JAMAICA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,043	7	757	+ 5,286
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,074	15	393	+ 3,682
Stroke	3	3,571	1	2,415	+ 1,156
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,984	42	35	+ 2,950
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,663	3	1,726	+ 937
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,535	2	2,077	+ 458
Suicide	7	1,951	35	70	+ 1,881
Tuberculosis	8	1,532	54	8	+ 1,524
Lung Disease	9	1,397	11	452	+ 945
Kidney Disease	10	1,286	6	793	+ 493
Hypertension	11	1,255	8	651	+ 604
Low Birth Weight	12	1,213	18	241	+ 972
Violence	13	1,171	4	1,484	- 313
Liver Disease	14	1,004	21	155	+ 849
Birth Trauma	15	909	37	65	+ 844
Road Traffic Accidents	16	860	12	444	+ 416
Asthma	17	859	36	65	+ 794
Other Injuries	18	675	31	91	+ 585
Congenital Anomalies	19	494	23	139	+ 355
Cervical Cancer	20	472	16	358	+ 114
Malnutrition	21	453	40	48	+ 405
Meningitis	22	403	47	16	+ 387
Inflammatory/Heart	23	387	24	133	+ 253
Maternal Conditions	24	370	43	35	+ 336
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	353	32	82	+ 271
Fires	26	341	46	16	+ 325
Endocrine Disorders	27	298	20	176	+ 121
Drownings	28	253	51	10	+ 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	246	9	587	- 341
Epilepsy	30	182	41	46	+ 136
Falls	31	162	33	82	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	159	44	27	+ 133
Poisonings	33	141	57	2	+ 138
Breast Cancer	34	123	14	413	- 290
Prostate Cancer	35	102	5	883	- 781
Lymphomas	36	99	17	251	- 152
Oesophagus Cancer	37	93	34	74	+ 19
Alcohol	38	90	55	7	+ 82
Liver Cancer	39	90	29	101	- 12
Skin Disease	40	89	22	145	- 57
Parkinson's Disease	41	69	25	132	- 63
Oral Cancer	42	65	39	59	+ 7
Lung Cancers	43	65	10	472	- 408
Pertussis	44	65	67	0	+ 65
Syphilis	45	64	60	1	+ 63
Skin Cancers	46	59	52	10	+ 49
Tetanus	47	57	63	0	+ 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	50	13	436	- 386
Leukemia	49	49	26	129	- 80
Drug Use	50	40	48	13	+ 27
Hepatitis B	51	34	59	1	+ 33
Appendicitis	52	32	53	9	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	53	31	30	97	- 66
Uterin Cancer	54	30	28	106	- 76
Upper Respiratory	55	23	65	0	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	23	50	11	+ 12
Encephalitis	57	17	49	13	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	15	27	119	- 103
Measles	59	15	77	0	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	60	14	19	231	- 217
Bladder Cancer	61	12	38	60	- 47
Other Neoplasms	62	12	45	19	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	56	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	64	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	2	62	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	69	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	1	66	0	+ 1
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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.