JAMAICA VS MAURITIUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MAURITIUS		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	4,036	2	2,077	+ 1,959
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,889	3	1,726	+ 2,163
Stroke	3	2,122	1	2,415	- 292
Kidney Disease	4	1,560	6	793	+ 768
Lung Disease	5	1,393	11	452	+ 941
Hypertension	6	1,275	8	651	+ 624
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	746	15	393	+ 353
Breast Cancer	8	500	14	413	+ 87
Lung Cancers	9	393	10	472	- 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	393	13	436	- 44
Road Traffic Accidents	11	335	12	444	- 109
Liver Disease	12	313	21	155	+ 159
HIV/AIDS	13	304	7	757	- 454
Suicide	14	259	35	70	+ 189
Prostate Cancer	15	248	5	883	- 635
Inflammatory/Heart	16	233	24	133	+ 100
Asthma	17	230	36	65	+ 165
Stomach Cancer	18	225	19	231	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	19	217	20	176	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	20	165	45	19	+ 147
Other Injuries	21	142	31	91	+ 51
Skin Disease	22	139	22	145	- 6
Oral Cancer	23	136	39	59	+ 78
Lymphomas	24	122	17	251	- 129
Congenital Anomalies	25	122	23	139	- 16
Falls	26	122	33	82	+ 40
Liver Cancer	27	121	29	101	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	28	118	27	119	- 1
Alcohol	29	115	55	7	+ 107
Cervical Cancer	30	106	16	358	- 252
Leukemia	31	104	26	129	- 25
Ovary Cancer	32	98	30	97	+ 1
Drownings	33	93	51	10	+ 83
Alzheimers & Dementia	34	90	9	587	- 497
Low Birth Weight	35	79	18	241	- 161
Birth Trauma	36	79	37	65	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	37	76	34	74	+ 3
Epilepsy	38	75	41	46	+ 29
Anemia	39	72	83	0	+ 72
Uterin Cancer	40	68	28	106	- 38
Violence	41	64	4	1,484	- 1,420
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	49	42	35	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	48	32	82	- 34
Bladder Cancer	44	45	38	60	- 15
Tuberculosis	45	37	54	8	+ 30
Drug Use	46	35	48	13	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	47	25	25	132	- 107
Maternal Conditions	48	23	43	35	- 11
Poisonings	49	23	57	2	+ 20
Fires	50	22	46	16	+ 7
Hepatitis C	51	19	64	0	+ 19
Schizophrenia	52	11	85	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	53	10	52	10	- 0
Malnutrition	54	8	40	48	- 39
Oral conditions	55	7	80	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	7	44	27	- 20
Meningitis	57	5	47	16	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	2	53	9	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	50	11	- 9
Encephalitis	61	2	49	13	- 11
War	62	0	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	64	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	59	1	- 1
Pertussis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	60	1	- 1
Dengue	68	0	58	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	70	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	76	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	80	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	83	0	82	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	84	0	56	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.