JAMAICA VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,520	3	1,726	- 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,445	15	393	+ 1,052
Stroke	3	1,388	1	2,415	- 1,027
Lung Cancers	4	1,100	10	472	+ 628
Suicide	5	793	35	70	+ 723
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	658	9	587	+ 71
Liver Cancer	7	628	29	101	+ 527
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	552	13	436	+ 116
Kidney Disease	9	548	6	793	- 245
Stomach Cancer	10	468	19	231	+ 237
Lung Disease	11	462	11	452	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	12	379	27	119	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	13	369	2	2,077	- 1,708
Liver Disease	14	344	21	155	+ 189
Road Traffic Accidents	15	238	12	444	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	16	214	25	132	+ 82
Hypertension	17	201	8	651	- 450
Other Injuries	18	197	31	91	+ 106
Lymphomas	19	189	17	251	- 62
Falls	20	159	33	82	+ 77
Breast Cancer	21	156	14	413	- 257
Prostate Cancer	22	126	5	883	- 758
Leukemia	23	116	26	129	- 13
Tuberculosis	24	106	54	8	+ 98
Endocrine Disorders	25	103	20	176	- 74
Other Neoplasms	26	98	45	19	+ 79
Bladder Cancer	27	96	38	60	+ 36
Oesophagus Cancer	28	94	34	74	+ 20
Oral Cancer	29	79	39	59	+ 20
Ovary Cancer	30	72	30	97	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	31	72	24	133	- 61
Asthma	32	62	36	65	- 3
Alcohol	33	59	55	7	+ 51
Cervical Cancer	34	58	16	358	- 300
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	50	42	35	+ 16
Skin Disease	36	38	22	145	- 107
Skin Cancers	37	32	52	10	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	29	32	82	- 53
Hepatitis B	39	29	59	1	+ 28
Epilepsy	40	28	41	46	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	41	28	23	139	- 111
Drownings	42	27	51	10	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	43	23	28	106	- 83
Violence	44	21	4	1,484	- 1,463
Low Birth Weight	45	20	18	241	- 221
Anemia	46	18	83	0	+ 18
Fires	47	14	46	16	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	12	44	27	- 14
Hepatitis C	49	9	64	0	+ 9
Drug Use	50	8	48	13	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	8	50	11	- 3
Poisonings	52	6	57	2	+ 4
Malnutrition	53	5	40	48	- 43
Birth Trauma	54	5	37	65	- 60
HIV/AIDS	55	5	7	757	- 753
Schizophrenia	56	4	85	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	53	9	- 6
Meningitis	58	3	47	16	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	3	81	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	43	35	- 33
Syphilis	62	1	60	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	65	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	1	80	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	49	13	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	56	3	- 3
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
War	68	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	58	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

South Korea

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.