JAMAICA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,173	3	1,726	+ 9,447
Stroke	2	7,734	1	2,415	+ 5,319
Hypertension	3	1,713	8	651	+ 1,062
Lung Cancers	4	1,574	10	472	+ 1,101
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,456	15	393	+ 1,063
Liver Disease	6	1,388	21	155	+ 1,233
Lung Disease	7	1,145	11	452	+ 693
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,064	13	436	+ 627
Kidney Disease	9	805	6	793	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	10	690	24	133	+ 556
Breast Cancer	11	599	14	413	+ 186
Stomach Cancer	12	538	19	231	+ 307
Liver Cancer	13	484	29	101	+ 383
Pancreas Cancer	14	457	27	119	+ 338
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	442	9	587	- 146
Prostate Cancer	16	381	5	883	- 502
Oral Cancer	17	356	39	59	+ 298
Diabetes Mellitus	18	347	2	2,077	- 1,730
Other Injuries	19	333	31	91	+ 242
Road Traffic Accidents	20	310	12	444	- 134
Suicide	21	294	35	70	+ 223
Cervical Cancer	22	291	16	358	- 67
Bladder Cancer	23	267	38	60	+ 207
Falls	24	234	33	82	+ 152
Lymphomas	25	215	17	251	- 35
Leukemia	26	209	26	129	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	27	173	30	97	+ 76
Tuberculosis	28	158	54	8	+ 150
Skin Cancers	29	156	52	10	+ 146
Oesophagus Cancer	30	117	34	74	+ 44
Parkinson's Disease	31	115	25	132	- 17
Drownings	32	93	51	10	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	83	32	82	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	34	81	28	106	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	69	44	27	+ 42
Fires	36	66	46	16	+ 50
Alcohol	37	64	55	7	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	38	57	23	139	- 82
Poisonings	39	57	57	2	+ 55
Drug Use	40	54	48	13	+ 41
Low Birth Weight	41	49	18	241	- 191
Epilepsy	42	49	41	46	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	43	45	45	19	+ 26
Violence	44	40	4	1,484	- 1,445
Asthma	45	35	36	65	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	35	42	35	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	47	34	7	757	- 723
Endocrine Disorders	48	30	20	176	- 146
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	22	81	0	+ 22
Malnutrition	50	22	40	48	- 26
Schizophrenia	51	16	85	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	52	15	64	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	53	15	22	145	- 130
Meningitis	54	12	47	16	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	55	10	56	3	+ 7
Anemia	56	9	83	0	+ 9
Birth Trauma	57	6	37	65	- 59
Maternal Conditions	58	5	43	35	- 29
Hepatitis B	59	5	59	1	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	3	53	9	- 6
Measles	61	1	77	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	1	49	13	- 12
Upper Respiratory	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	64	0	80	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	1	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	60	1	- 1
Tetanus	67	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	62	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	58	1	- 1
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	50	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	86	0	82	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.