ESTONIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,338	3	1,116	+ 222
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,057	1	3,009	- 1,952
Diabetes Mellitus	3	992	19	146	+ 846
Kidney Disease	4	566	17	176	+ 390
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	467	6	349	+ 118
Prostate Cancer	6	400	8	298	+ 101
Road Traffic Accidents	7	388	35	59	+ 328
Lung Disease	8	375	13	229	+ 147
Hypertension	9	373	2	2,700	- 2,328
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	338	12	229	+ 109
Violence	11	263	42	28	+ 234
Liver Disease	12	248	7	328	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	13	224	14	217	+ 7
Breast Cancer	14	181	11	260	- 79
Stomach Cancer	15	156	9	290	- 134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	150	5	527	- 377
Endocrine Disorders	17	143	33	66	+ 77
Lung Cancers	18	133	4	657	- 524
Low Birth Weight	19	122	55	7	+ 115
Skin Disease	20	115	41	29	+ 86
Other Injuries	21	105	20	141	- 36
Suicide	22	102	16	197	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	23	99	29	82	+ 17
Lymphomas	24	93	15	213	- 120
Cervical Cancer	25	84	32	68	+ 17
Falls	26	75	24	119	- 44
Asthma	27	68	44	24	+ 44
Drownings	28	66	40	30	+ 36
Alcohol	29	66	18	148	- 83
Congenital Anomalies	30	57	43	25	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	31	57	10	268	- 211
Epilepsy	32	51	37	45	+ 6
Malnutrition	33	47	79	0	+ 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	38	36	55	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	33	53	8	+ 24
Leukemia	36	31	22	126	- 94
Liver Cancer	37	29	26	107	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	28	45	22	+ 6
Fires	39	24	38	41	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	40	22	27	99	- 76
Ovary Cancer	41	22	28	87	- 65
Birth Trauma	42	22	57	5	+ 17
Oral Cancer	43	22	25	110	- 89
Tuberculosis	44	21	47	16	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	45	14	34	60	- 46
Drug Use	46	14	31	75	- 61
Maternal Conditions	47	13	61	1	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	48	13	23	123	- 110
Meningitis	49	10	54	7	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	9	46	17	- 8
Appendicitis	51	8	59	2	+ 6
Encephalitis	52	8	63	0	+ 8
Dengue	53	4	75	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	48	16	- 13
Poisonings	55	2	52	8	- 6
Tetanus	56	2	81	0	+ 2
Syphilis	57	1	62	1	+ 0
War	58	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	65	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	61	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
Otitis Media	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	30	79	- 79
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	51	9	- 9
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	21	126	- 126
Schizophrenia	73	0	56	6	- 6
Oral conditions	74	0	60	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	75	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	49	12	- 12
Measles	77	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	68	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	39	40	- 40
Trichuriasis	85	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	76	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Saint Lucia

Estonia

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.