JAMAICA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,650	3	1,726	+ 924
Stroke	2	1,192	1	2,415	- 1,222
War	3	1,135	61	1	+ 1,134
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,052	15	393	+ 659
Low Birth Weight	5	774	18	241	+ 533
Road Traffic Accidents	6	752	12	444	+ 308
Birth Trauma	7	522	37	65	+ 457
Hypertension	8	465	8	651	- 186
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	384	42	35	+ 349
Congenital Anomalies	10	377	23	139	+ 238
Lung Disease	11	281	11	452	- 171
Measles	12	265	77	0	+ 265
Liver Disease	13	254	21	155	+ 99
Violence	14	249	4	1,484	- 1,235
Kidney Disease	15	235	6	793	- 558
Other Injuries	16	196	31	91	+ 105
Asthma	17	185	36	65	+ 120
Tuberculosis	18	167	54	8	+ 159
Diabetes Mellitus	19	158	2	2,077	- 1,919
Malaria	20	151	72	0	+ 151
Suicide	21	149	35	70	+ 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	123	9	587	- 464
Pertussis	23	109	67	0	+ 109
Falls	24	103	33	82	+ 21
Drownings	25	100	51	10	+ 90
Breast Cancer	26	100	14	413	- 314
Malnutrition	27	93	40	48	+ 45
Meningitis	28	89	47	16	+ 74
Fires	29	87	46	16	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	80	13	436	- 356
Stomach Cancer	31	79	19	231	- 151
Maternal Conditions	32	78	43	35	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	73	32	82	- 9
Leukemia	34	68	26	129	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	35	67	34	74	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	36	65	20	176	- 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	62	44	27	+ 35
Drug Use	38	54	48	13	+ 41
Liver Cancer	39	53	29	101	- 48
Inflammatory/Heart	40	51	24	133	- 82
Lung Cancers	41	50	10	472	- 422
Oral Cancer	42	48	39	59	- 11
Epilepsy	43	47	41	46	+ 2
Poisonings	44	47	57	2	+ 44
Lymphomas	45	38	17	251	- 213
HIV/AIDS	46	35	7	757	- 722
Tetanus	47	35	63	0	+ 34
Encephalitis	48	32	49	13	+ 19
Parkinson's Disease	49	32	25	132	- 101
Hepatitis B	50	26	59	1	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	51	25	27	119	- 94
Ovary Cancer	52	17	30	97	- 80
Syphilis	53	15	60	1	+ 15
Appendicitis	54	14	53	9	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	14	38	60	- 45
Schistosomiasis	56	11	74	0	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	57	10	16	358	- 347
Skin Cancers	58	9	52	10	- 1
Alcohol	59	7	55	7	- 1
Dengue	60	6	58	1	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	4	22	145	- 141
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	56	3	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	3	5	883	- 880
Other Neoplasms	64	2	45	19	- 17
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	50	11	- 10
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	69	0	28	106	- 106
Upper Respiratory	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	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.