JAMAICA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,169	3	1,726	+ 2,443
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,371	9	587	+ 1,784
Lung Disease	3	1,613	11	452	+ 1,161
Stroke	4	1,309	1	2,415	- 1,106
Lung Cancers	5	1,284	10	472	+ 812
Kidney Disease	6	709	6	793	- 84
Drug Use	7	615	48	13	+ 602
Hypertension	8	545	8	651	- 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	511	13	436	+ 74
Diabetes Mellitus	10	507	2	2,077	- 1,570
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	498	15	393	+ 105
Suicide	12	438	35	70	+ 368
Breast Cancer	13	402	14	413	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	14	388	20	176	+ 212
Pancreas Cancer	15	366	27	119	+ 247
Liver Disease	16	358	21	155	+ 204
Road Traffic Accidents	17	344	12	444	- 100
Falls	18	334	33	82	+ 252
Lymphomas	19	333	17	251	+ 82
Prostate Cancer	20	294	5	883	- 589
Parkinson's Disease	21	285	25	132	+ 152
Inflammatory/Heart	22	269	24	133	+ 135
Liver Cancer	23	223	29	101	+ 122
Leukemia	24	223	26	129	+ 94
Other Injuries	25	215	31	91	+ 124
Bladder Cancer	26	162	38	60	+ 102
Violence	27	157	4	1,484	- 1,328
Oesophagus Cancer	28	147	34	74	+ 73
Other Neoplasms	29	147	45	19	+ 128
Alcohol	30	121	55	7	+ 114
Ovary Cancer	31	120	30	97	+ 24
Skin Cancers	32	118	52	10	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	33	108	19	231	- 123
Congenital Anomalies	34	97	23	139	- 42
Oral Cancer	35	95	39	59	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	36	83	28	106	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	82	42	35	+ 48
Cervical Cancer	38	58	16	358	- 300
Low Birth Weight	39	57	18	241	- 183
Malnutrition	40	56	40	48	+ 8
Hepatitis C	41	47	64	0	+ 47
HIV/AIDS	42	47	7	757	- 711
Skin Disease	43	45	22	145	- 101
Multiple Sclerosis	44	42	56	3	+ 38
Drownings	45	34	51	10	+ 23
Asthma	46	32	36	65	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	30	44	27	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	29	32	82	- 54
Fires	49	26	46	16	+ 11
Epilepsy	50	26	41	46	- 20
Anemia	51	26	83	0	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	20	50	11	+ 9
Poisonings	53	14	57	2	+ 11
Birth Trauma	54	10	37	65	- 55
War	55	10	61	1	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	56	6	43	35	- 28
Schizophrenia	57	6	85	0	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	6	81	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	59	5	59	1	+ 4
Meningitis	60	5	47	16	- 11
Osteoarthritis	61	5	82	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	62	5	54	8	- 3
Appendicitis	63	4	53	9	- 6
Oral conditions	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	65	0	+ 2
Syphilis	66	0	60	1	- 0
Otitis Media	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	49	13	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Malaria	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	62	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 States

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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.