POLAND VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	43,424	2	32,693	+ 10,731
Coronary Heart Disease	2	34,295	1	117,700	- 83,405
Diabetes Mellitus	3	32,199	8	8,947	+ 23,252
Kidney Disease	4	18,376	20	4,065	+ 14,311
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	15,143	4	19,998	- 4,855
Prostate Cancer	6	12,975	11	6,489	+ 6,486
Road Traffic Accidents	7	12,577	22	3,555	+ 9,023
Lung Disease	8	12,182	6	13,677	- 1,495
Hypertension	9	12,097	15	4,937	+ 7,160
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	10,972	21	3,701	+ 7,270
Violence	11	8,531	49	294	+ 8,238
Liver Disease	12	8,034	10	7,912	+ 122
Inflammatory/Heart	13	7,262	23	3,495	+ 3,768
Breast Cancer	14	5,869	9	7,967	- 2,098
Stomach Cancer	15	5,052	12	5,910	- 859
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,866	5	14,610	- 9,744
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,652	38	831	+ 3,821
Lung Cancers	18	4,310	3	25,781	- 21,470
Low Birth Weight	19	3,963	42	579	+ 3,385
Skin Disease	20	3,726	46	469	+ 3,257
Other Injuries	21	3,401	28	2,527	+ 874
Suicide	22	3,319	18	4,282	- 963
Parkinson's Disease	23	3,198	34	1,500	+ 1,698
Lymphomas	24	3,017	19	4,141	- 1,124
Cervical Cancer	25	2,734	32	1,907	+ 828
Falls	26	2,427	16	4,712	- 2,284
Asthma	27	2,211	43	540	+ 1,671
Drownings	28	2,150	39	636	+ 1,513
Alcohol	29	2,131	14	5,238	- 3,107
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,866	36	916	+ 950
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,858	13	5,430	- 3,572
Epilepsy	32	1,641	35	1,145	+ 496
Malnutrition	33	1,518	50	291	+ 1,227
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,238	26	3,091	- 1,853
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,056	37	839	+ 217
Leukemia	36	1,020	24	3,456	- 2,436
Liver Cancer	37	932	29	2,290	- 1,358
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	908	40	612	+ 296
Fires	39	764	45	474	+ 290
Oesophagus Cancer	40	724	33	1,803	- 1,079
Ovary Cancer	41	721	27	2,929	- 2,208
Birth Trauma	42	713	57	52	+ 661
Oral Cancer	43	709	25	3,377	- 2,667
Tuberculosis	44	673	41	597	+ 76
Uterin Cancer	45	469	30	2,163	- 1,694
Drug Use	46	442	48	321	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	47	425	63	10	+ 416
Other Neoplasms	48	419	7	9,256	- 8,838
Meningitis	49	337	53	171	+ 166
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	302	47	369	- 67
Appendicitis	51	259	55	69	+ 190
Encephalitis	52	254	64	6	+ 247
Dengue	53	136	84	0	+ 136
Multiple Sclerosis	54	103	44	502	- 400
Poisonings	55	60	51	205	- 145
Tetanus	56	49	67	2	+ 47
Syphilis	57	43	69	0	+ 43
War	58	39	66	4	+ 35
Upper Respiratory	59	29	60	19	+ 10
Hepatitis B	60	14	56	52	- 38
Schistosomiasis	61	12	76	0	+ 12
Chlamydia	62	10	73	0	+ 10
Pertussis	63	7	71	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	64	3	82	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	188	- 187
Otitis Media	66	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	31	2,155	- 2,154
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	62	12	- 12
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	17	4,700	- 4,700
Schizophrenia	73	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	74	0	65	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	75	0	61	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	59	29	- 29
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	54	115	- 115
Trichuriasis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Saint Lucia

Poland

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.