JAMAICA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,563	3	1,726	+ 1,837
Stroke	2	3,414	1	2,415	+ 999
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,989	9	587	+ 1,402
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,895	15	393	+ 1,502
Lung Cancers	5	1,219	10	472	+ 746
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,214	13	436	+ 778
Lung Disease	7	1,186	11	452	+ 734
Diabetes Mellitus	8	996	2	2,077	- 1,081
Kidney Disease	9	776	6	793	- 17
Stomach Cancer	10	700	19	231	+ 470
Prostate Cancer	11	588	5	883	- 296
Breast Cancer	12	552	14	413	+ 139
Other Injuries	13	536	31	91	+ 445
Hypertension	14	520	8	651	- 131
Pancreas Cancer	15	462	27	119	+ 343
Lymphomas	16	445	17	251	+ 194
Endocrine Disorders	17	428	20	176	+ 252
Liver Cancer	18	351	29	101	+ 250
Suicide	19	324	35	70	+ 254
Bladder Cancer	20	324	38	60	+ 264
Parkinson's Disease	21	315	25	132	+ 183
Liver Disease	22	311	21	155	+ 157
Falls	23	286	33	82	+ 204
Leukemia	24	281	26	129	+ 152
Oral Cancer	25	252	39	59	+ 194
Inflammatory/Heart	26	251	24	133	+ 118
Road Traffic Accidents	27	232	12	444	- 212
Other Neoplasms	28	180	45	19	+ 162
Oesophagus Cancer	29	172	34	74	+ 98
Skin Cancers	30	145	52	10	+ 135
Epilepsy	31	115	41	46	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	32	112	28	106	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	33	110	30	97	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	34	91	16	358	- 267
HIV/AIDS	35	88	7	757	- 669
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	64	42	35	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	63	32	82	- 19
Tuberculosis	38	59	54	8	+ 51
Skin Disease	39	56	22	145	- 89
Congenital Anomalies	40	54	23	139	- 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	47	44	27	+ 20
Anemia	42	42	83	0	+ 42
Asthma	43	41	36	65	- 25
Drug Use	44	36	48	13	+ 22
Alcohol	45	31	55	7	+ 23
Fires	46	30	46	16	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	27	50	11	+ 16
Violence	48	27	4	1,484	- 1,458
Hepatitis C	49	24	64	0	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	23	81	0	+ 23
Drownings	51	22	51	10	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	52	22	18	241	- 219
Malnutrition	53	22	40	48	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	54	16	56	3	+ 12
Schizophrenia	55	14	85	0	+ 14
Meningitis	56	12	47	16	- 4
Poisonings	57	8	57	2	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	8	82	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	59	7	59	1	+ 6
Birth Trauma	60	7	37	65	- 58
Appendicitis	61	6	53	9	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	4	65	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	63	2	43	35	- 33
Syphilis	64	1	60	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	68	0	71	0	+ 0
War	69	0	61	1	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Tetanus	73	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	62	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	58	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Portugal

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.