JAMAICA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED KINGDOM		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	4,048	9	587	+ 3,460
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,959	3	1,726	+ 1,233
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,672	15	393	+ 1,279
Stroke	4	1,552	1	2,415	- 863
Lung Cancers	5	1,473	10	472	+ 1,001
Lung Disease	6	1,357	11	452	+ 905
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	761	13	436	+ 324
Prostate Cancer	8	548	5	883	- 335
Breast Cancer	9	525	14	413	+ 111
Lymphomas	10	386	17	251	+ 135
Pancreas Cancer	11	371	27	119	+ 252
Oesophagus Cancer	12	360	34	74	+ 286
Parkinson's Disease	13	354	25	132	+ 221
Liver Disease	14	316	21	155	+ 161
Falls	15	314	33	82	+ 232
Bladder Cancer	16	253	38	60	+ 193
Diabetes Mellitus	17	241	2	2,077	- 1,836
Kidney Disease	18	226	6	793	- 567
Other Injuries	19	225	31	91	+ 135
Suicide	20	220	35	70	+ 149
Liver Cancer	21	216	29	101	+ 115
Leukemia	22	215	26	129	+ 86
Hypertension	23	215	8	651	- 436
Stomach Cancer	24	206	19	231	- 24
Ovary Cancer	25	166	30	97	+ 69
Other Neoplasms	26	164	45	19	+ 146
Skin Cancers	27	154	52	10	+ 144
Endocrine Disorders	28	136	20	176	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	29	129	24	133	- 4
Oral Cancer	30	128	39	59	+ 69
Drug Use	31	116	48	13	+ 103
Uterin Cancer	32	97	28	106	- 9
Road Traffic Accidents	33	89	12	444	- 355
Skin Disease	34	88	22	145	- 57
Congenital Anomalies	35	88	23	139	- 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	86	32	82	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	37	77	56	3	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	66	42	35	+ 31
Alcohol	39	64	55	7	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	40	54	18	241	- 186
Asthma	41	54	36	65	- 12
Epilepsy	42	49	41	46	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	43	45	16	358	- 313
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	42	50	11	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	36	44	27	+ 10
Violence	46	36	4	1,484	- 1,449
Tuberculosis	47	14	54	8	+ 7
Fires	48	14	46	16	- 2
Drownings	49	12	51	10	+ 2
Anemia	50	11	83	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	51	11	64	0	+ 11
Meningitis	52	10	47	16	- 6
Poisonings	53	9	57	2	+ 7
Birth Trauma	54	8	37	65	- 57
HIV/AIDS	55	8	7	757	- 750
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	81	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	57	7	82	0	+ 7
Malnutrition	58	5	40	48	- 43
Appendicitis	59	4	53	9	- 5
Schizophrenia	60	4	85	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	2	80	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	2	65	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	2	43	35	- 33
Hepatitis B	65	2	59	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	69	0	+ 1
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	49	13	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	63	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

United Kingdom

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.