JAMAICA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,094	15	393	+ 701
Stroke	2	1,049	1	2,415	- 1,366
Road Traffic Accidents	3	771	12	444	+ 327
Coronary Heart Disease	4	747	3	1,726	- 979
Malaria	5	684	72	0	+ 684
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	647	42	35	+ 612
HIV/AIDS	7	586	7	757	- 172
Liver Disease	8	528	21	155	+ 373
Low Birth Weight	9	454	18	241	+ 214
Birth Trauma	10	391	37	65	+ 326
Diabetes Mellitus	11	385	2	2,077	- 1,692
Congenital Anomalies	12	368	23	139	+ 230
Lung Disease	13	322	11	452	- 130
Hypertension	14	281	8	651	- 369
Kidney Disease	15	250	6	793	- 543
Malnutrition	16	242	40	48	+ 194
Other Injuries	17	196	31	91	+ 105
Cervical Cancer	18	195	16	358	- 163
Meningitis	19	176	47	16	+ 160
Stomach Cancer	20	162	19	231	- 69
Maternal Conditions	21	150	43	35	+ 115
Asthma	22	149	36	65	+ 83
Liver Cancer	23	146	29	101	+ 45
Suicide	24	146	35	70	+ 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	136	9	587	- 451
Tuberculosis	26	130	54	8	+ 122
Breast Cancer	27	124	14	413	- 289
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	123	13	436	- 314
Violence	29	114	4	1,484	- 1,371
Lymphomas	30	93	17	251	- 158
Falls	31	85	33	82	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	32	82	5	883	- 801
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	75	32	82	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	34	72	24	133	- 61
Leukemia	35	66	26	129	- 63
Drownings	36	59	51	10	+ 49
Oral Cancer	37	56	39	59	- 2
Fires	38	56	46	16	+ 40
Lung Cancers	39	49	10	472	- 424
Poisonings	40	46	57	2	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	41	45	20	176	- 131
Pertussis	42	45	67	0	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	43	44	27	119	- 74
Oesophagus Cancer	44	44	34	74	- 30
Epilepsy	45	40	41	46	- 6
Syphilis	46	36	60	1	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	47	30	25	132	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	28	44	27	+ 2
Alcohol	49	26	55	7	+ 19
Skin Cancers	50	23	52	10	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	51	23	74	0	+ 23
Skin Disease	52	21	22	145	- 124
Ovary Cancer	53	19	30	97	- 78
Appendicitis	54	15	53	9	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	14	59	1	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	56	12	28	106	- 94
Upper Respiratory	57	12	65	0	+ 12
Tetanus	58	11	63	0	+ 11
Measles	59	11	77	0	+ 11
Drug Use	60	9	48	13	- 4
Encephalitis	61	8	49	13	- 5
Bladder Cancer	62	7	38	60	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	5	50	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	64	3	45	19	- 15
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	2	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
War	69	1	61	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	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.