SPAIN VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	52,989	3	29,004	+ 23,985
Coronary Heart Disease	2	41,848	1	51,684	- 9,836
Diabetes Mellitus	3	39,291	10	7,773	+ 31,518
Kidney Disease	4	22,423	8	9,725	+ 12,699
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	18,479	7	13,717	+ 4,762
Prostate Cancer	6	15,833	13	6,420	+ 9,413
Road Traffic Accidents	7	15,348	31	1,829	+ 13,518
Lung Disease	8	14,865	5	18,926	- 4,062
Hypertension	9	14,761	9	9,115	+ 5,647
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	13,388	2	42,339	- 28,950
Violence	11	10,411	51	262	+ 10,149
Liver Disease	12	9,803	23	4,231	+ 5,572
Inflammatory/Heart	13	8,862	19	4,984	+ 3,878
Breast Cancer	14	7,162	11	7,067	+ 94
Stomach Cancer	15	6,164	14	5,796	+ 368
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	5,938	6	16,957	- 11,020
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,676	21	4,863	+ 813
Lung Cancers	18	5,260	4	22,131	- 16,871
Low Birth Weight	19	4,836	52	253	+ 4,584
Skin Disease	20	4,547	30	1,840	+ 2,706
Other Injuries	21	4,150	15	5,536	- 1,386
Suicide	22	4,051	25	3,609	+ 441
Parkinson's Disease	23	3,903	20	4,943	- 1,040
Lymphomas	24	3,682	16	5,335	- 1,653
Cervical Cancer	25	3,337	39	855	+ 2,482
Falls	26	2,962	26	3,246	- 284
Asthma	27	2,698	35	1,133	+ 1,565
Drownings	28	2,623	45	446	+ 2,178
Alcohol	29	2,600	46	333	+ 2,267
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,277	38	863	+ 1,414
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,267	12	6,752	- 4,485
Epilepsy	32	2,002	40	824	+ 1,178
Malnutrition	33	1,852	47	302	+ 1,550
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,510	44	475	+ 1,035
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,288	36	1,064	+ 224
Leukemia	36	1,244	24	3,772	- 2,528
Liver Cancer	37	1,137	18	5,098	- 3,961
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,107	33	1,612	- 505
Fires	39	932	55	185	+ 748
Oesophagus Cancer	40	883	29	2,011	- 1,128
Ovary Cancer	41	880	28	2,026	- 1,146
Birth Trauma	42	870	60	113	+ 757
Oral Cancer	43	865	27	2,583	- 1,717
Tuberculosis	44	821	50	270	+ 550
Uterin Cancer	45	572	34	1,612	- 1,040
Drug Use	46	539	41	776	- 237
Maternal Conditions	47	519	64	14	+ 506
Other Neoplasms	48	511	22	4,748	- 4,237
Meningitis	49	411	59	129	+ 282
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	368	48	294	+ 74
Appendicitis	51	316	61	79	+ 237
Encephalitis	52	310	70	4	+ 306
Dengue	53	166	77	0	+ 166
Multiple Sclerosis	54	125	49	287	- 162
Poisonings	55	73	57	170	- 97
Tetanus	56	60	72	2	+ 58
Syphilis	57	53	67	9	+ 44
War	58	47	68	6	+ 41
Upper Respiratory	59	35	62	47	- 11
Hepatitis B	60	17	58	162	- 145
Schistosomiasis	61	14	74	0	+ 14
Chlamydia	62	13	82	0	+ 13
Pertussis	63	8	73	2	+ 7
Ascariasis	64	3	78	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	652	- 651
Otitis Media	66	0	66	9	- 9
Diphtheria	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	32	1,803	- 1,803
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	37	914	- 914
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	17	5,222	- 5,222
Schizophrenia	73	0	56	181	- 181
Oral conditions	74	0	63	44	- 44
Osteoarthritis	75	0	53	212	- 212
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	54	204	- 204
Measles	77	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	69	4	- 4
Chagas disease	79	0	71	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	65	11	- 11
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	43	538	- 538
Trichuriasis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Saint Lucia

Spain

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.