PERU VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	36,536	3	7,722	+ 28,815
Coronary Heart Disease	2	28,855	2	13,769	+ 15,086
Diabetes Mellitus	3	27,091	8	4,437	+ 22,655
Kidney Disease	4	15,461	4	7,234	+ 8,227
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,741	1	15,326	- 2,585
Prostate Cancer	6	10,917	11	3,167	+ 7,750
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,582	9	4,414	+ 6,168
Lung Disease	8	10,249	15	2,519	+ 7,731
Hypertension	9	10,178	28	1,061	+ 9,117
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,231	6	5,811	+ 3,420
Violence	11	7,178	12	3,013	+ 4,165
Liver Disease	12	6,760	5	6,375	+ 384
Inflammatory/Heart	13	6,110	39	494	+ 5,617
Breast Cancer	14	4,938	20	1,969	+ 2,969
Stomach Cancer	15	4,250	7	5,072	- 821
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,094	14	2,642	+ 1,452
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,914	40	474	+ 3,439
Lung Cancers	18	3,627	10	3,169	+ 458
Low Birth Weight	19	3,335	24	1,475	+ 1,860
Skin Disease	20	3,135	54	156	+ 2,979
Other Injuries	21	2,861	13	2,876	- 14
Suicide	22	2,793	30	903	+ 1,890
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,691	26	1,270	+ 1,421
Lymphomas	24	2,539	18	2,254	+ 285
Cervical Cancer	25	2,301	21	1,924	+ 377
Falls	26	2,042	25	1,285	+ 757
Asthma	27	1,860	50	208	+ 1,652
Drownings	28	1,809	36	584	+ 1,225
Alcohol	29	1,793	44	321	+ 1,472
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,570	19	1,997	- 427
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,563	23	1,607	- 43
Epilepsy	32	1,381	47	262	+ 1,119
Malnutrition	33	1,277	29	1,006	+ 271
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,041	35	609	+ 433
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	888	27	1,108	- 220
Leukemia	36	858	22	1,850	- 992
Liver Cancer	37	784	16	2,476	- 1,692
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	764	51	198	+ 565
Fires	39	643	49	239	+ 404
Oesophagus Cancer	40	609	42	394	+ 215
Ovary Cancer	41	607	33	713	- 106
Birth Trauma	42	600	37	537	+ 63
Oral Cancer	43	597	38	519	+ 78
Tuberculosis	44	566	17	2,377	- 1,811
Uterin Cancer	45	395	45	304	+ 91
Drug Use	46	372	34	635	- 264
Maternal Conditions	47	358	43	345	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	48	352	58	54	+ 298
Meningitis	49	283	56	118	+ 166
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	254	57	107	+ 146
Appendicitis	51	218	53	170	+ 47
Encephalitis	52	214	46	281	- 67
Dengue	53	114	66	4	+ 111
Multiple Sclerosis	54	86	62	35	+ 52
Poisonings	55	51	55	126	- 75
Tetanus	56	41	60	48	- 6
Syphilis	57	36	52	182	- 146
War	58	32	67	3	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	59	24	63	11	+ 13
Hepatitis B	60	11	64	10	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	61	10	77	0	+ 10
Chlamydia	62	9	68	3	+ 6
Pertussis	63	6	48	260	- 255
Ascariasis	64	2	69	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	4	- 3
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	32	786	- 786
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	41	463	- 463
Schizophrenia	73	0	83	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	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	59	49	- 49
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	61	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	31	849	- 849
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Saint Lucia

Peru

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.