SLOVAKIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,235	3	3,756	+ 2,480
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,924	1	10,654	- 5,730
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,624	16	750	+ 3,874
Kidney Disease	4	2,639	14	830	+ 1,808
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,174	6	2,024	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	6	1,863	12	968	+ 895
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,806	27	331	+ 1,475
Lung Disease	8	1,749	9	1,121	+ 628
Hypertension	9	1,737	11	1,034	+ 703
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,575	2	4,482	- 2,907
Violence	11	1,225	42	59	+ 1,166
Liver Disease	12	1,154	7	1,425	- 272
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,043	25	339	+ 704
Breast Cancer	14	843	10	1,071	- 228
Stomach Cancer	15	725	15	827	- 101
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	699	5	2,528	- 1,830
Endocrine Disorders	17	668	37	163	+ 505
Lung Cancers	18	619	4	2,562	- 1,943
Low Birth Weight	19	569	39	97	+ 472
Skin Disease	20	535	34	170	+ 365
Other Injuries	21	488	20	554	- 65
Suicide	22	477	19	660	- 183
Parkinson's Disease	23	459	29	310	+ 149
Lymphomas	24	433	17	736	- 302
Cervical Cancer	25	393	32	273	+ 120
Falls	26	349	8	1,277	- 929
Asthma	27	317	44	47	+ 270
Drownings	28	309	38	144	+ 165
Alcohol	29	306	33	219	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	30	268	36	167	+ 101
Pancreas Cancer	31	267	13	876	- 609
Epilepsy	32	236	35	168	+ 68
Malnutrition	33	218	49	29	+ 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	178	31	274	- 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	152	47	34	+ 118
Leukemia	36	146	23	448	- 302
Liver Cancer	37	134	22	469	- 335
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	130	41	70	+ 61
Fires	39	110	46	39	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	40	104	28	314	- 210
Ovary Cancer	41	104	26	334	- 231
Birth Trauma	42	102	52	15	+ 87
Oral Cancer	43	102	18	716	- 614
Tuberculosis	44	97	50	26	+ 70
Uterin Cancer	45	67	30	280	- 212
Drug Use	46	63	45	45	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	47	61	63	3	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	48	60	40	93	- 33
Meningitis	49	48	51	25	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	43	53	15	+ 28
Appendicitis	51	37	55	9	+ 28
Encephalitis	52	36	67	1	+ 36
Dengue	53	20	81	0	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	54	15	43	55	- 40
Poisonings	55	9	48	30	- 21
Tetanus	56	7	71	0	+ 7
Syphilis	57	6	62	3	+ 3
War	58	6	68	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	58	6	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	56	8	- 6
Schistosomiasis	61	2	74	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	62	1	73	0	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	61	4	- 3
Ascariasis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	54	12	- 12
Otitis Media	66	0	64	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	24	357	- 357
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	59	5	- 5
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	21	489	- 489
Schizophrenia	73	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	74	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	57	7	- 7
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Saint Lucia

Slovakia

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.