COMOROS VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,009	3	356	+ 653
Coronary Heart Disease	2	797	4	349	+ 448
Diabetes Mellitus	3	748	9	136	+ 612
Kidney Disease	4	427	14	101	+ 326
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	352	1	594	- 243
Prostate Cancer	6	301	27	33	+ 269
Road Traffic Accidents	7	292	6	226	+ 66
Lung Disease	8	283	17	83	+ 200
Hypertension	9	281	12	115	+ 166
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	255	23	46	+ 208
Violence	11	198	20	63	+ 135
Liver Disease	12	187	8	160	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	13	169	31	26	+ 142
Breast Cancer	14	136	33	23	+ 114
Stomach Cancer	15	117	45	11	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	113	39	19	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	17	108	36	19	+ 89
Lung Cancers	18	100	60	1	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	19	92	5	328	- 236
Skin Disease	20	87	48	9	+ 77
Other Injuries	21	79	16	90	- 11
Suicide	22	77	24	46	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	23	74	44	11	+ 63
Lymphomas	24	70	37	19	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	25	64	13	104	- 41
Falls	26	56	32	26	+ 30
Asthma	27	51	21	49	+ 2
Drownings	28	50	25	35	+ 15
Alcohol	29	50	51	6	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	30	43	10	131	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	31	43	82	0	+ 43
Epilepsy	32	38	40	17	+ 21
Malnutrition	33	35	15	96	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	29	34	21	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	25	2	363	- 339
Leukemia	36	24	57	3	+ 21
Liver Cancer	37	22	28	29	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	21	47	10	+ 11
Fires	39	18	30	27	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	40	17	26	34	- 17
Ovary Cancer	41	17	56	3	+ 14
Birth Trauma	42	17	7	211	- 194
Oral Cancer	43	16	41	15	+ 1
Tuberculosis	44	16	19	79	- 63
Uterin Cancer	45	11	55	3	+ 8
Drug Use	46	10	49	7	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	47	10	22	47	- 37
Other Neoplasms	48	10	59	1	+ 9
Meningitis	49	8	11	115	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	7	58	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	51	6	50	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	52	6	54	4	+ 2
Dengue	53	3	68	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	62	1	+ 2
Poisonings	55	1	35	20	- 19
Tetanus	56	1	43	12	- 11
Syphilis	57	1	38	19	- 18
War	58	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	53	4	- 4
Hepatitis B	60	0	52	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	18	80	- 80
Ascariasis	64	0	63	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	65	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	42	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	79	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	46	10	- 10
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	29	29	- 29
Leishmaniasis	82	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	71	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	69	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Saint Lucia

Comoros

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.