JAMAICA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,921	3	1,726	+ 195
Stroke	2	1,432	1	2,415	- 983
Lung Disease	3	1,275	11	452	+ 824
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,274	2	2,077	- 803
Tuberculosis	5	1,116	54	8	+ 1,108
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	729	15	393	+ 336
Malaria	7	688	72	0	+ 688
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	645	42	35	+ 610
Asthma	9	518	36	65	+ 452
Low Birth Weight	10	467	18	241	+ 226
Birth Trauma	11	423	37	65	+ 358
Road Traffic Accidents	12	311	12	444	- 133
Hypertension	13	308	8	651	- 343
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	301	44	27	+ 275
Violence	15	272	4	1,484	- 1,212
Congenital Anomalies	16	267	23	139	+ 128
Breast Cancer	17	215	14	413	- 199
Kidney Disease	18	193	6	793	- 600
Cervical Cancer	19	187	16	358	- 171
Other Injuries	20	182	31	91	+ 91
Liver Cancer	21	181	29	101	+ 80
Liver Disease	22	176	21	155	+ 21
Lung Cancers	23	175	10	472	- 298
HIV/AIDS	24	172	7	757	- 585
Oral Cancer	25	163	39	59	+ 104
Falls	26	141	33	82	+ 59
Fires	27	137	46	16	+ 122
Stomach Cancer	28	126	19	231	- 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	125	13	436	- 311
Maternal Conditions	30	118	43	35	+ 84
Skin Cancers	31	117	52	10	+ 107
Lymphomas	32	99	17	251	- 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	96	9	587	- 491
Meningitis	34	91	47	16	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	85	32	82	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	36	80	5	883	- 803
Suicide	37	73	35	70	+ 3
Leukemia	38	71	26	129	- 58
Pertussis	39	70	67	0	+ 70
Drownings	40	67	51	10	+ 57
Measles	41	67	77	0	+ 67
Syphilis	42	66	60	1	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	43	64	24	133	- 69
Oesophagus Cancer	44	56	34	74	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	45	52	25	132	- 81
Ovary Cancer	46	50	30	97	- 47
Endocrine Disorders	47	43	20	176	- 133
Malnutrition	48	38	40	48	- 10
Skin Disease	49	35	22	145	- 110
Poisonings	50	34	57	2	+ 32
Epilepsy	51	31	41	46	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	52	30	27	119	- 89
Alcohol	53	26	55	7	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	54	23	38	60	- 36
Uterin Cancer	55	23	28	106	- 83
Tetanus	56	13	63	0	+ 13
Encephalitis	57	9	49	13	- 4
Hepatitis B	58	8	59	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	59	6	53	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	60	4	45	19	- 14
Drug Use	61	4	48	13	- 10
Hepatitis C	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	63	2	66	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	58	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	50	11	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	56	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	65	0	+ 0
War	69	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	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

New Guinea

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.