MADAGASCAR VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	33,009	1	17,964	+ 15,045
Coronary Heart Disease	2	26,069	3	12,388	+ 13,681
Diabetes Mellitus	3	24,476	16	3,278	+ 21,198
Kidney Disease	4	13,968	22	2,202	+ 11,766
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	11,511	2	14,605	- 3,094
Prostate Cancer	6	9,863	29	996	+ 8,867
Road Traffic Accidents	7	9,561	7	7,880	+ 1,681
Lung Disease	8	9,260	14	3,957	+ 5,303
Hypertension	9	9,195	8	6,208	+ 2,987
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,340	26	1,120	+ 7,220
Violence	11	6,485	23	1,749	+ 4,736
Liver Disease	12	6,107	12	4,803	+ 1,304
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,520	28	1,046	+ 4,474
Breast Cancer	14	4,461	37	629	+ 3,832
Stomach Cancer	15	3,840	47	368	+ 3,472
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,699	39	606	+ 3,093
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,536	44	463	+ 3,073
Lung Cancers	18	3,276	55	147	+ 3,129
Low Birth Weight	19	3,013	10	5,353	- 2,340
Skin Disease	20	2,832	51	187	+ 2,645
Other Injuries	21	2,585	21	2,359	+ 226
Suicide	22	2,523	24	1,476	+ 1,048
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,431	49	266	+ 2,165
Lymphomas	24	2,293	34	675	+ 1,619
Cervical Cancer	25	2,079	17	3,028	- 949
Falls	26	1,845	36	653	+ 1,192
Asthma	27	1,681	19	2,507	- 826
Drownings	28	1,634	31	825	+ 810
Alcohol	29	1,620	53	161	+ 1,459
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,418	15	3,380	- 1,962
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,412	61	80	+ 1,332
Epilepsy	32	1,247	46	385	+ 863
Malnutrition	33	1,154	13	4,236	- 3,082
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	941	42	495	+ 446
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	802	5	11,085	- 10,283
Leukemia	36	775	45	401	+ 374
Liver Cancer	37	708	30	933	- 225
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	690	38	627	+ 63
Fires	39	581	35	661	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	40	550	27	1,080	- 530
Ovary Cancer	41	548	57	135	+ 414
Birth Trauma	42	542	11	5,347	- 4,805
Oral Cancer	43	539	32	697	- 158
Tuberculosis	44	511	4	11,606	- 11,094
Uterin Cancer	45	357	59	95	+ 262
Drug Use	46	336	62	58	+ 278
Maternal Conditions	47	323	18	2,776	- 2,453
Other Neoplasms	48	318	65	24	+ 294
Meningitis	49	256	20	2,391	- 2,135
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	229	64	47	+ 182
Appendicitis	51	197	56	147	+ 50
Encephalitis	52	193	60	94	+ 99
Dengue	53	103	72	0	+ 103
Multiple Sclerosis	54	78	66	18	+ 60
Poisonings	55	46	40	571	- 525
Tetanus	56	37	52	186	- 149
Syphilis	57	33	33	680	- 647
War	58	29	54	155	- 125
Upper Respiratory	59	22	63	49	- 27
Hepatitis B	60	10	58	98	- 88
Schistosomiasis	61	9	50	260	- 251
Chlamydia	62	8	69	7	+ 1
Pertussis	63	5	41	519	- 514
Ascariasis	64	2	70	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	16	- 15
Otitis Media	66	0	68	10	- 10
Diphtheria	67	0	71	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	0	43	467	- 467
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	48	286	- 286
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	6	9,172	- 9,172
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	25	1,341	- 1,341
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Saint Lucia

Madagascar

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.