AUSTRALIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	30,000	3	10,331	+ 19,669
Coronary Heart Disease	2	23,693	1	21,548	+ 2,145
Diabetes Mellitus	3	22,245	7	4,471	+ 17,774
Kidney Disease	4	12,695	12	3,139	+ 9,556
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,462	8	4,446	+ 6,016
Prostate Cancer	6	8,964	9	3,766	+ 5,198
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,689	29	1,245	+ 7,445
Lung Disease	8	8,416	5	8,487	- 72
Hypertension	9	8,357	23	1,631	+ 6,726
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	7,580	2	15,588	- 8,008
Violence	11	5,894	44	243	+ 5,651
Liver Disease	12	5,550	26	1,421	+ 4,129
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,017	24	1,571	+ 3,446
Breast Cancer	14	4,055	10	3,405	+ 649
Stomach Cancer	15	3,490	27	1,288	+ 2,202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,362	6	6,209	- 2,847
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,214	16	2,328	+ 885
Lung Cancers	18	2,978	4	8,769	- 5,791
Low Birth Weight	19	2,738	43	248	+ 2,490
Skin Disease	20	2,574	34	594	+ 1,980
Other Injuries	21	2,350	22	1,642	+ 707
Suicide	22	2,293	11	3,150	- 856
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,210	19	2,036	+ 173
Lymphomas	24	2,084	15	3,039	- 954
Cervical Cancer	25	1,889	39	342	+ 1,548
Falls	26	1,677	14	3,116	- 1,439
Asthma	27	1,528	36	455	+ 1,072
Drownings	28	1,485	47	177	+ 1,308
Alcohol	29	1,472	37	380	+ 1,092
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,289	33	711	+ 579
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,284	13	3,118	- 1,834
Epilepsy	32	1,134	41	285	+ 849
Malnutrition	33	1,049	51	117	+ 932
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	855	42	276	+ 579
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	729	40	296	+ 434
Leukemia	36	704	18	2,126	- 1,422
Liver Cancer	37	644	20	2,036	- 1,392
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	627	38	379	+ 248
Fires	39	528	55	55	+ 473
Oesophagus Cancer	40	500	25	1,494	- 994
Ovary Cancer	41	498	31	1,003	- 504
Birth Trauma	42	493	50	140	+ 353
Oral Cancer	43	490	32	972	- 482
Tuberculosis	44	465	56	53	+ 412
Uterin Cancer	45	324	35	524	- 200
Drug Use	46	305	21	1,783	- 1,478
Maternal Conditions	47	294	63	20	+ 274
Other Neoplasms	48	289	28	1,252	- 963
Meningitis	49	233	60	37	+ 196
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	208	45	229	- 21
Appendicitis	51	179	62	26	+ 153
Encephalitis	52	175	68	3	+ 173
Dengue	53	94	72	0	+ 94
Multiple Sclerosis	54	71	46	188	- 117
Poisonings	55	42	61	35	+ 7
Tetanus	56	34	70	1	+ 33
Syphilis	57	30	67	3	+ 27
War	58	27	65	8	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	59	20	64	17	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	9	58	41	- 32
Schistosomiasis	61	8	79	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	62	7	77	0	+ 7
Pertussis	63	5	69	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	48	173	- 172
Otitis Media	66	0	66	6	- 6
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	17	2,319	- 2,318
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	49	157	- 157
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	30	1,187	- 1,187
Schizophrenia	73	0	54	64	- 64
Oral conditions	74	0	59	40	- 40
Osteoarthritis	75	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	71	- 71
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	57	50	- 50
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Saint Lucia

Australia

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.