JAMAICA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SUDAN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,460	3	1,726	+ 734
Stroke	2	1,152	1	2,415	- 1,263
Low Birth Weight	3	897	18	241	+ 657
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	706	15	393	+ 313
Road Traffic Accidents	5	641	12	444	+ 197
Measles	6	520	77	0	+ 520
Birth Trauma	7	477	37	65	+ 412
Hypertension	8	408	8	651	- 243
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	351	42	35	+ 317
Malaria	10	314	72	0	+ 314
Congenital Anomalies	11	308	23	139	+ 169
Kidney Disease	12	285	6	793	- 508
Lung Disease	13	245	11	452	- 207
Liver Disease	14	243	21	155	+ 88
Tuberculosis	15	238	54	8	+ 230
Breast Cancer	16	172	14	413	- 241
Diabetes Mellitus	17	172	2	2,077	- 1,905
Other Injuries	18	163	31	91	+ 72
Asthma	19	147	36	65	+ 82
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	145	9	587	- 443
Violence	21	139	4	1,484	- 1,346
HIV/AIDS	22	130	7	757	- 627
Maternal Conditions	23	110	43	35	+ 75
Pertussis	24	106	67	0	+ 106
Leukemia	25	102	26	129	- 27
Drownings	26	94	51	10	+ 84
Suicide	27	92	35	70	+ 22
Falls	28	87	33	82	+ 5
Lymphomas	29	86	17	251	- 165
Endocrine Disorders	30	82	20	176	- 95
Fires	31	73	46	16	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	32	63	34	74	- 11
Meningitis	33	61	47	16	+ 46
Malnutrition	34	61	40	48	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	59	13	436	- 378
Drug Use	36	58	48	13	+ 45
Liver Cancer	37	53	29	101	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	38	47	24	133	- 86
Ovary Cancer	39	44	30	97	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	43	32	82	- 39
Cervical Cancer	41	43	16	358	- 315
Poisonings	42	42	57	2	+ 39
Epilepsy	43	41	41	46	- 5
Hepatitis B	44	41	59	1	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	45	39	25	132	- 93
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	38	44	27	+ 12
Syphilis	47	34	60	1	+ 33
Lung Cancers	48	30	10	472	- 442
Prostate Cancer	49	29	5	883	- 854
Oral Cancer	50	28	39	59	- 31
Stomach Cancer	51	27	19	231	- 204
Leishmaniasis	52	25	71	0	+ 25
Tetanus	53	21	63	0	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	54	21	38	60	- 39
Skin Cancers	55	20	52	10	+ 10
War	56	19	61	1	+ 18
Encephalitis	57	17	49	13	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	58	15	27	119	- 103
Appendicitis	59	9	53	9	- 0
Skin Disease	60	6	22	145	- 139
Alcohol	61	5	55	7	- 3
Uterin Cancer	62	4	28	106	- 102
Schistosomiasis	63	4	74	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	56	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	2	45	19	- 17
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	50	11	- 10
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Sudan

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.