JAMAICA VS SOLOMON ISL.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOLOMON ISL.		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,789	3	1,726	+ 2,063
Stroke	2	2,603	1	2,415	+ 188
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,440	15	393	+ 1,047
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,251	2	2,077	- 826
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	848	42	35	+ 813
Lung Disease	6	811	11	452	+ 359
Malaria	7	565	72	0	+ 565
Road Traffic Accidents	8	430	12	444	- 14
Suicide	9	382	35	70	+ 312
Liver Disease	10	345	21	155	+ 190
Drownings	11	312	51	10	+ 302
Asthma	12	305	36	65	+ 240
Hypertension	13	295	8	651	- 355
Low Birth Weight	14	251	18	241	+ 10
Kidney Disease	15	247	6	793	- 546
Congenital Anomalies	16	245	23	139	+ 106
Other Injuries	17	233	31	91	+ 142
Liver Cancer	18	232	29	101	+ 131
Rheumatic Heart Disease	19	228	44	27	+ 202
Falls	20	212	33	82	+ 130
Birth Trauma	21	200	37	65	+ 135
Maternal Conditions	22	178	43	35	+ 143
Tuberculosis	23	174	54	8	+ 166
Dengue	24	161	58	1	+ 160
Cervical Cancer	25	161	16	358	- 197
Breast Cancer	26	131	14	413	- 282
Lung Cancers	27	130	10	472	- 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	124	9	587	- 464
Syphilis	29	108	60	1	+ 108
Violence	30	101	4	1,484	- 1,383
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	90	13	436	- 347
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	86	32	82	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	33	83	30	97	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	34	81	25	132	- 51
Leukemia	35	79	26	129	- 50
Malnutrition	36	74	40	48	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	37	68	24	133	- 66
Poisonings	38	60	57	2	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	39	57	20	176	- 119
Fires	40	56	46	16	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	41	50	5	883	- 833
Lymphomas	42	50	17	251	- 201
Meningitis	43	49	47	16	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	44	46	19	231	- 185
Epilepsy	45	41	41	46	- 5
Skin Disease	46	39	22	145	- 106
Uterin Cancer	47	33	28	106	- 73
Alcohol	48	33	55	7	+ 26
Oral Cancer	49	29	39	59	- 29
Pertussis	50	29	67	0	+ 29
Pancreas Cancer	51	17	27	119	- 102
Bladder Cancer	52	17	38	60	- 43
Hepatitis B	53	12	59	1	+ 11
Encephalitis	54	6	49	13	- 7
Appendicitis	55	6	53	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	56	5	45	19	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	57	4	34	74	- 70
Drug Use	58	3	48	13	- 10
Tetanus	59	2	63	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	50	11	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	56	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	62	2	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	65	0	+ 0
War	65	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	66	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	69	0	52	10	- 10
Schizophrenia	70	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	71	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	73	0	86	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	80	0	7	757	- 757
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Solomon Isl.

Jamaica

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.