CHILE VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		CHILE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	20,918	2	9,731	+ 11,187
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,520	1	10,685	+ 5,835
Diabetes Mellitus	3	15,511	10	3,177	+ 12,334
Kidney Disease	4	8,852	3	4,065	+ 4,787
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	7,295	6	3,920	+ 3,375
Prostate Cancer	6	6,250	14	2,435	+ 3,815
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,059	12	2,826	+ 3,232
Lung Disease	8	5,868	4	4,062	+ 1,806
Hypertension	9	5,827	7	3,817	+ 2,011
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,285	5	4,000	+ 1,285
Violence	11	4,110	29	744	+ 3,366
Liver Disease	12	3,870	13	2,647	+ 1,223
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,498	31	709	+ 2,789
Breast Cancer	14	2,827	16	1,689	+ 1,139
Stomach Cancer	15	2,433	8	3,631	- 1,197
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,344	11	3,022	- 678
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,241	22	1,286	+ 954
Lung Cancers	18	2,076	9	3,452	- 1,376
Low Birth Weight	19	1,909	36	437	+ 1,472
Skin Disease	20	1,795	28	763	+ 1,032
Other Injuries	21	1,638	21	1,310	+ 328
Suicide	22	1,599	15	1,700	- 101
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,541	26	790	+ 751
Lymphomas	24	1,453	18	1,394	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	25	1,317	27	780	+ 538
Falls	26	1,169	23	904	+ 265
Asthma	27	1,065	42	295	+ 770
Drownings	28	1,036	44	283	+ 753
Alcohol	29	1,027	47	207	+ 820
Congenital Anomalies	30	899	25	858	+ 41
Pancreas Cancer	31	895	17	1,567	- 672
Epilepsy	32	790	43	294	+ 496
Malnutrition	33	731	37	420	+ 311
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	596	46	223	+ 373
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	508	39	334	+ 174
Leukemia	36	491	24	879	- 388
Liver Cancer	37	449	19	1,369	- 920
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	437	52	104	+ 333
Fires	39	368	41	295	+ 73
Oesophagus Cancer	40	349	30	722	- 373
Ovary Cancer	41	347	35	514	- 167
Birth Trauma	42	344	54	87	+ 256
Oral Cancer	43	342	40	307	+ 35
Tuberculosis	44	324	38	410	- 86
Uterin Cancer	45	226	45	275	- 49
Drug Use	46	213	50	149	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	47	205	63	24	+ 181
Other Neoplasms	48	202	20	1,358	- 1,156
Meningitis	49	162	53	95	+ 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	145	48	187	- 41
Appendicitis	51	125	59	37	+ 88
Encephalitis	52	122	70	2	+ 121
Dengue	53	65	73	0	+ 65
Multiple Sclerosis	54	49	62	27	+ 23
Poisonings	55	29	57	68	- 39
Tetanus	56	24	69	2	+ 22
Syphilis	57	21	66	5	+ 16
War	58	19	64	14	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	14	67	4	+ 10
Hepatitis B	60	7	60	30	- 23
Schistosomiasis	61	6	84	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	62	5	80	0	+ 5
Pertussis	63	3	68	3	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	61	27	- 26
Otitis Media	66	0	71	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	34	526	- 526
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	49	180	- 180
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	32	641	- 641
Schizophrenia	73	0	58	38	- 38
Oral conditions	74	0	65	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	131	- 131
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	56	73	- 73
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	79	- 79
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	33	539	- 539
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CHILE

Saint Lucia

Chile

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.