JAMAICA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,261	15	393	+ 1,868
Malaria	2	1,825	72	0	+ 1,825
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,718	42	35	+ 1,684
Low Birth Weight	4	1,025	18	241	+ 784
Stroke	5	934	1	2,415	- 1,480
Coronary Heart Disease	6	882	3	1,726	- 844
Birth Trauma	7	861	37	65	+ 796
Road Traffic Accidents	8	637	12	444	+ 193
Meningitis	9	561	47	16	+ 546
Congenital Anomalies	10	466	23	139	+ 327
Liver Disease	11	441	21	155	+ 286
Other Injuries	12	410	31	91	+ 319
Tuberculosis	13	397	54	8	+ 389
Maternal Conditions	14	356	43	35	+ 321
Pertussis	15	306	67	0	+ 306
Kidney Disease	16	293	6	793	- 500
Diabetes Mellitus	17	282	2	2,077	- 1,795
Measles	18	259	77	0	+ 259
Violence	19	241	4	1,484	- 1,244
Lung Disease	20	233	11	452	- 219
Malnutrition	21	233	40	48	+ 185
Asthma	22	204	36	65	+ 139
Endocrine Disorders	23	194	20	176	+ 17
Drownings	24	169	51	10	+ 159
Hypertension	25	145	8	651	- 505
Falls	26	139	33	82	+ 57
Suicide	27	132	35	70	+ 61
Fires	28	120	46	16	+ 105
Breast Cancer	29	115	14	413	- 298
HIV/AIDS	30	112	7	757	- 645
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	112	32	82	+ 30
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	92	9	587	- 495
Poisonings	33	83	57	2	+ 80
Inflammatory/Heart	34	82	24	133	- 51
Liver Cancer	35	80	29	101	- 21
Epilepsy	36	72	41	46	+ 27
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	56	13	436	- 380
Cervical Cancer	38	52	16	358	- 306
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	50	44	27	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	40	46	30	97	- 51
War	41	44	61	1	+ 43
Tetanus	42	40	63	0	+ 40
Lymphomas	43	38	17	251	- 213
Stomach Cancer	44	32	19	231	- 198
Skin Cancers	45	31	52	10	+ 21
Hepatitis B	46	30	59	1	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	47	30	25	132	- 103
Leukemia	48	28	26	129	- 101
Oral Cancer	49	26	39	59	- 33
Schistosomiasis	50	25	74	0	+ 25
Leishmaniasis	51	25	71	0	+ 25
Skin Disease	52	23	22	145	- 123
Bladder Cancer	53	17	38	60	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	54	15	27	119	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	55	14	34	74	- 60
Appendicitis	56	14	53	9	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	57	14	5	883	- 870
Drug Use	58	14	48	13	+ 0
Ascariasis	59	13	66	0	+ 13
Alcohol	60	13	55	7	+ 5
Encephalitis	61	12	49	13	- 1
Syphilis	62	12	60	1	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	63	10	65	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	64	9	28	106	- 97
Diphtheria	65	6	68	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	66	5	64	0	+ 5
Lung Cancers	67	4	10	472	- 468
Other Neoplasms	68	3	45	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	56	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	50	11	- 9
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	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.