JAMAICA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,578	3	1,726	+ 6,852
Stroke	2	2,383	1	2,415	- 32
Lung Cancers	3	1,879	10	472	+ 1,406
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,457	15	393	+ 1,065
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,065	13	436	+ 628
Lung Disease	6	997	11	452	+ 545
Other Neoplasms	7	675	45	19	+ 656
Diabetes Mellitus	8	652	2	2,077	- 1,425
Breast Cancer	9	581	14	413	+ 167
Liver Disease	10	577	21	155	+ 422
Prostate Cancer	11	473	5	883	- 411
Stomach Cancer	12	431	19	231	+ 200
Pancreas Cancer	13	396	27	119	+ 277
Alcohol	14	382	55	7	+ 374
Hypertension	15	360	8	651	- 291
Falls	16	343	33	82	+ 261
Bladder Cancer	17	343	38	60	+ 283
Suicide	18	312	35	70	+ 242
Lymphomas	19	302	17	251	+ 51
Kidney Disease	20	296	6	793	- 497
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	270	9	587	- 318
Road Traffic Accidents	22	259	12	444	- 185
Inflammatory/Heart	23	255	24	133	+ 121
Leukemia	24	252	26	129	+ 123
Oral Cancer	25	246	39	59	+ 187
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	225	32	82	+ 143
Ovary Cancer	27	213	30	97	+ 116
Other Injuries	28	184	31	91	+ 93
Liver Cancer	29	167	29	101	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	30	158	28	106	+ 52
Skin Cancers	31	157	52	10	+ 147
Cervical Cancer	32	139	16	358	- 219
Oesophagus Cancer	33	131	34	74	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	34	109	25	132	- 23
Epilepsy	35	83	41	46	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	36	67	23	139	- 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	61	42	35	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	38	61	20	176	- 116
Drownings	39	46	51	10	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	45	44	27	+ 18
Tuberculosis	41	43	54	8	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	42	42	18	241	- 198
Asthma	43	39	36	65	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	44	37	56	3	+ 33
Fires	45	35	46	16	+ 19
Skin Disease	46	34	22	145	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	27	50	11	+ 16
Drug Use	48	23	48	13	+ 10
Violence	49	21	4	1,484	- 1,463
Malnutrition	50	21	40	48	- 27
Poisonings	51	15	57	2	+ 13
Hepatitis C	52	14	64	0	+ 14
Meningitis	53	12	47	16	- 3
HIV/AIDS	54	8	7	757	- 749
Appendicitis	55	5	53	9	- 4
Hepatitis B	56	4	59	1	+ 3
Birth Trauma	57	4	37	65	- 61
Schizophrenia	58	2	85	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	1	65	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	61	1	82	0	+ 1
Anemia	62	1	83	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	43	35	- 34
Encephalitis	64	0	49	13	- 13
Oral conditions	65	0	80	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	60	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	58	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Poland

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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.