JAMAICA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,431	3	1,726	+ 705
Violence	2	1,638	4	1,484	+ 154
Stroke	3	1,096	1	2,415	- 1,318
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,010	2	2,077	- 1,067
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,005	12	444	+ 561
HIV/AIDS	6	677	7	757	- 80
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	650	15	393	+ 257
Kidney Disease	8	536	6	793	- 257
Hypertension	9	469	8	651	- 181
Lung Disease	10	465	11	452	+ 13
Lung Cancers	11	352	10	472	- 120
Low Birth Weight	12	279	18	241	+ 38
Prostate Cancer	13	257	5	883	- 626
Congenital Anomalies	14	257	23	139	+ 118
Breast Cancer	15	232	14	413	- 182
Liver Disease	16	211	21	155	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	17	197	19	231	- 34
Other Neoplasms	18	196	45	19	+ 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	184	13	436	- 252
Cervical Cancer	20	179	16	358	- 178
Other Injuries	21	153	31	91	+ 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	123	42	35	+ 88
Lymphomas	23	113	17	251	- 138
Birth Trauma	24	98	37	65	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	25	98	27	119	- 21
Liver Cancer	26	93	29	101	- 8
Leukemia	27	91	26	129	- 38
Falls	28	78	33	82	- 4
Chagas disease	29	75	73	0	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	30	69	20	176	- 108
Tuberculosis	31	68	54	8	+ 60
Malnutrition	32	57	40	48	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	33	54	24	133	- 79
Suicide	34	53	35	70	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	52	9	587	- 536
Ovary Cancer	36	51	30	97	- 46
Skin Cancers	37	50	52	10	+ 40
Oral Cancer	38	49	39	59	- 10
Maternal Conditions	39	38	43	35	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	38	32	82	- 45
Epilepsy	41	37	41	46	- 9
Malaria	42	36	72	0	+ 36
Drownings	43	35	51	10	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	44	33	34	74	- 40
Bladder Cancer	45	33	38	60	- 27
Asthma	46	28	36	65	- 37
Uterin Cancer	47	28	28	106	- 78
Parkinson's Disease	48	23	25	132	- 110
Meningitis	49	23	47	16	+ 7
Drug Use	50	20	48	13	+ 7
War	51	17	61	1	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	16	50	11	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	14	81	0	+ 14
Fires	54	13	46	16	- 3
Anemia	55	11	83	0	+ 11
Appendicitis	56	9	53	9	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	7	44	27	- 19
Poisonings	58	6	57	2	+ 4
Dengue	59	6	58	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	56	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	3	49	13	- 10
Alcohol	62	3	55	7	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	59	1	+ 2
Pertussis	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	66	2	22	145	- 144
Syphilis	67	1	60	1	+ 1
Tetanus	68	1	63	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	69	1	85	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	62	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Venezuela

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.