JAMAICA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,536	3	1,726	+ 810
Stroke	2	998	1	2,415	- 1,416
Road Traffic Accidents	3	554	12	444	+ 110
Kidney Disease	4	455	6	793	- 338
War	5	405	61	1	+ 404
Hypertension	6	351	8	651	- 300
Tuberculosis	7	312	54	8	+ 304
Diabetes Mellitus	8	308	2	2,077	- 1,769
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	285	15	393	- 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	285	9	587	- 302
Liver Disease	11	242	21	155	+ 87
Lung Disease	12	233	11	452	- 219
Lung Cancers	13	227	10	472	- 245
Congenital Anomalies	14	189	23	139	+ 50
Other Injuries	15	166	31	91	+ 75
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	164	13	436	- 273
Drug Use	17	142	48	13	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	18	138	18	241	- 103
Suicide	19	116	35	70	+ 46
Asthma	20	114	36	65	+ 49
HIV/AIDS	21	86	7	757	- 671
Leukemia	22	83	26	129	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	23	80	27	119	- 39
Falls	24	78	33	82	- 4
Breast Cancer	25	73	14	413	- 340
Lymphomas	26	72	17	251	- 178
Parkinson's Disease	27	61	25	132	- 71
Liver Cancer	28	59	29	101	- 43
Endocrine Disorders	29	59	20	176	- 118
Violence	30	56	4	1,484	- 1,429
Bladder Cancer	31	52	38	60	- 7
Cervical Cancer	32	52	16	358	- 306
Stomach Cancer	33	51	19	231	- 179
Birth Trauma	34	51	37	65	- 14
Maternal Conditions	35	47	43	35	+ 13
Fires	36	44	46	16	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	37	41	24	133	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	38	32	82	- 44
Prostate Cancer	39	37	5	883	- 847
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	35	42	35	+ 0
Oral Cancer	41	31	39	59	- 28
Ovary Cancer	42	29	30	97	- 68
Drownings	43	28	51	10	+ 18
Epilepsy	44	26	41	46	- 20
Poisonings	45	21	57	2	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	19	44	27	- 8
Meningitis	47	16	47	16	+ 0
Hepatitis B	48	13	59	1	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	49	13	34	74	- 61
Alcohol	50	8	55	7	+ 1
Skin Cancers	51	8	52	10	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	52	8	56	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	7	49	13	- 6
Skin Disease	54	7	22	145	- 139
Pertussis	55	6	67	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	6	53	9	- 3
Malnutrition	57	4	40	48	- 44
Other Neoplasms	58	4	45	19	- 15
Schistosomiasis	59	3	74	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	60	3	28	106	- 103
Syphilis	61	2	60	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	50	11	- 10
Leishmaniasis	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	65	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	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.