MYANMAR VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		MYANMAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	64,473	1	71,440	- 6,967
Coronary Heart Disease	2	50,918	2	34,871	+ 16,047
Diabetes Mellitus	3	47,806	4	19,944	+ 27,863
Kidney Disease	4	27,283	9	9,924	+ 17,359
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	22,484	7	16,726	+ 5,757
Prostate Cancer	6	19,264	53	338	+ 18,926
Road Traffic Accidents	7	18,674	8	11,004	+ 7,670
Lung Disease	8	18,086	3	26,531	- 8,445
Hypertension	9	17,960	11	7,843	+ 10,118
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	16,290	20	5,082	+ 11,207
Violence	11	12,667	31	2,124	+ 10,543
Liver Disease	12	11,928	6	17,143	- 5,215
Inflammatory/Heart	13	10,783	32	1,702	+ 9,080
Breast Cancer	14	8,714	26	3,192	+ 5,522
Stomach Cancer	15	7,500	18	5,343	+ 2,157
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	7,225	27	2,996	+ 4,228
Endocrine Disorders	17	6,906	38	1,265	+ 5,641
Lung Cancers	18	6,399	13	7,558	- 1,159
Low Birth Weight	19	5,885	15	7,125	- 1,240
Skin Disease	20	5,532	45	734	+ 4,798
Other Injuries	21	5,049	28	2,762	+ 2,287
Suicide	22	4,928	34	1,565	+ 3,363
Parkinson's Disease	23	4,748	37	1,450	+ 3,298
Lymphomas	24	4,480	36	1,472	+ 3,008
Cervical Cancer	25	4,060	23	3,945	+ 115
Falls	26	3,604	17	5,686	- 2,082
Asthma	27	3,283	10	9,557	- 6,275
Drownings	28	3,192	30	2,212	+ 980
Alcohol	29	3,164	54	324	+ 2,840
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,771	24	3,679	- 908
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,759	44	743	+ 2,016
Epilepsy	32	2,436	50	524	+ 1,913
Malnutrition	33	2,253	42	945	+ 1,308
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,837	29	2,558	- 720
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,567	14	7,237	- 5,670
Leukemia	36	1,514	35	1,546	- 32
Liver Cancer	37	1,383	19	5,215	- 3,831
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,347	43	893	+ 455
Fires	39	1,134	58	227	+ 907
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,074	25	3,325	- 2,251
Ovary Cancer	41	1,071	40	1,053	+ 18
Birth Trauma	42	1,059	16	6,169	- 5,110
Oral Cancer	43	1,053	22	4,209	- 3,156
Tuberculosis	44	999	5	19,299	- 18,300
Uterin Cancer	45	696	57	263	+ 434
Drug Use	46	656	52	411	+ 245
Maternal Conditions	47	632	33	1,681	- 1,049
Other Neoplasms	48	622	60	117	+ 505
Meningitis	49	500	49	550	- 50
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	448	64	73	+ 374
Appendicitis	51	384	63	93	+ 291
Encephalitis	52	377	59	171	+ 206
Dengue	53	202	56	272	- 70
Multiple Sclerosis	54	152	65	60	+ 92
Poisonings	55	89	46	728	- 639
Tetanus	56	73	51	426	- 354
Syphilis	57	64	55	305	- 241
War	58	57	47	688	- 631
Upper Respiratory	59	43	66	27	+ 16
Hepatitis B	60	20	62	93	- 73
Schistosomiasis	61	17	74	0	+ 17
Chlamydia	62	15	70	3	+ 12
Pertussis	63	10	39	1,244	- 1,234
Ascariasis	64	4	68	13	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	21	- 19
Otitis Media	66	0	71	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	69	7	- 7
Skin Cancers	68	0	41	962	- 962
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	48	573	- 573
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	21	4,465	- 4,465
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	61	109	- 109
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	12	7,707	- 7,707
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MYANMAR

Saint Lucia

Myanmar

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.