JAMAICA VS SAO TOME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAO TOME		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,402	15	393	+ 1,009
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,360	3	1,726	- 365
Stroke	3	1,161	1	2,415	- 1,254
Road Traffic Accidents	4	758	12	444	+ 314
Kidney Disease	5	553	6	793	- 240
Tuberculosis	6	521	54	8	+ 513
Lung Disease	7	518	11	452	+ 66
Liver Disease	8	511	21	155	+ 356
Low Birth Weight	9	386	18	241	+ 145
Birth Trauma	10	353	37	65	+ 288
Congenital Anomalies	11	341	23	139	+ 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	302	42	35	+ 267
Asthma	13	280	36	65	+ 215
Falls	14	194	33	82	+ 112
Lung Cancers	15	184	10	472	- 288
Stomach Cancer	16	172	19	231	- 59
Diabetes Mellitus	17	165	2	2,077	- 1,912
Other Injuries	18	164	31	91	+ 73
Violence	19	153	4	1,484	- 1,331
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	152	9	587	- 435
Endocrine Disorders	21	121	20	176	- 56
Liver Cancer	22	120	29	101	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	23	113	16	358	- 245
Malnutrition	24	113	40	48	+ 65
Hypertension	25	87	8	651	- 563
Breast Cancer	26	76	14	413	- 338
Pertussis	27	74	67	0	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	28	74	5	883	- 810
Inflammatory/Heart	29	71	24	133	- 63
Maternal Conditions	30	67	43	35	+ 32
Meningitis	31	64	47	16	+ 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	54	13	436	- 383
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	53	44	27	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	34	51	25	132	- 82
Drownings	35	50	51	10	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	36	49	38	60	- 11
Syphilis	37	43	60	1	+ 42
Epilepsy	38	42	41	46	- 4
Suicide	39	40	35	70	- 30
Encephalitis	40	40	49	13	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	41	37	30	97	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	33	32	82	- 50
Drug Use	43	22	48	13	+ 9
Skin Disease	44	21	22	145	- 125
Tetanus	45	20	63	0	+ 20
Alcohol	46	18	55	7	+ 11
Poisonings	47	18	57	2	+ 16
Hepatitis B	48	18	59	1	+ 17
Leukemia	49	17	26	129	- 112
Measles	50	17	77	0	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	51	14	34	74	- 60
Fires	52	9	46	16	- 7
Malaria	53	6	72	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	54	5	45	19	- 14
Appendicitis	55	3	53	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	56	2	56	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	2	50	11	- 9
Lymphomas	58	2	17	251	- 249
Schistosomiasis	59	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	60	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	61	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	1	66	0	+ 1
War	63	0	61	1	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	64	0	27	119	- 118
Oral Cancer	65	0	39	59	- 59
Diphtheria	66	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	58	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	69	0	52	10	- 10
Uterin Cancer	70	0	28	106	- 106
Anemia	71	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	72	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	74	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	69	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	82	0	7	757	- 757
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	86	0	71	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.