JAMAICA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,147	7	757	+ 390
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,089	15	393	+ 697
Malaria	3	911	72	0	+ 911
Tuberculosis	4	848	54	8	+ 841
Road Traffic Accidents	5	756	12	444	+ 312
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	736	42	35	+ 702
Stroke	7	707	1	2,415	- 1,708
Birth Trauma	8	631	37	65	+ 566
Coronary Heart Disease	9	553	3	1,726	- 1,173
Low Birth Weight	10	510	18	241	+ 269
Congenital Anomalies	11	410	23	139	+ 271
Maternal Conditions	12	286	43	35	+ 252
Liver Disease	13	276	21	155	+ 121
Cervical Cancer	14	269	16	358	- 89
Diabetes Mellitus	15	261	2	2,077	- 1,816
Malnutrition	16	233	40	48	+ 186
Hypertension	17	218	8	651	- 433
Violence	18	197	4	1,484	- 1,287
Kidney Disease	19	190	6	793	- 603
Other Injuries	20	179	31	91	+ 88
Meningitis	21	133	47	16	+ 118
Lung Disease	22	128	11	452	- 324
Pertussis	23	116	67	0	+ 116
Suicide	24	104	35	70	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	25	94	34	74	+ 20
Syphilis	26	89	60	1	+ 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	86	9	587	- 502
Prostate Cancer	28	76	5	883	- 807
Endocrine Disorders	29	74	20	176	- 102
Asthma	30	71	36	65	+ 6
Oral Cancer	31	69	39	59	+ 10
Drownings	32	69	51	10	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	66	13	436	- 371
Falls	34	64	33	82	- 18
Fires	35	60	46	16	+ 44
Liver Cancer	36	59	29	101	- 42
Breast Cancer	37	54	14	413	- 359
Inflammatory/Heart	38	51	24	133	- 82
Stomach Cancer	39	50	19	231	- 181
Poisonings	40	49	57	2	+ 47
Lymphomas	41	34	17	251	- 217
Skin Cancers	42	31	52	10	+ 21
Epilepsy	43	30	41	46	- 16
Bladder Cancer	44	28	38	60	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	45	21	25	132	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	19	32	82	- 63
Leukemia	47	17	26	129	- 111
Drug Use	48	17	48	13	+ 4
Tetanus	49	17	63	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	17	44	27	- 10
Schistosomiasis	51	16	74	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	52	15	22	145	- 130
Ovary Cancer	53	14	30	97	- 83
Upper Respiratory	54	13	65	0	+ 12
Measles	55	12	77	0	+ 12
Alcohol	56	11	55	7	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	57	9	28	106	- 97
Appendicitis	58	9	53	9	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	8	49	13	- 5
Hepatitis B	60	7	59	1	+ 6
Lung Cancers	61	7	10	472	- 466
Pancreas Cancer	62	7	27	119	- 112
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	50	11	- 8
Other Neoplasms	64	2	45	19	- 16
Ascariasis	65	2	66	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	0	+ 2
War	67	1	61	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	56	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	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.