SOLOMON ISL. VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	815	2	670	+ 145
Coronary Heart Disease	2	643	1	975	- 332
Diabetes Mellitus	3	604	4	322	+ 282
Kidney Disease	4	345	15	64	+ 281
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	284	3	371	- 87
Prostate Cancer	6	243	41	13	+ 230
Road Traffic Accidents	7	236	8	111	+ 125
Lung Disease	8	229	6	209	+ 20
Hypertension	9	227	13	76	+ 151
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	206	28	32	+ 174
Violence	11	160	30	26	+ 134
Liver Disease	12	151	10	89	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	13	136	37	17	+ 119
Breast Cancer	14	110	26	34	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	15	95	44	12	+ 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	91	31	23	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	17	87	39	15	+ 72
Lung Cancers	18	81	27	33	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	19	74	14	65	+ 10
Skin Disease	20	70	46	10	+ 60
Other Injuries	21	64	17	60	+ 4
Suicide	22	62	9	98	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	23	60	34	21	+ 39
Lymphomas	24	57	42	13	+ 44
Cervical Cancer	25	51	25	41	+ 10
Falls	26	46	20	55	- 9
Asthma	27	41	12	78	- 37
Drownings	28	40	11	80	- 40
Alcohol	29	40	48	9	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	30	35	16	63	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	31	35	51	4	+ 31
Epilepsy	32	31	45	11	+ 20
Malnutrition	33	28	36	19	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	23	32	22	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	20	5	218	- 198
Leukemia	36	19	35	20	- 1
Liver Cancer	37	17	18	60	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	17	19	59	- 42
Fires	39	14	40	14	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	40	14	57	1	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	41	14	33	21	- 8
Birth Trauma	42	13	21	51	- 38
Oral Cancer	43	13	49	8	+ 6
Tuberculosis	44	13	23	45	- 32
Uterin Cancer	45	9	47	9	+ 0
Drug Use	46	8	58	1	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	47	8	22	46	- 38
Other Neoplasms	48	8	56	1	+ 7
Meningitis	49	6	43	13	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	6	60	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	51	5	55	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	52	5	54	2	+ 3
Dengue	53	3	24	41	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	54	2	61	0	+ 2
Poisonings	55	1	38	15	- 14
Tetanus	56	1	59	1	+ 0
Syphilis	57	1	29	28	- 27
War	58	1	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	59	1	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	0	53	3	- 3
Schistosomiasis	61	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	66	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	50	7	- 7
Ascariasis	64	0	63	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	73	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	52	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	73	0	70	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	146	- 146
Leishmaniasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Saint Lucia

Solomon Isl.

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.