DENMARK VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,694	5	3,662	+ 3,032
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,287	1	5,341	- 54
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,964	10	1,284	+ 3,680
Kidney Disease	4	2,833	12	911	+ 1,922
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,335	6	2,244	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	6	2,000	8	1,480	+ 520
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,939	33	213	+ 1,725
Lung Disease	8	1,878	3	4,387	- 2,509
Hypertension	9	1,865	15	642	+ 1,222
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,691	2	5,218	- 3,526
Violence	11	1,315	47	63	+ 1,252
Liver Disease	12	1,239	14	692	+ 546
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,120	31	284	+ 835
Breast Cancer	14	905	9	1,299	- 394
Stomach Cancer	15	779	23	484	+ 295
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	750	7	2,147	- 1,397
Endocrine Disorders	17	717	19	575	+ 143
Lung Cancers	18	664	4	3,721	- 3,057
Low Birth Weight	19	611	41	116	+ 495
Skin Disease	20	574	45	79	+ 496
Other Injuries	21	524	30	347	+ 177
Suicide	22	512	16	617	- 106
Parkinson's Disease	23	493	17	600	- 107
Lymphomas	24	465	13	730	- 265
Cervical Cancer	25	422	37	153	+ 269
Falls	26	374	22	541	- 167
Asthma	27	341	44	82	+ 259
Drownings	28	331	50	37	+ 294
Alcohol	29	329	18	598	- 270
Congenital Anomalies	30	288	36	153	+ 135
Pancreas Cancer	31	286	11	1,096	- 809
Epilepsy	32	253	40	125	+ 128
Malnutrition	33	234	59	14	+ 220
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	191	32	216	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	163	38	145	+ 18
Leukemia	36	157	20	558	- 401
Liver Cancer	37	144	25	464	- 321
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	140	42	96	+ 43
Fires	39	118	49	53	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	40	112	24	477	- 365
Ovary Cancer	41	111	29	367	- 256
Birth Trauma	42	110	56	21	+ 89
Oral Cancer	43	109	28	371	- 261
Tuberculosis	44	104	57	16	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	45	72	35	156	- 83
Drug Use	46	68	34	197	- 129
Maternal Conditions	47	66	64	2	+ 63
Other Neoplasms	48	65	27	378	- 313
Meningitis	49	52	52	25	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	46	43	84	- 38
Appendicitis	51	40	54	23	+ 17
Encephalitis	52	39	67	1	+ 39
Dengue	53	21	83	0	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	54	16	39	132	- 116
Poisonings	55	9	62	6	+ 4
Tetanus	56	8	68	0	+ 7
Syphilis	57	7	70	0	+ 6
War	58	6	66	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	58	15	- 11
Hepatitis B	60	2	61	6	- 4
Schistosomiasis	61	2	75	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	2	69	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	60	9	- 8
Otitis Media	66	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	26	388	- 388
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	46	73	- 73
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	21	545	- 545
Schizophrenia	73	0	48	57	- 57
Oral conditions	74	0	63	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	75	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	25	- 25
Measles	77	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	55	23	- 23
Trichuriasis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Saint Lucia

Denmark

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.