JAMAICA VS SURINAME: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SURINAME		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,839	3	1,726	+ 1,113
Stroke	2	2,686	1	2,415	+ 272
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,250	2	2,077	- 827
Kidney Disease	4	1,227	6	793	+ 434
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	745	15	393	+ 352
Suicide	6	644	35	70	+ 574
HIV/AIDS	7	603	7	757	- 155
Liver Disease	8	585	21	155	+ 430
Hypertension	9	584	8	651	- 67
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	512	9	587	- 75
Lung Cancers	11	446	10	472	- 26
Lung Disease	12	405	11	452	- 47
Road Traffic Accidents	13	389	12	444	- 55
Prostate Cancer	14	342	5	883	- 541
Other Injuries	15	317	31	91	+ 226
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	316	13	436	- 120
Breast Cancer	17	239	14	413	- 174
Skin Disease	18	233	22	145	+ 88
Low Birth Weight	19	224	18	241	- 16
Cervical Cancer	20	209	16	358	- 148
Liver Cancer	21	196	29	101	+ 95
Congenital Anomalies	22	173	23	139	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	23	162	24	133	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	24	162	20	176	- 15
Falls	25	150	33	82	+ 68
Violence	26	147	4	1,484	- 1,337
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	137	42	35	+ 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	125	32	82	+ 43
Drownings	29	122	51	10	+ 112
Birth Trauma	30	121	37	65	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	31	121	25	132	- 12
Pancreas Cancer	32	115	27	119	- 3
Stomach Cancer	33	108	19	231	- 123
Lymphomas	34	99	17	251	- 152
Leukemia	35	86	26	129	- 43
Epilepsy	36	80	41	46	+ 34
Tuberculosis	37	73	54	8	+ 65
Alcohol	38	71	55	7	+ 63
Asthma	39	68	36	65	+ 3
Oral Cancer	40	68	39	59	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	41	61	43	35	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	42	60	30	97	- 37
Malnutrition	43	58	40	48	+ 10
Fires	44	55	46	16	+ 40
Drug Use	45	32	48	13	+ 19
Dengue	46	29	58	1	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	28	44	27	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	48	23	38	60	- 37
Uterin Cancer	49	23	28	106	- 83
Meningitis	50	22	47	16	+ 7
Encephalitis	51	18	49	13	+ 5
Syphilis	52	14	60	1	+ 13
Appendicitis	53	13	53	9	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	54	12	45	19	- 7
Schistosomiasis	55	10	74	0	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	56	9	34	74	- 65
Poisonings	57	8	57	2	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	50	11	- 6
Pertussis	59	5	67	0	+ 5
Skin Cancers	60	5	52	10	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	3	+ 1
Tetanus	62	4	63	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	59	1	+ 2
Chagas disease	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	71	0	+ 1
War	66	0	61	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	64	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	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.