UNITED KINGDOM VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	76,724	4	37,626	+ 39,098
Coronary Heart Disease	2	60,594	2	71,728	- 11,134
Diabetes Mellitus	3	56,891	17	5,842	+ 51,049
Kidney Disease	4	32,468	18	5,471	+ 26,997
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	26,756	3	40,540	- 13,784
Prostate Cancer	6	22,925	8	13,289	+ 9,636
Road Traffic Accidents	7	22,223	33	2,169	+ 20,054
Lung Disease	8	21,523	6	32,896	- 11,373
Hypertension	9	21,374	23	5,208	+ 16,165
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	19,385	1	98,135	- 78,749
Violence	11	15,074	46	868	+ 14,206
Liver Disease	12	14,195	14	7,666	+ 6,529
Inflammatory/Heart	13	12,832	29	3,126	+ 9,705
Breast Cancer	14	10,370	9	12,718	- 2,349
Stomach Cancer	15	8,925	24	4,999	+ 3,926
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	8,597	7	18,446	- 9,849
Endocrine Disorders	17	8,219	28	3,297	+ 4,922
Lung Cancers	18	7,616	5	35,715	- 28,099
Low Birth Weight	19	7,003	40	1,313	+ 5,689
Skin Disease	20	6,583	34	2,134	+ 4,449
Other Injuries	21	6,009	19	5,464	+ 545
Suicide	22	5,865	20	5,325	+ 540
Parkinson's Disease	23	5,651	13	8,573	- 2,922
Lymphomas	24	5,331	10	9,350	- 4,020
Cervical Cancer	25	4,831	43	1,099	+ 3,732
Falls	26	4,289	15	7,618	- 3,330
Asthma	27	3,907	41	1,302	+ 2,604
Drownings	28	3,799	49	301	+ 3,498
Alcohol	29	3,765	39	1,555	+ 2,211
Congenital Anomalies	30	3,297	35	2,127	+ 1,171
Pancreas Cancer	31	3,283	11	8,995	- 5,713
Epilepsy	32	2,899	42	1,193	+ 1,706
Malnutrition	33	2,682	58	116	+ 2,566
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,187	36	2,090	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,865	38	1,599	+ 266
Leukemia	36	1,802	22	5,211	- 3,409
Liver Cancer	37	1,646	21	5,237	- 3,590
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,604	45	876	+ 728
Fires	39	1,350	48	334	+ 1,015
Oesophagus Cancer	40	1,278	12	8,727	- 7,448
Ovary Cancer	41	1,274	25	4,019	- 2,744
Birth Trauma	42	1,260	54	190	+ 1,070
Oral Cancer	43	1,253	30	3,109	- 1,856
Tuberculosis	44	1,188	47	351	+ 837
Uterin Cancer	45	829	32	2,346	- 1,518
Drug Use	46	781	31	2,824	- 2,044
Maternal Conditions	47	752	64	47	+ 705
Other Neoplasms	48	740	26	3,986	- 3,246
Meningitis	49	595	52	232	+ 363
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	533	44	1,014	- 481
Appendicitis	51	458	59	105	+ 352
Encephalitis	52	449	68	6	+ 443
Dengue	53	240	73	0	+ 240
Multiple Sclerosis	54	181	37	1,856	- 1,674
Poisonings	55	106	53	221	- 114
Tetanus	56	87	72	0	+ 86
Syphilis	57	77	62	49	+ 28
War	58	68	67	10	+ 58
Upper Respiratory	59	51	63	48	+ 3
Hepatitis B	60	24	65	40	- 16
Schistosomiasis	61	21	78	0	+ 21
Chlamydia	62	18	79	0	+ 18
Pertussis	63	12	69	3	+ 9
Ascariasis	64	4	80	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	51	267	- 265
Otitis Media	66	0	66	16	- 15
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	27	3,727	- 3,727
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	50	277	- 277
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	16	6,133	- 6,133
Schizophrenia	73	0	60	101	- 101
Oral conditions	74	0	61	54	- 54
Osteoarthritis	75	0	57	167	- 167
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	56	184	- 184
Measles	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	83	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	55	188	- 188
Trichuriasis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Saint Lucia

United Kingdom

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.