	741	14	413	+ 327
Stomach Cancer	11	736	19	231	+ 506
Prostate Cancer	12	727	5	883	- 156
Pancreas Cancer	13	684	27	119	+ 565
Suicide	14	602	35	70	+ 531
Liver Disease	15	572	21	155	+ 417
Other Injuries	16	568	31	91	+ 477
Kidney Disease	17	559	6	793	- 234
Lung Disease	18	543	11	452	+ 91
Lymphomas	19	385	17	251	+ 134
Bladder Cancer	20	357	38	60	+ 298
Alcohol	21	356	55	7	+ 349
Oral Cancer	22	336	39	59	+ 277
Falls	23	316	33	82	+ 234
Ovary Cancer	24	308	30	97	+ 211
Leukemia	25	292	26	129	+ 163
Liver Cancer	26	246	29	101	+ 145
Road Traffic Accidents	27	241	12	444	- 203
Other Neoplasms	28	239	45	19	+ 221
Uterin Cancer	29	232	28	106	+ 125
Skin Cancers	30	226	52	10	+ 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	222	32	82	+ 140
Oesophagus Cancer	32	206	34	74	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	33	200	16	358	- 158
Drownings	34	199	51	10	+ 189
Parkinson's Disease	35	197	25	132	+ 64
Fires	36	162	46	16	+ 146
Violence	37	148	4	1,484	- 1,336
Skin Disease	38	120	22	145	- 25
HIV/AIDS	39	116	7	757	- 641
Tuberculosis	40	112	54	8	+ 104
Endocrine Disorders	41	93	20	176	- 84
Hepatitis C	42	83	64	0	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	43	73	23	139	- 66
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	71	81	0	+ 71
Epilepsy	45	69	41	46	+ 24
Asthma	46	65	36	65	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	64	44	27	+ 37
Drug Use	48	64	48	13	+ 51
Poisonings	49	36	57	2	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	50	32	56	3	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	31	50	11	+ 20
Meningitis	52	23	47	16	+ 8
Anemia	53	22	83	0	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	21	42	35	- 13
Birth Trauma	55	18	37	65	- 47
Low Birth Weight	56	18	18	241	- 223
Schizophrenia	57	12	85	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	11	82	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	59	7	53	9	- 2
Maternal Conditions	60	7	43	35	- 27
Oral conditions	61	6	80	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	6	65	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	5	59	1	+ 4
Malnutrition	64	3	40	48	- 45
Syphilis	65	2	60	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	49	13	- 13
Pertussis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	84	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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Jamaica

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.