SOUTH AFRICA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SAINT LUCIA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	67,740	4	30,693	+ 37,047
Coronary Heart Disease	2	53,498	3	32,739	+ 20,759
Diabetes Mellitus	3	50,229	5	30,188	+ 20,042
Kidney Disease	4	28,666	9	15,302	+ 13,364
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	23,623	2	39,341	- 15,718
Prostate Cancer	6	20,240	24	4,374	+ 15,867
Road Traffic Accidents	7	19,620	11	13,014	+ 6,606
Lung Disease	8	19,003	13	11,895	+ 7,108
Hypertension	9	18,871	12	12,789	+ 6,082
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	17,115	22	4,676	+ 12,439
Violence	11	13,309	7	21,000	- 7,691
Liver Disease	12	12,533	14	9,013	+ 3,519
Inflammatory/Heart	13	11,329	21	5,408	+ 5,921
Breast Cancer	14	9,155	23	4,533	+ 4,622
Stomach Cancer	15	7,880	39	1,535	+ 6,346
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	7,591	28	3,587	+ 4,004
Endocrine Disorders	17	7,256	19	5,890	+ 1,366
Lung Cancers	18	6,724	15	7,705	- 982
Low Birth Weight	19	6,183	16	6,250	- 67
Skin Disease	20	5,812	45	1,101	+ 4,711
Other Injuries	21	5,305	17	6,014	- 709
Suicide	22	5,178	10	13,774	- 8,596
Parkinson's Disease	23	4,989	46	1,077	+ 3,912
Lymphomas	24	4,707	31	2,818	+ 1,889
Cervical Cancer	25	4,266	20	5,555	- 1,290
Falls	26	3,787	42	1,399	+ 2,387
Asthma	27	3,449	18	5,966	- 2,517
Drownings	28	3,354	32	2,403	+ 951
Alcohol	29	3,324	49	987	+ 2,337
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,911	25	4,351	- 1,440
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,898	35	2,007	+ 891
Epilepsy	32	2,560	37	1,870	+ 690
Malnutrition	33	2,368	34	2,381	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,930	36	1,894	+ 36
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,647	8	15,843	- 14,196
Leukemia	36	1,591	40	1,464	+ 127
Liver Cancer	37	1,454	33	2,383	- 930
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,416	47	1,015	+ 401
Fires	39	1,192	27	3,618	- 2,426
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,129	29	3,486	- 2,357
Ovary Cancer	41	1,125	51	951	+ 174
Birth Trauma	42	1,113	30	3,004	- 1,891
Oral Cancer	43	1,106	41	1,406	- 299
Tuberculosis	44	1,049	6	21,965	- 20,916
Uterin Cancer	45	732	54	512	+ 219
Drug Use	46	689	53	770	- 81
Maternal Conditions	47	664	38	1,700	- 1,036
Other Neoplasms	48	653	58	267	+ 386
Meningitis	49	526	26	3,660	- 3,135
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	470	55	376	+ 95
Appendicitis	51	404	56	274	+ 130
Encephalitis	52	396	59	234	+ 162
Dengue	53	212	73	0	+ 212
Multiple Sclerosis	54	160	62	113	+ 47
Poisonings	55	94	50	975	- 882
Tetanus	56	77	65	38	+ 39
Syphilis	57	68	44	1,130	- 1,062
War	58	60	64	66	- 5
Upper Respiratory	59	45	60	223	- 178
Hepatitis B	60	21	61	139	- 118
Schistosomiasis	61	18	66	35	- 17
Chlamydia	62	16	68	18	- 2
Pertussis	63	11	43	1,142	- 1,131
Ascariasis	64	4	71	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	70	8	- 6
Otitis Media	66	0	67	19	- 19
Diphtheria	67	0	69	16	- 16
Skin Cancers	68	0	48	993	- 992
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	52	829	- 829
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	86	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	57	270	- 270
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	63	83	- 83
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	1	71,996	- 71,996
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	72	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Saint Lucia

South Africa

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.