JAMAICA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,478	3	1,726	+ 3,752
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,479	2	2,077	+ 1,402
Stroke	3	3,377	1	2,415	+ 962
Kidney Disease	4	1,594	6	793	+ 801
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,468	15	393	+ 1,075
Lung Disease	6	1,169	11	452	+ 717
Suicide	7	910	35	70	+ 840
Hypertension	8	769	8	651	+ 118
Liver Disease	9	672	21	155	+ 517
Lung Cancers	10	650	10	472	+ 178
Drownings	11	488	51	10	+ 478
Breast Cancer	12	481	14	413	+ 68
Asthma	13	451	36	65	+ 386
Low Birth Weight	14	424	18	241	+ 184
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	389	44	27	+ 362
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	381	42	35	+ 346
Other Injuries	17	377	31	91	+ 286
Congenital Anomalies	18	376	23	139	+ 238
Tuberculosis	19	355	54	8	+ 347
Stomach Cancer	20	333	19	231	+ 102
Birth Trauma	21	307	37	65	+ 242
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	239	13	436	- 197
Cervical Cancer	23	236	16	358	- 122
Liver Cancer	24	231	29	101	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	188	32	82	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	185	9	587	- 402
Falls	27	174	33	82	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	28	171	24	133	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	29	156	5	883	- 727
Endocrine Disorders	30	150	20	176	- 26
Violence	31	149	4	1,484	- 1,335
Leukemia	32	142	26	129	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	33	132	25	132	- 0
Maternal Conditions	34	104	43	35	+ 69
Pancreas Cancer	35	103	27	119	- 16
Lymphomas	36	102	17	251	- 149
Pertussis	37	100	67	0	+ 100
Oral Cancer	38	96	39	59	+ 37
Meningitis	39	90	47	16	+ 75
Syphilis	40	86	60	1	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	41	81	28	106	- 25
Skin Disease	42	78	22	145	- 68
Epilepsy	43	77	41	46	+ 32
Malnutrition	44	75	40	48	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	45	65	30	97	- 32
Alcohol	46	64	55	7	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	47	62	34	74	- 12
Fires	48	57	46	16	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	49	44	38	60	- 15
Poisonings	50	29	57	2	+ 27
Skin Cancers	51	26	52	10	+ 16
Drug Use	52	18	48	13	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	17	49	13	+ 4
Appendicitis	54	13	53	9	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	55	11	45	19	- 8
Measles	56	10	77	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	57	9	59	1	+ 8
Road Traffic Accidents	58	5	12	444	- 439
Tetanus	59	5	63	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	50	11	- 7
Dengue	61	4	58	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	56	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	7	757	- 757
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Micronesia

Jamaica

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.