JAMAICA VS MADAGASCAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MADAGASCAR		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,722	1	2,415	- 692
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,400	15	393	+ 1,007
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,188	3	1,726	- 538
Tuberculosis	4	1,113	54	8	+ 1,105
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,063	42	35	+ 1,028
Measles	6	879	77	0	+ 879
Road Traffic Accidents	7	755	12	444	+ 311
Hypertension	8	595	8	651	- 56
Malaria	9	528	72	0	+ 528
Low Birth Weight	10	513	18	241	+ 273
Birth Trauma	11	513	37	65	+ 448
Liver Disease	12	460	21	155	+ 306
Malnutrition	13	406	40	48	+ 358
Lung Disease	14	379	11	452	- 73
Congenital Anomalies	15	324	23	139	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	16	314	2	2,077	- 1,763
Cervical Cancer	17	290	16	358	- 68
Maternal Conditions	18	266	43	35	+ 232
Asthma	19	240	36	65	+ 175
Meningitis	20	229	47	16	+ 214
Other Injuries	21	226	31	91	+ 135
Kidney Disease	22	211	6	793	- 582
Violence	23	168	4	1,484	- 1,317
Suicide	24	141	35	70	+ 71
HIV/AIDS	25	129	7	757	- 629
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	107	9	587	- 480
Oesophagus Cancer	27	104	34	74	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	28	100	24	133	- 33
Prostate Cancer	29	95	5	883	- 788
Liver Cancer	30	89	29	101	- 12
Drownings	31	79	51	10	+ 69
Oral Cancer	32	67	39	59	+ 8
Syphilis	33	65	60	1	+ 64
Lymphomas	34	65	17	251	- 186
Fires	35	63	46	16	+ 48
Falls	36	63	33	82	- 19
Breast Cancer	37	60	14	413	- 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	60	44	27	+ 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	58	13	436	- 378
Poisonings	40	55	57	2	+ 52
Pertussis	41	50	67	0	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	47	32	82	- 35
Skin Cancers	43	45	52	10	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	44	44	20	176	- 132
Leukemia	45	38	26	129	- 90
Epilepsy	46	37	41	46	- 9
Stomach Cancer	47	35	19	231	- 195
Bladder Cancer	48	27	38	60	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	49	25	25	132	- 107
Schistosomiasis	50	25	74	0	+ 25
Skin Disease	51	18	22	145	- 127
Tetanus	52	18	63	0	+ 18
Alcohol	53	15	55	7	+ 8
War	54	15	61	1	+ 14
Lung Cancers	55	14	10	472	- 458
Appendicitis	56	14	53	9	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	57	13	30	97	- 84
Hepatitis B	58	9	59	1	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	59	9	28	106	- 97
Encephalitis	60	9	49	13	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	61	8	27	119	- 111
Drug Use	62	6	48	13	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	5	65	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	50	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	65	2	45	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	56	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	2	64	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	1	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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
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.