JAMAICA VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,340	7	757	+ 1,582
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,292	15	393	+ 899
Stroke	3	1,079	1	2,415	- 1,336
Malaria	4	1,070	72	0	+ 1,070
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	852	42	35	+ 817
Tuberculosis	6	807	54	8	+ 799
Birth Trauma	7	687	37	65	+ 622
Low Birth Weight	8	659	18	241	+ 419
Liver Disease	9	611	21	155	+ 456
Coronary Heart Disease	10	602	3	1,726	- 1,124
Road Traffic Accidents	11	496	12	444	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	12	427	23	139	+ 288
Hypertension	13	355	8	651	- 296
Diabetes Mellitus	14	325	2	2,077	- 1,752
Malnutrition	15	313	40	48	+ 265
Meningitis	16	268	47	16	+ 253
Cervical Cancer	17	244	16	358	- 114
Kidney Disease	18	239	6	793	- 554
Other Injuries	19	235	31	91	+ 144
Suicide	20	177	35	70	+ 107
Lung Disease	21	173	11	452	- 279
Maternal Conditions	22	161	43	35	+ 127
Violence	23	157	4	1,484	- 1,328
Syphilis	24	120	60	1	+ 119
Pertussis	25	101	67	0	+ 101
Asthma	26	101	36	65	+ 35
Drownings	27	94	51	10	+ 83
Falls	28	81	33	82	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	80	9	587	- 507
Prostate Cancer	30	76	5	883	- 807
Lymphomas	31	74	17	251	- 177
Fires	32	74	46	16	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	33	68	24	133	- 65
Poisonings	34	62	57	2	+ 60
Breast Cancer	35	50	14	413	- 364
Oesophagus Cancer	36	49	34	74	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	37	48	20	176	- 128
Epilepsy	38	45	41	46	- 1
Leukemia	39	35	26	129	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	33	32	82	- 49
Lung Cancers	41	31	10	472	- 442
Stomach Cancer	42	28	19	231	- 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	28	13	436	- 409
Tetanus	44	26	63	0	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	26	44	27	- 1
Liver Cancer	46	24	29	101	- 77
Parkinson's Disease	47	22	25	132	- 110
Oral Cancer	48	21	39	59	- 38
Alcohol	49	19	55	7	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	50	18	38	60	- 42
Schistosomiasis	51	17	74	0	+ 17
Skin Disease	52	17	22	145	- 128
Drug Use	53	17	48	13	+ 4
Skin Cancers	54	15	52	10	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	14	59	1	+ 13
Appendicitis	56	11	53	9	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	57	11	30	97	- 86
Leishmaniasis	58	10	71	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	59	10	49	13	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	9	65	0	+ 9
Measles	61	7	77	0	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	62	6	27	119	- 113
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	50	11	- 7
Uterin Cancer	64	4	28	106	- 102
Other Neoplasms	65	3	45	19	- 16
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 1
War	69	1	61	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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.