JAMAICA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,253	3	1,726	+ 1,527
Stroke	2	2,002	1	2,415	- 413
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,456	2	2,077	- 621
Lung Disease	4	770	11	452	+ 318
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	717	15	393	+ 324
Kidney Disease	6	710	6	793	- 83
Hypertension	7	403	8	651	- 247
Liver Disease	8	370	21	155	+ 215
Lung Cancers	9	358	10	472	- 115
Road Traffic Accidents	10	347	12	444	- 97
Suicide	11	334	35	70	+ 264
Asthma	12	281	36	65	+ 216
Breast Cancer	13	259	14	413	- 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	256	9	587	- 331
Congenital Anomalies	15	238	23	139	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	16	221	18	241	- 19
Stomach Cancer	17	216	19	231	- 14
Measles	18	210	77	0	+ 210
Drownings	19	179	51	10	+ 168
Other Injuries	20	174	31	91	+ 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	161	42	35	+ 126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	160	13	436	- 276
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	153	44	27	+ 127
Prostate Cancer	24	144	5	883	- 740
Ovary Cancer	25	135	30	97	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	118	32	82	+ 36
Falls	27	107	33	82	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	28	99	25	132	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	29	97	24	133	- 36
Liver Cancer	30	91	29	101	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	31	81	20	176	- 95
Cervical Cancer	32	79	16	358	- 279
Lymphomas	33	76	17	251	- 175
Violence	34	75	4	1,484	- 1,409
Birth Trauma	35	73	37	65	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	36	72	28	106	- 35
Maternal Conditions	37	71	43	35	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	38	65	38	60	+ 5
Oral Cancer	39	59	39	59	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	40	50	27	119	- 69
Skin Disease	41	47	22	145	- 99
Leukemia	42	43	26	129	- 86
Malnutrition	43	38	40	48	- 10
Meningitis	44	33	47	16	+ 17
Epilepsy	45	31	41	46	- 14
Alcohol	46	29	55	7	+ 21
Skin Cancers	47	26	52	10	+ 16
Fires	48	24	46	16	+ 9
Syphilis	49	24	60	1	+ 23
Tuberculosis	50	23	54	8	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	51	13	34	74	- 61
Poisonings	52	11	57	2	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	53	9	45	19	- 10
Encephalitis	54	8	49	13	- 5
Drug Use	55	7	48	13	- 6
Appendicitis	56	5	53	9	- 4
Hepatitis B	57	4	59	1	+ 4
Pertussis	58	3	67	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	3	50	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	56	3	- 1
Dengue	61	2	58	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	63	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	7	757	- 757
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.