JAMAICA VS UKRAINE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UKRAINE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,068	3	1,726	+ 20,342
Stroke	2	6,325	1	2,415	+ 3,910
Liver Disease	3	1,203	21	155	+ 1,048
Lung Cancers	4	1,190	10	472	+ 717
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,124	9	587	+ 537
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,069	13	436	+ 633
Inflammatory/Heart	7	965	24	133	+ 832
Lung Disease	8	762	11	452	+ 310
Suicide	9	754	35	70	+ 683
Stomach Cancer	10	642	19	231	+ 411
Breast Cancer	11	642	14	413	+ 229
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	540	15	393	+ 147
HIV/AIDS	13	465	7	757	- 292
Pancreas Cancer	14	460	27	119	+ 342
Alcohol	15	449	55	7	+ 441
Prostate Cancer	16	380	5	883	- 503
Oral Cancer	17	358	39	59	+ 299
Road Traffic Accidents	18	355	12	444	- 89
Other Injuries	19	335	31	91	+ 244
Tuberculosis	20	253	54	8	+ 245
Parkinson's Disease	21	246	25	132	+ 113
Falls	22	228	33	82	+ 146
Violence	23	219	4	1,484	- 1,265
Lymphomas	24	209	17	251	- 42
Ovary Cancer	25	208	30	97	+ 111
Leukemia	26	200	26	129	+ 72
Bladder Cancer	27	193	38	60	+ 133
Cervical Cancer	28	193	16	358	- 165
Uterin Cancer	29	188	28	106	+ 82
Drownings	30	183	51	10	+ 173
Diabetes Mellitus	31	179	2	2,077	- 1,898
Liver Cancer	32	175	29	101	+ 74
Kidney Disease	33	172	6	793	- 621
Skin Cancers	34	159	52	10	+ 149
Oesophagus Cancer	35	157	34	74	+ 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	131	32	82	+ 49
Fires	37	131	46	16	+ 115
Congenital Anomalies	38	110	23	139	- 29
Drug Use	39	90	48	13	+ 77
Poisonings	40	88	57	2	+ 86
Hypertension	41	77	8	651	- 574
Low Birth Weight	42	67	18	241	- 173
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	65	44	27	+ 38
Epilepsy	44	33	41	46	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	45	33	20	176	- 143
Encephalitis	46	31	49	13	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	47	27	56	3	+ 24
Skin Disease	48	25	22	145	- 121
War	49	22	61	1	+ 21
Meningitis	50	20	47	16	+ 5
Birth Trauma	51	19	37	65	- 46
Asthma	52	18	36	65	- 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	15	42	35	- 20
Other Neoplasms	54	11	45	19	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	8	50	11	- 3
Appendicitis	56	6	53	9	- 3
Maternal Conditions	57	4	43	35	- 30
Malnutrition	58	4	40	48	- 43
Hepatitis B	59	3	59	1	+ 2
Measles	60	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	61	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	1	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	60	1	- 0
Tetanus	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	70	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	82	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

Ukraine

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.