JAMAICA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,363	7	757	+ 2,606
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,838	15	393	+ 1,445
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,529	3	1,726	- 196
Stroke	4	1,434	1	2,415	- 981
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,410	2	2,077	- 667
Tuberculosis	6	1,026	54	8	+ 1,018
Violence	7	981	4	1,484	- 503
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	740	42	35	+ 706
Kidney Disease	9	715	6	793	- 78
Suicide	10	643	35	70	+ 573
Road Traffic Accidents	11	608	12	444	+ 164
Hypertension	12	597	8	651	- 53
Lung Disease	13	556	11	452	+ 104
Liver Disease	14	421	21	155	+ 266
Lung Cancers	15	360	10	472	- 112
Low Birth Weight	16	292	18	241	+ 51
Other Injuries	17	281	31	91	+ 190
Asthma	18	279	36	65	+ 213
Endocrine Disorders	19	275	20	176	+ 99
Cervical Cancer	20	260	16	358	- 98
Inflammatory/Heart	21	253	24	133	+ 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	218	9	587	- 369
Breast Cancer	23	212	14	413	- 201
Prostate Cancer	24	204	5	883	- 679
Congenital Anomalies	25	203	23	139	+ 65
Meningitis	26	171	47	16	+ 155
Fires	27	169	46	16	+ 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	168	13	436	- 269
Oesophagus Cancer	29	163	34	74	+ 89
Birth Trauma	30	140	37	65	+ 75
Lymphomas	31	132	17	251	- 119
Drownings	32	112	51	10	+ 102
Liver Cancer	33	111	29	101	+ 10
Malnutrition	34	111	40	48	+ 63
Pancreas Cancer	35	94	27	119	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	88	32	82	+ 6
Epilepsy	37	87	41	46	+ 42
Maternal Conditions	38	79	43	35	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	39	72	19	231	- 159
Leukemia	40	68	26	129	- 60
Oral Cancer	41	66	39	59	+ 7
Falls	42	65	33	82	- 17
Pertussis	43	53	67	0	+ 53
Syphilis	44	53	60	1	+ 52
Skin Disease	45	51	22	145	- 94
Parkinson's Disease	46	50	25	132	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	47	44	27	+ 21
Skin Cancers	48	46	52	10	+ 36
Alcohol	49	46	55	7	+ 39
Poisonings	50	46	57	2	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	51	44	30	97	- 53
Bladder Cancer	52	39	38	60	- 21
Drug Use	53	36	48	13	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	54	24	28	106	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	18	50	11	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	13	53	9	+ 4
Measles	57	13	77	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	58	12	45	19	- 6
Encephalitis	59	11	49	13	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	10	65	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	61	7	59	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	56	3	+ 2
Malaria	63	4	72	0	+ 4
War	64	3	61	1	+ 3
Tetanus	65	2	63	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	66	2	74	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

South Africa

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.