JAMAICA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,740	7	757	+ 4,983
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,284	15	393	+ 1,891
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,213	2	2,077	+ 136
Stroke	4	1,986	1	2,415	- 429
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,873	3	1,726	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,283	42	35	+ 1,249
Road Traffic Accidents	7	953	12	444	+ 509
Kidney Disease	8	946	6	793	+ 153
Suicide	9	837	35	70	+ 767
Hypertension	10	725	8	651	+ 74
Liver Disease	11	679	21	155	+ 524
Lung Disease	12	656	11	452	+ 204
Tuberculosis	13	635	54	8	+ 627
Low Birth Weight	14	578	18	241	+ 338
Cervical Cancer	15	533	16	358	+ 175
Violence	16	527	4	1,484	- 958
Other Injuries	17	472	31	91	+ 381
Birth Trauma	18	413	37	65	+ 348
Congenital Anomalies	19	398	23	139	+ 259
Asthma	20	371	36	65	+ 306
Maternal Conditions	21	287	43	35	+ 253
Malnutrition	22	263	40	48	+ 215
Meningitis	23	242	47	16	+ 226
Inflammatory/Heart	24	232	24	133	+ 99
Drownings	25	216	51	10	+ 205
Fires	26	208	46	16	+ 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	190	9	587	- 397
Endocrine Disorders	28	184	20	176	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	126	32	82	+ 44
Epilepsy	30	113	41	46	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	31	111	5	883	- 772
Falls	32	102	33	82	+ 20
Pertussis	33	96	67	0	+ 96
Poisonings	34	93	57	2	+ 91
Breast Cancer	35	92	14	413	- 322
Lymphomas	36	77	17	251	- 174
Liver Cancer	37	73	29	101	- 28
Drug Use	38	67	48	13	+ 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	65	44	27	+ 38
Skin Disease	40	63	22	145	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	41	59	25	132	- 73
Skin Cancers	42	49	52	10	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	46	13	436	- 390
Oesophagus Cancer	44	46	34	74	- 28
Syphilis	45	43	60	1	+ 42
Lung Cancers	46	41	10	472	- 431
Leukemia	47	40	26	129	- 88
Alcohol	48	40	55	7	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	49	32	74	0	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	50	28	28	106	- 78
Oral Cancer	51	25	39	59	- 33
Ovary Cancer	52	25	30	97	- 72
Stomach Cancer	53	17	19	231	- 214
Appendicitis	54	16	53	9	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	55	15	38	60	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	56	15	27	119	- 104
Hepatitis B	57	15	59	1	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	12	50	11	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	12	49	13	- 1
Upper Respiratory	60	10	65	0	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	61	10	45	19	- 9
Tetanus	62	9	63	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	56	3	+ 0
Measles	64	2	77	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	61	1	- 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	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.