JAMAICA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,710	15	393	+ 4,317
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	3,332	42	35	+ 3,298
Measles	3	2,511	77	0	+ 2,511
Tuberculosis	4	2,226	54	8	+ 2,218
Birth Trauma	5	2,077	37	65	+ 2,012
Stroke	6	1,865	1	2,415	- 550
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,569	3	1,726	- 157
Low Birth Weight	8	1,356	18	241	+ 1,115
Meningitis	9	1,167	47	16	+ 1,152
Malnutrition	10	1,047	40	48	+ 999
Road Traffic Accidents	11	918	12	444	+ 474
Maternal Conditions	12	895	43	35	+ 861
Liver Disease	13	850	21	155	+ 695
Other Injuries	14	781	31	91	+ 690
Congenital Anomalies	15	740	23	139	+ 601
Diabetes Mellitus	16	626	2	2,077	- 1,451
Tetanus	17	574	63	0	+ 574
Hypertension	18	573	8	651	- 77
Lung Disease	19	530	11	452	+ 78
Pertussis	20	446	67	0	+ 446
Kidney Disease	21	445	6	793	- 348
Malaria	22	421	72	0	+ 421
Asthma	23	407	36	65	+ 342
War	24	286	61	1	+ 285
Drownings	25	276	51	10	+ 266
Breast Cancer	26	267	14	413	- 146
Suicide	27	264	35	70	+ 194
Cervical Cancer	28	192	16	358	- 166
Violence	29	180	4	1,484	- 1,305
Fires	30	176	46	16	+ 160
Poisonings	31	164	57	2	+ 162
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	140	9	587	- 447
HIV/AIDS	33	132	7	757	- 625
Lymphomas	34	131	17	251	- 120
Leukemia	35	122	26	129	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	121	32	82	+ 39
Falls	37	119	33	82	+ 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	119	13	436	- 318
Inflammatory/Heart	39	113	24	133	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	40	112	34	74	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	97	44	27	+ 70
Schistosomiasis	42	94	74	0	+ 94
Epilepsy	43	91	41	46	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	44	88	20	176	- 88
Syphilis	45	82	60	1	+ 81
Oral Cancer	46	71	39	59	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	47	71	65	0	+ 71
Hepatitis B	48	68	59	1	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	49	67	19	231	- 163
Ovary Cancer	50	64	30	97	- 33
Leishmaniasis	51	63	71	0	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	52	62	5	883	- 822
Liver Cancer	53	55	29	101	- 46
Lung Cancers	54	51	10	472	- 422
Appendicitis	55	41	53	9	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	56	40	25	132	- 93
Skin Cancers	57	36	52	10	+ 25
Skin Disease	58	33	22	145	- 113
Alcohol	59	33	55	7	+ 25
Diphtheria	60	32	68	0	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	61	32	38	60	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	62	23	27	119	- 95
Encephalitis	63	20	49	13	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	64	17	28	106	- 89
Drug Use	65	12	48	13	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	50	11	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	7	64	0	+ 7
Otitis Media	68	7	69	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	69	6	66	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	70	3	45	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	71	2	56	3	- 2
Chlamydia	72	1	62	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	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.