JAMAICA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,379	3	1,726	+ 1,653
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,601	2	2,077	- 476
Lung Disease	3	1,215	11	452	+ 763
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	891	9	587	+ 304
Kidney Disease	5	881	6	793	+ 88
Stroke	6	874	1	2,415	- 1,541
Asthma	7	831	36	65	+ 766
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	657	15	393	+ 264
Road Traffic Accidents	9	539	12	444	+ 95
Suicide	10	382	35	70	+ 312
Oral Cancer	11	372	39	59	+ 313
Lung Cancers	12	228	10	472	- 244
Oesophagus Cancer	13	198	34	74	+ 125
Other Injuries	14	196	31	91	+ 106
Breast Cancer	15	178	14	413	- 236
Stomach Cancer	16	170	19	231	- 61
Liver Disease	17	167	21	155	+ 13
Leukemia	18	148	26	129	+ 19
Liver Cancer	19	140	29	101	+ 39
Hypertension	20	136	8	651	- 515
Lymphomas	21	132	17	251	- 119
Congenital Anomalies	22	127	23	139	- 12
Falls	23	124	33	82	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	117	13	436	- 319
Tuberculosis	25	99	54	8	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	26	98	16	358	- 260
Drownings	27	94	51	10	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	78	42	35	+ 43
Low Birth Weight	29	69	18	241	- 172
Prostate Cancer	30	65	5	883	- 818
Violence	31	64	4	1,484	- 1,420
Endocrine Disorders	32	59	20	176	- 117
Anemia	33	57	83	0	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	34	55	38	60	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	35	55	24	133	- 79
Skin Disease	36	38	22	145	- 108
Ovary Cancer	37	36	30	97	- 61
War	38	36	61	1	+ 35
Epilepsy	39	35	41	46	- 11
Drug Use	40	33	48	13	+ 20
Fires	41	31	46	16	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	42	28	28	106	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	43	27	27	119	- 91
Birth Trauma	44	25	37	65	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	45	22	25	132	- 111
Meningitis	46	19	47	16	+ 3
Dengue	47	17	58	1	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	48	12	43	35	- 22
Poisonings	49	12	57	2	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	50	11	45	19	- 8
Alcohol	51	11	55	7	+ 3
Skin Cancers	52	7	52	10	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	44	27	- 20
Malnutrition	54	6	40	48	- 42
HIV/AIDS	55	5	7	757	- 752
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	5	32	82	- 77
Tetanus	57	4	63	0	+ 3
Syphilis	58	2	60	1	+ 1
Pertussis	59	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	50	11	- 10
Encephalitis	61	1	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	1	59	1	- 0
Leprosy	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	53	9	- 8
Schizophrenia	65	1	85	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	56	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	73	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

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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.