JAMAICA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,516	3	1,726	+ 1,790
Stroke	2	2,349	1	2,415	- 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,565	9	587	+ 978
Lung Disease	4	1,406	11	452	+ 955
Lung Cancers	5	1,206	10	472	+ 733
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,130	15	393	+ 737
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,026	13	436	+ 590
Kidney Disease	8	857	6	793	+ 64
Breast Cancer	9	699	14	413	+ 286
Other Injuries	10	638	31	91	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	11	616	2	2,077	- 1,461
Suicide	12	606	35	70	+ 536
Prostate Cancer	13	583	5	883	- 301
Pancreas Cancer	14	540	27	119	+ 422
Hypertension	15	534	8	651	- 116
Road Traffic Accidents	16	422	12	444	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	17	402	20	176	+ 225
Stomach Cancer	18	396	19	231	+ 165
Other Neoplasms	19	382	45	19	+ 364
Lymphomas	20	377	17	251	+ 126
Parkinson's Disease	21	264	25	132	+ 132
Inflammatory/Heart	22	259	24	133	+ 126
Violence	23	243	4	1,484	- 1,241
Oesophagus Cancer	24	236	34	74	+ 162
Leukemia	25	231	26	129	+ 102
Bladder Cancer	26	228	38	60	+ 168
Liver Disease	27	170	21	155	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	28	161	7	757	- 596
Cervical Cancer	29	142	16	358	- 216
Congenital Anomalies	30	140	23	139	+ 1
Oral Cancer	31	138	39	59	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	32	132	30	97	+ 35
Skin Cancers	33	123	52	10	+ 113
Liver Cancer	34	121	29	101	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	111	42	35	+ 76
Skin Disease	36	107	22	145	- 38
Asthma	37	105	36	65	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	38	95	28	106	- 11
Alcohol	39	86	55	7	+ 79
Epilepsy	40	71	41	46	+ 25
Tuberculosis	41	66	54	8	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	42	61	18	241	- 180
Malnutrition	43	60	40	48	+ 12
Anemia	44	58	83	0	+ 58
Drownings	45	53	51	10	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	47	32	82	- 36
Falls	47	45	33	82	- 37
Fires	48	45	46	16	+ 29
Drug Use	49	33	48	13	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	32	44	27	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	50	11	+ 17
Osteoarthritis	52	27	82	0	+ 27
Birth Trauma	53	18	37	65	- 47
Schizophrenia	54	15	85	0	+ 15
Poisonings	55	14	57	2	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	56	11	56	3	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	81	0	+ 10
Meningitis	58	8	47	16	- 7
Appendicitis	59	7	53	9	- 2
Maternal Conditions	60	7	43	35	- 27
Chagas disease	61	4	73	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	65	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	59	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	64	3	49	13	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	2	60	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	70	0	+ 0
War	70	0	61	1	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	63	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	58	1	- 1
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

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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.