NETHERLANDS VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		NETHERLANDS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	19,918	4	9,707	+ 10,211
Coronary Heart Disease	2	15,730	2	17,601	- 1,870
Diabetes Mellitus	3	14,769	14	2,386	+ 12,383
Kidney Disease	4	8,429	12	2,530	+ 5,898
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,946	7	4,946	+ 2,000
Prostate Cancer	6	5,951	10	3,265	+ 2,686
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,769	31	681	+ 5,088
Lung Disease	8	5,588	5	9,567	- 3,980
Hypertension	9	5,549	29	818	+ 4,731
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,033	1	18,148	- 13,116
Violence	11	3,913	48	107	+ 3,806
Liver Disease	12	3,685	28	936	+ 2,749
Inflammatory/Heart	13	3,331	23	1,201	+ 2,130
Breast Cancer	14	2,692	9	3,535	- 843
Stomach Cancer	15	2,317	22	1,361	+ 956
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,232	6	5,829	- 3,597
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,134	26	1,055	+ 1,079
Lung Cancers	18	1,977	3	10,980	- 9,003
Low Birth Weight	19	1,818	45	167	+ 1,651
Skin Disease	20	1,709	36	295	+ 1,414
Other Injuries	21	1,560	19	1,648	- 88
Suicide	22	1,523	17	2,025	- 502
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,467	16	2,120	- 653
Lymphomas	24	1,384	13	2,511	- 1,127
Cervical Cancer	25	1,254	39	266	+ 988
Falls	26	1,113	8	4,131	- 3,017
Asthma	27	1,014	46	165	+ 849
Drownings	28	986	49	98	+ 888
Alcohol	29	977	32	612	+ 365
Congenital Anomalies	30	856	35	544	+ 312
Pancreas Cancer	31	852	11	2,995	- 2,143
Epilepsy	32	753	38	289	+ 464
Malnutrition	33	696	63	12	+ 684
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	568	47	130	+ 437
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	484	33	584	- 100
Leukemia	36	468	20	1,578	- 1,111
Liver Cancer	37	427	24	1,163	- 736
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	416	41	238	+ 179
Fires	39	350	53	49	+ 301
Oesophagus Cancer	40	332	15	2,145	- 1,813
Ovary Cancer	41	331	25	1,067	- 736
Birth Trauma	42	327	52	74	+ 253
Oral Cancer	43	325	30	768	- 442
Tuberculosis	44	309	56	29	+ 280
Uterin Cancer	45	215	34	566	- 351
Drug Use	46	203	42	231	- 28
Maternal Conditions	47	195	65	8	+ 187
Other Neoplasms	48	192	18	1,831	- 1,639
Meningitis	49	155	51	78	+ 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	138	44	214	- 76
Appendicitis	51	119	58	26	+ 93
Encephalitis	52	116	68	1	+ 116
Dengue	53	62	81	0	+ 62
Multiple Sclerosis	54	47	37	295	- 248
Poisonings	55	28	61	17	+ 10
Tetanus	56	23	72	0	+ 23
Syphilis	57	20	69	1	+ 19
War	58	18	66	2	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	59	13	57	28	- 15
Hepatitis B	60	6	62	14	- 7
Schistosomiasis	61	5	74	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	62	5	78	0	+ 5
Pertussis	63	3	67	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	20	- 20
Otitis Media	66	0	64	10	- 10
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	27	1,024	- 1,024
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	40	249	- 249
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	21	1,471	- 1,471
Schizophrenia	73	0	50	96	- 96
Oral conditions	74	0	59	21	- 21
Osteoarthritis	75	0	43	220	- 220
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	54	42	- 42
Measles	77	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	55	33	- 33
Trichuriasis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NETHERLANDS

Saint Lucia

Netherlands

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.