JAMAICA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,001	3	1,726	+ 1,275
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,918	15	393	+ 1,525
Stroke	3	1,764	1	2,415	- 651
Road Traffic Accidents	4	587	12	444	+ 143
Lung Disease	5	542	11	452	+ 90
Kidney Disease	6	542	6	793	- 251
Liver Disease	7	419	21	155	+ 264
Lung Cancers	8	353	10	472	- 120
Diabetes Mellitus	9	336	2	2,077	- 1,742
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	326	9	587	- 261
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	313	13	436	- 123
Breast Cancer	12	251	14	413	- 162
HIV/AIDS	13	219	7	757	- 538
Other Injuries	14	182	31	91	+ 91
Skin Disease	15	169	22	145	+ 23
Liver Cancer	16	162	29	101	+ 61
Oral Cancer	17	152	39	59	+ 94
Falls	18	152	33	82	+ 70
Suicide	19	149	35	70	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	145	42	35	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	21	118	19	231	- 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	116	32	82	+ 34
Leukemia	23	115	26	129	- 13
Congenital Anomalies	24	115	23	139	- 24
Lymphomas	25	108	17	251	- 143
Tuberculosis	26	100	54	8	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	27	99	24	133	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	28	90	25	132	- 42
Low Birth Weight	29	83	18	241	- 157
Asthma	30	83	36	65	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	31	83	16	358	- 275
Pancreas Cancer	32	81	27	119	- 37
Prostate Cancer	33	74	5	883	- 810
Violence	34	71	4	1,484	- 1,413
Ovary Cancer	35	68	30	97	- 29
Drownings	36	67	51	10	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	37	66	20	176	- 110
Hypertension	38	53	8	651	- 598
Bladder Cancer	39	38	38	60	- 21
Encephalitis	40	37	49	13	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	41	35	34	74	- 38
Birth Trauma	42	29	37	65	- 36
Uterin Cancer	43	29	28	106	- 77
Fires	44	27	46	16	+ 12
Drug Use	45	26	48	13	+ 13
Meningitis	46	25	47	16	+ 9
Dengue	47	23	58	1	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	48	22	45	19	+ 3
Malnutrition	49	20	40	48	- 27
Skin Cancers	50	20	52	10	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	20	44	27	- 7
Epilepsy	52	18	41	46	- 27
Poisonings	53	17	57	2	+ 15
Hepatitis B	54	17	59	1	+ 16
Alcohol	55	15	55	7	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	56	14	43	35	- 21
Pertussis	57	7	67	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	6	53	9	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	56	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	50	11	- 9
Tetanus	61	2	63	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	60	1	+ 1
War	63	1	61	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	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.