JAMAICA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,328	15	393	+ 935
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,193	3	1,726	- 533
Stroke	3	669	1	2,415	- 1,746
Kidney Disease	4	627	6	793	- 166
Liver Disease	5	552	21	155	+ 397
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	503	9	587	- 84
Stomach Cancer	7	439	19	231	+ 209
Diabetes Mellitus	8	384	2	2,077	- 1,693
Road Traffic Accidents	9	382	12	444	- 62
Lung Cancers	10	274	10	472	- 198
Prostate Cancer	11	274	5	883	- 609
Violence	12	261	4	1,484	- 1,223
Other Injuries	13	249	31	91	+ 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	229	13	436	- 208
Lung Disease	15	218	11	452	- 234
Liver Cancer	16	214	29	101	+ 113
Tuberculosis	17	206	54	8	+ 198
Lymphomas	18	195	17	251	- 56
Congenital Anomalies	19	173	23	139	+ 34
Breast Cancer	20	171	14	413	- 243
Cervical Cancer	21	167	16	358	- 191
Leukemia	22	160	26	129	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	23	139	27	119	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	24	128	18	241	- 113
Falls	25	111	33	82	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	26	110	25	132	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	96	42	35	+ 61
Hypertension	28	92	8	651	- 559
Malnutrition	29	87	40	48	+ 39
Suicide	30	78	35	70	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	31	74	7	757	- 684
Skin Cancers	32	68	52	10	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	33	62	30	97	- 35
Drug Use	34	55	48	13	+ 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	53	32	82	- 30
Drownings	36	51	51	10	+ 40
Birth Trauma	37	47	37	65	- 19
Oral Cancer	38	45	39	59	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	39	43	24	133	- 91
Endocrine Disorders	40	41	20	176	- 135
Bladder Cancer	41	40	38	60	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	42	34	34	74	- 40
Maternal Conditions	43	30	43	35	- 5
Alcohol	44	28	55	7	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	45	26	28	106	- 80
Encephalitis	46	24	49	13	+ 11
Epilepsy	47	23	41	46	- 23
Pertussis	48	23	67	0	+ 23
Fires	49	21	46	16	+ 5
Asthma	50	18	36	65	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	17	44	27	- 9
Syphilis	52	16	60	1	+ 15
Appendicitis	53	15	53	9	+ 6
Skin Disease	54	14	22	145	- 132
Poisonings	55	11	57	2	+ 9
Meningitis	56	10	47	16	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	9	50	11	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	5	45	19	- 14
Chagas disease	59	4	73	0	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	63	0	+ 4
Malaria	61	3	72	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	56	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	59	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	66	0	58	1	- 1
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	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

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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.