JAMAICA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,246	1	2,415	+ 1,831
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,455	3	1,726	+ 729
Lung Disease	3	958	11	452	+ 506
Diabetes Mellitus	4	904	2	2,077	- 1,173
Road Traffic Accidents	5	787	12	444	+ 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	782	9	587	+ 195
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	743	15	393	+ 350
Kidney Disease	8	674	6	793	- 119
Liver Cancer	9	667	29	101	+ 566
Liver Disease	10	638	21	155	+ 483
Lung Cancers	11	569	10	472	+ 96
Hypertension	12	531	8	651	- 120
Falls	13	412	33	82	+ 330
Stomach Cancer	14	404	19	231	+ 174
Tuberculosis	15	252	54	8	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	220	13	436	- 216
Asthma	17	218	36	65	+ 152
Suicide	18	194	35	70	+ 123
Low Birth Weight	19	190	18	241	- 50
Oral Cancer	20	189	39	59	+ 130
Congenital Anomalies	21	189	23	139	+ 50
Breast Cancer	22	165	14	413	- 248
Other Injuries	23	148	31	91	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	24	143	24	133	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	25	143	25	132	+ 10
Drownings	26	136	51	10	+ 126
HIV/AIDS	27	133	7	757	- 624
Leukemia	28	131	26	129	+ 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	117	42	35	+ 83
Lymphomas	30	79	17	251	- 172
Cervical Cancer	31	64	16	358	- 294
Birth Trauma	32	62	37	65	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	33	60	34	74	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	34	56	20	176	- 121
Prostate Cancer	35	51	5	883	- 832
Violence	36	48	4	1,484	- 1,437
Measles	37	48	77	0	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	46	44	27	+ 19
Encephalitis	39	42	49	13	+ 29
Skin Disease	40	40	22	145	- 105
Drug Use	41	36	48	13	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	42	31	28	106	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	26	32	82	- 57
Pancreas Cancer	44	25	27	119	- 94
Bladder Cancer	45	24	38	60	- 36
Alcohol	46	23	55	7	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	47	23	30	97	- 74
Poisonings	48	22	57	2	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	49	21	43	35	- 14
Pertussis	50	19	67	0	+ 19
Meningitis	51	17	47	16	+ 1
Fires	52	16	46	16	+ 0
Epilepsy	53	16	41	46	- 30
Skin Cancers	54	12	52	10	+ 2
Hepatitis B	55	10	59	1	+ 9
Syphilis	56	9	60	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	57	9	45	19	- 10
Tetanus	58	8	63	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	6	50	11	- 5
Appendicitis	60	5	53	9	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	56	3	+ 0
Dengue	62	3	58	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	63	3	40	48	- 45
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	0	+ 2
War	65	1	61	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	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.