ICELAND VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	408	3	141	+ 267
Coronary Heart Disease	2	322	1	403	- 81
Diabetes Mellitus	3	303	16	30	+ 273
Kidney Disease	4	173	15	33	+ 139
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	142	6	82	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	6	122	8	61	+ 61
Road Traffic Accidents	7	118	35	7	+ 111
Lung Disease	8	114	5	129	- 14
Hypertension	9	114	17	24	+ 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	103	2	295	- 192
Violence	11	80	39	4	+ 76
Liver Disease	12	75	31	9	+ 66
Inflammatory/Heart	13	68	26	16	+ 53
Breast Cancer	14	55	9	53	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	15	47	23	18	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	46	7	73	- 28
Endocrine Disorders	17	44	27	16	+ 28
Lung Cancers	18	40	4	134	- 94
Low Birth Weight	19	37	43	3	+ 34
Skin Disease	20	35	45	3	+ 32
Other Injuries	21	32	11	50	- 18
Suicide	22	31	13	40	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	23	30	10	53	- 23
Lymphomas	24	28	14	37	- 8
Cervical Cancer	25	26	32	9	+ 17
Falls	26	23	18	24	- 1
Asthma	27	21	48	2	+ 19
Drownings	28	20	56	1	+ 19
Alcohol	29	20	28	14	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	30	18	34	7	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	31	17	12	43	- 26
Epilepsy	32	15	37	5	+ 10
Malnutrition	33	14	57	1	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	12	41	3	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	10	55	1	+ 9
Leukemia	36	10	22	19	- 9
Liver Cancer	37	9	20	22	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	9	54	1	+ 7
Fires	39	7	58	1	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	40	7	19	23	- 16
Ovary Cancer	41	7	25	16	- 10
Birth Trauma	42	7	46	2	+ 4
Oral Cancer	43	7	33	9	- 2
Tuberculosis	44	6	82	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	45	4	36	7	- 3
Drug Use	46	4	24	17	- 13
Maternal Conditions	47	4	60	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	48	4	30	10	- 6
Meningitis	49	3	50	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	3	38	4	- 1
Appendicitis	51	2	86	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	2	78	0	+ 2
Dengue	53	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	54	1	44	3	- 2
Poisonings	55	1	42	3	- 3
Tetanus	56	0	68	0	+ 0
Syphilis	57	0	80	0	+ 0
War	58	0	61	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	59	0	51	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	0	63	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	61	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	81	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	29	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	40	4	- 4
Depression	71	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	21	20	- 20
Schizophrenia	73	0	49	1	- 1
Oral conditions	74	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	1	- 1
Measles	77	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	65	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	59	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	71	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Saint Lucia

Iceland

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.