JAMAICA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,015	3	1,726	+ 5,290
Stroke	2	945	1	2,415	- 1,470
Lung Cancers	3	789	10	472	+ 316
Hypertension	4	751	8	651	+ 100
Kidney Disease	5	654	6	793	- 139
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	639	9	587	+ 51
Road Traffic Accidents	7	593	12	444	+ 149
Breast Cancer	8	519	14	413	+ 106
Diabetes Mellitus	9	492	2	2,077	- 1,585
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	490	15	393	+ 97
Lung Disease	11	468	11	452	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	443	13	436	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	13	371	38	60	+ 311
Liver Disease	14	349	21	155	+ 194
Lymphomas	15	340	17	251	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	16	252	19	231	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	17	233	5	883	- 651
Leukemia	18	176	26	129	+ 47
Asthma	19	157	36	65	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	20	157	23	139	+ 18
Skin Cancers	21	156	52	10	+ 146
Violence	22	150	4	1,484	- 1,334
Drug Use	23	148	48	13	+ 135
Pancreas Cancer	24	143	27	119	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	119	25	132	- 14
Ovary Cancer	26	118	30	97	+ 21
Liver Cancer	27	114	29	101	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	28	100	18	241	- 140
Suicide	29	100	35	70	+ 30
Other Injuries	30	88	31	91	- 2
Oral Cancer	31	85	39	59	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	32	80	24	133	- 53
Falls	33	78	33	82	- 4
Endocrine Disorders	34	76	20	176	- 100
Cervical Cancer	35	71	16	358	- 287
Hepatitis B	36	65	59	1	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	60	32	82	- 22
Uterin Cancer	38	52	28	106	- 54
Fires	39	52	46	16	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	43	42	35	+ 8
Tuberculosis	41	37	54	8	+ 29
Birth Trauma	42	35	37	65	- 30
Drownings	43	32	51	10	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	44	28	34	74	- 46
HIV/AIDS	45	27	7	757	- 730
Epilepsy	46	26	41	46	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	25	44	27	- 2
Poisonings	48	20	57	2	+ 18
Meningitis	49	19	47	16	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	50	16	43	35	- 19
War	51	13	61	1	+ 13
Tetanus	52	12	63	0	+ 12
Skin Disease	53	10	22	145	- 135
Alcohol	54	9	55	7	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	55	9	56	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	8	49	13	- 5
Pertussis	57	8	67	0	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	58	8	45	19	- 11
Measles	59	6	77	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	60	6	40	48	- 42
Appendicitis	61	6	53	9	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	50	11	- 9
Syphilis	63	3	60	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	58	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	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.