JAMAICA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,754	3	1,726	+ 1,028
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,253	9	587	+ 666
Lung Cancers	3	1,093	10	472	+ 620
Stroke	4	1,081	1	2,415	- 1,334
Lung Disease	5	1,020	11	452	+ 568
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	551	13	436	+ 115
Breast Cancer	7	476	14	413	+ 63
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	468	15	393	+ 75
Kidney Disease	9	382	6	793	- 411
Other Injuries	10	372	31	91	+ 281
Pancreas Cancer	11	344	27	119	+ 225
Liver Disease	12	316	21	155	+ 161
Suicide	13	292	35	70	+ 222
Lymphomas	14	271	17	251	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	15	268	5	883	- 616
Parkinson's Disease	16	260	25	132	+ 128
Diabetes Mellitus	17	257	2	2,077	- 1,820
Falls	18	255	33	82	+ 173
Hypertension	19	226	8	651	- 425
Leukemia	20	223	26	129	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	21	222	20	176	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	22	215	19	231	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	23	206	24	133	+ 73
Other Neoplasms	24	205	45	19	+ 187
Liver Cancer	25	204	29	101	+ 103
Bladder Cancer	26	184	38	60	+ 125
Ovary Cancer	27	148	30	97	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	28	134	34	74	+ 60
Alcohol	29	106	55	7	+ 99
Road Traffic Accidents	30	106	12	444	- 338
Skin Cancers	31	91	52	10	+ 81
Malnutrition	32	82	40	48	+ 34
Oral Cancer	33	80	39	59	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	80	44	27	+ 53
Epilepsy	35	71	41	46	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	36	66	28	106	- 40
Congenital Anomalies	37	44	23	139	- 95
Cervical Cancer	38	40	16	358	- 318
Drug Use	39	39	48	13	+ 26
Anemia	40	35	83	0	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	28	32	82	- 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	26	42	35	- 9
Schizophrenia	43	24	85	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	44	23	22	145	- 123
Asthma	45	19	36	65	- 46
Multiple Sclerosis	46	17	56	3	+ 14
Hepatitis C	47	16	64	0	+ 15
Violence	48	13	4	1,484	- 1,471
Low Birth Weight	49	13	18	241	- 228
Osteoarthritis	50	11	82	0	+ 11
Fires	51	11	46	16	- 5
HIV/AIDS	52	10	7	757	- 747
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	50	11	- 2
Drownings	54	8	51	10	- 2
Tuberculosis	55	8	54	8	+ 0
Poisonings	56	6	57	2	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	5	81	0	+ 5
Meningitis	58	3	47	16	- 13
Birth Trauma	59	3	37	65	- 62
Hepatitis B	60	2	59	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	2	65	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	62	1	53	9	- 8
Maternal Conditions	63	1	43	35	- 33
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	49	13	- 12
Syphilis	66	1	60	1	- 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	62	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	58	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	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.