JAMAICA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,727	3	1,726	+ 1,001
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,288	9	587	+ 1,701
Lung Disease	3	1,395	11	452	+ 944
Stroke	4	1,269	1	2,415	- 1,146
Lung Cancers	5	1,189	10	472	+ 716
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	921	15	393	+ 528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	916	13	436	+ 479
Prostate Cancer	8	601	5	883	- 283
Falls	9	398	33	82	+ 316
Pancreas Cancer	10	395	27	119	+ 276
Breast Cancer	11	358	14	413	- 56
Lymphomas	12	331	17	251	+ 80
Suicide	13	325	35	70	+ 254
Kidney Disease	14	313	6	793	- 480
Other Injuries	15	299	31	91	+ 208
Diabetes Mellitus	16	287	2	2,077	- 1,790
Parkinson's Disease	17	284	25	132	+ 152
Skin Cancers	18	209	52	10	+ 199
Endocrine Disorders	19	184	20	176	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	20	183	38	60	+ 123
Leukemia	21	181	26	129	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	22	176	19	231	- 55
Other Neoplasms	23	166	45	19	+ 148
Ovary Cancer	24	158	30	97	+ 61
Drug Use	25	135	48	13	+ 122
Liver Cancer	26	133	29	101	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	27	127	34	74	+ 53
Hypertension	28	118	8	651	- 533
Inflammatory/Heart	29	113	24	133	- 20
Liver Disease	30	109	21	155	- 45
Alcohol	31	105	55	7	+ 97
Oral Cancer	32	86	39	59	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	82	32	82	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	34	70	23	139	- 69
Malnutrition	35	69	40	48	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	36	69	28	106	- 37
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	66	42	35	+ 31
Skin Disease	38	65	22	145	- 80
Cervical Cancer	39	64	16	358	- 294
Epilepsy	40	61	41	46	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	41	61	56	3	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	42	59	12	444	- 386
Asthma	43	43	36	65	- 22
Anemia	44	38	83	0	+ 38
Drownings	45	33	51	10	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	31	44	27	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	31	50	11	+ 20
Fires	48	23	46	16	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	17	81	0	+ 17
Violence	50	16	4	1,484	- 1,468
Osteoarthritis	51	14	82	0	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	52	12	18	241	- 229
Schizophrenia	53	12	85	0	+ 12
Birth Trauma	54	9	37	65	- 56
Hepatitis C	55	9	64	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	56	8	54	8	- 0
Poisonings	57	7	57	2	+ 5
Meningitis	58	7	47	16	- 9
Appendicitis	59	6	53	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	6	65	0	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	61	5	7	757	- 752
Oral conditions	62	4	80	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	1	+ 1
Pertussis	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	66	1	43	35	- 34
Syphilis	67	0	60	1	- 0
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	63	0	- 0
Encephalitis	70	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	62	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	84	0	72	0	- 0
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.