YEMEN VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	36,021	2	13,570	+ 22,451
Coronary Heart Disease	2	28,448	1	30,158	- 1,710
Diabetes Mellitus	3	26,709	19	1,794	+ 24,915
Kidney Disease	4	15,243	15	2,679	+ 12,564
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,562	4	11,978	+ 583
Prostate Cancer	6	10,763	63	39	+ 10,724
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,433	6	8,561	+ 1,872
Lung Disease	8	10,105	11	3,196	+ 6,909
Hypertension	9	10,035	8	5,293	+ 4,741
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	9,101	22	1,405	+ 7,696
Violence	11	7,077	14	2,839	+ 4,238
Liver Disease	12	6,664	13	2,891	+ 3,773
Inflammatory/Heart	13	6,024	40	585	+ 5,439
Breast Cancer	14	4,868	26	1,134	+ 3,735
Stomach Cancer	15	4,190	31	902	+ 3,288
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	4,036	30	913	+ 3,123
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,858	36	738	+ 3,121
Lung Cancers	18	3,575	41	569	+ 3,006
Low Birth Weight	19	3,288	5	8,810	- 5,522
Skin Disease	20	3,091	61	44	+ 3,047
Other Injuries	21	2,821	16	2,225	+ 596
Suicide	22	2,754	21	1,699	+ 1,055
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,653	49	362	+ 2,291
Lymphomas	24	2,503	45	433	+ 2,070
Cervical Cancer	25	2,268	57	119	+ 2,149
Falls	26	2,013	24	1,170	+ 844
Asthma	27	1,834	17	2,106	- 272
Drownings	28	1,783	25	1,142	+ 641
Alcohol	29	1,768	59	78	+ 1,689
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,548	10	4,291	- 2,743
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,541	51	283	+ 1,258
Epilepsy	32	1,361	43	539	+ 822
Malnutrition	33	1,259	27	1,058	+ 201
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,027	33	833	+ 193
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	876	9	4,372	- 3,496
Leukemia	36	846	34	776	+ 69
Liver Cancer	37	773	39	609	+ 164
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	753	37	707	+ 46
Fires	39	634	29	991	- 357
Oesophagus Cancer	40	600	35	765	- 164
Ovary Cancer	41	598	52	188	+ 410
Birth Trauma	42	592	7	5,939	- 5,348
Oral Cancer	43	588	42	547	+ 41
Tuberculosis	44	558	18	1,899	- 1,341
Uterin Cancer	45	389	69	5	+ 384
Drug Use	46	366	38	613	- 246
Maternal Conditions	47	353	32	890	- 537
Other Neoplasms	48	347	64	21	+ 327
Meningitis	49	279	28	1,018	- 739
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	250	66	14	+ 236
Appendicitis	51	215	54	162	+ 53
Encephalitis	52	211	48	369	- 158
Dengue	53	113	60	71	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	54	85	62	42	+ 44
Poisonings	55	50	44	532	- 482
Tetanus	56	41	47	395	- 354
Syphilis	57	36	53	175	- 139
War	58	32	3	12,915	- 12,883
Upper Respiratory	59	24	70	5	+ 19
Hepatitis B	60	11	50	299	- 288
Schistosomiasis	61	10	56	124	- 114
Chlamydia	62	9	72	1	+ 8
Pertussis	63	6	23	1,239	- 1,233
Ascariasis	64	2	65	17	- 15
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	8	- 7
Otitis Media	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	14	- 14
Skin Cancers	68	0	58	100	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	55	160	- 160
Schizophrenia	73	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Leishmaniasis	82	0	71	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	46	396	- 396
Trichuriasis	85	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	77	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Saint Lucia

Yemen

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.