THAILAND VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		THAILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	78,363	2	50,273	+ 28,090
Coronary Heart Disease	2	61,888	1	51,305	+ 10,582
Diabetes Mellitus	3	58,106	10	18,776	+ 39,330
Kidney Disease	4	33,161	4	26,822	+ 6,339
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	27,328	3	31,289	- 3,962
Prostate Cancer	6	23,414	30	3,013	+ 20,402
Road Traffic Accidents	7	22,697	7	22,428	+ 269
Lung Disease	8	21,983	9	19,474	+ 2,508
Hypertension	9	21,830	34	2,179	+ 19,651
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	19,799	6	22,851	- 3,052
Violence	11	15,396	31	2,965	+ 12,431
Liver Disease	12	14,498	11	17,596	- 3,098
Inflammatory/Heart	13	13,106	32	2,879	+ 10,227
Breast Cancer	14	10,591	17	6,053	+ 4,538
Stomach Cancer	15	9,116	27	3,451	+ 5,665
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	8,781	13	9,908	- 1,127
Endocrine Disorders	17	8,394	37	1,888	+ 6,506
Lung Cancers	18	7,778	8	22,296	- 14,518
Low Birth Weight	19	7,152	40	1,548	+ 5,605
Skin Disease	20	6,724	28	3,375	+ 3,348
Other Injuries	21	6,137	21	4,869	+ 1,268
Suicide	22	5,990	16	6,147	- 157
Parkinson's Disease	23	5,771	23	4,292	+ 1,479
Lymphomas	24	5,445	22	4,539	+ 906
Cervical Cancer	25	4,935	19	5,110	- 175
Falls	26	4,380	18	5,409	- 1,029
Asthma	27	3,990	24	4,182	- 192
Drownings	28	3,880	25	3,956	- 76
Alcohol	29	3,846	49	548	+ 3,298
Congenital Anomalies	30	3,368	35	2,107	+ 1,260
Pancreas Cancer	31	3,353	33	2,383	+ 970
Epilepsy	32	2,961	47	689	+ 2,272
Malnutrition	33	2,739	42	962	+ 1,777
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,233	39	1,679	+ 555
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,905	15	6,863	- 4,958
Leukemia	36	1,840	26	3,902	- 2,062
Liver Cancer	37	1,681	5	23,883	- 22,201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,638	51	436	+ 1,202
Fires	39	1,379	48	617	+ 761
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,306	29	3,156	- 1,850
Ovary Cancer	41	1,302	36	2,003	- 702
Birth Trauma	42	1,287	50	533	+ 754
Oral Cancer	43	1,280	20	4,961	- 3,681
Tuberculosis	44	1,214	14	9,551	- 8,337
Uterin Cancer	45	846	44	864	- 18
Drug Use	46	797	45	794	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	47	768	52	227	+ 540
Other Neoplasms	48	756	54	192	+ 564
Meningitis	49	608	43	931	- 323
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	544	53	194	+ 350
Appendicitis	51	467	59	114	+ 353
Encephalitis	52	458	46	722	- 264
Dengue	53	245	55	172	+ 73
Multiple Sclerosis	54	185	61	86	+ 100
Poisonings	55	109	57	132	- 23
Tetanus	56	89	58	116	- 28
Syphilis	57	78	64	36	+ 42
War	58	69	60	87	- 18
Upper Respiratory	59	52	65	18	+ 35
Hepatitis B	60	25	56	153	- 129
Schistosomiasis	61	21	75	0	+ 21
Chlamydia	62	19	70	3	+ 15
Pertussis	63	12	62	77	- 65
Ascariasis	64	5	69	4	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	7	- 5
Otitis Media	66	0	68	7	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	71	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	41	1,133	- 1,132
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	38	1,798	- 1,798
Schizophrenia	73	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	63	56	- 56
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	66	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	82	0	72	1	- 1
Leprosy	83	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	12	13,922	- 13,922
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to THAILAND

Saint Lucia

Thailand

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.