MEXICO VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MEXICO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	146,525	4	39,790	+ 106,735
Coronary Heart Disease	2	115,719	1	116,238	- 519
Diabetes Mellitus	3	108,648	2	86,110	+ 22,538
Kidney Disease	4	62,005	3	44,622	+ 17,383
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	51,098	8	24,816	+ 26,282
Prostate Cancer	6	43,781	15	7,494	+ 36,287
Road Traffic Accidents	7	42,440	10	16,303	+ 26,137
Lung Disease	8	41,104	7	29,123	+ 11,981
Hypertension	9	40,818	9	17,806	+ 23,012
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	37,021	30	3,447	+ 33,575
Violence	11	28,787	5	32,450	- 3,663
Liver Disease	12	27,108	6	29,838	- 2,730
Inflammatory/Heart	13	24,505	41	1,866	+ 22,639
Breast Cancer	14	19,803	16	7,380	+ 12,424
Stomach Cancer	15	17,045	19	6,939	+ 10,107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	16,419	20	6,871	+ 9,548
Endocrine Disorders	17	15,695	12	11,310	+ 4,385
Lung Cancers	18	14,544	17	7,349	+ 7,195
Low Birth Weight	19	13,374	18	7,163	+ 6,211
Skin Disease	20	12,572	31	3,029	+ 9,544
Other Injuries	21	11,475	11	12,175	- 699
Suicide	22	11,201	22	6,772	+ 4,429
Parkinson's Disease	23	10,791	43	1,567	+ 9,224
Lymphomas	24	10,181	24	4,961	+ 5,219
Cervical Cancer	25	9,227	26	4,787	+ 4,440
Falls	26	8,190	35	2,628	+ 5,562
Asthma	27	7,461	47	1,342	+ 6,118
Drownings	28	7,254	42	1,799	+ 5,456
Alcohol	29	7,191	32	2,945	+ 4,245
Congenital Anomalies	30	6,297	13	10,457	- 4,160
Pancreas Cancer	31	6,269	27	4,510	+ 1,759
Epilepsy	32	5,537	39	1,912	+ 3,625
Malnutrition	33	5,121	14	7,552	- 2,431
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	4,176	33	2,734	+ 1,442
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	3,562	29	3,476	+ 86
Leukemia	36	3,440	25	4,830	- 1,390
Liver Cancer	37	3,144	21	6,817	- 3,673
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	3,062	52	859	+ 2,203
Fires	39	2,578	56	604	+ 1,974
Oesophagus Cancer	40	2,441	49	1,252	+ 1,190
Ovary Cancer	41	2,434	34	2,649	- 216
Birth Trauma	42	2,406	36	2,552	- 145
Oral Cancer	43	2,393	46	1,355	+ 1,038
Tuberculosis	44	2,270	38	1,943	+ 327
Uterin Cancer	45	1,583	50	902	+ 681
Drug Use	46	1,491	44	1,470	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	47	1,435	54	750	+ 686
Other Neoplasms	48	1,413	23	6,204	- 4,792
Meningitis	49	1,137	58	357	+ 779
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	1,018	45	1,415	- 398
Appendicitis	51	874	53	774	+ 100
Encephalitis	52	857	62	140	+ 716
Dengue	53	458	67	30	+ 428
Multiple Sclerosis	54	346	60	295	+ 51
Poisonings	55	203	57	531	- 328
Tetanus	56	166	71	10	+ 156
Syphilis	57	146	73	5	+ 142
War	58	130	66	112	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	59	98	64	127	- 29
Hepatitis B	60	46	61	210	- 164
Schistosomiasis	61	40	83	0	+ 40
Chlamydia	62	35	77	0	+ 35
Pertussis	63	23	70	21	+ 2
Ascariasis	64	9	72	5	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	4	55	625	- 622
Otitis Media	66	1	68	29	- 28
Diphtheria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	40	1,909	- 1,908
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	37	2,182	- 2,182
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	48	1,272	- 1,272
Schizophrenia	73	0	63	127	- 127
Oral conditions	74	0	65	125	- 125
Osteoarthritis	75	0	59	305	- 305
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	51	894	- 894
Measles	77	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	74	2	- 2
Chagas disease	79	0	69	24	- 24
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	75	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	84	0	28	4,128	- 4,128
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	78	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MEXICO

Saint Lucia

Mexico

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.