JAMAICA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,291	7	757	+ 2,534
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,775	15	393	+ 1,382
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,398	3	1,726	- 328
Road Traffic Accidents	4	994	12	444	+ 550
Stroke	5	844	1	2,415	- 1,571
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	756	42	35	+ 722
Low Birth Weight	7	665	18	241	+ 424
Birth Trauma	8	561	37	65	+ 496
Diabetes Mellitus	9	551	2	2,077	- 1,526
Malnutrition	10	394	40	48	+ 347
Congenital Anomalies	11	365	23	139	+ 226
Kidney Disease	12	364	6	793	- 429
Suicide	13	341	35	70	+ 270
Cervical Cancer	14	333	16	358	- 25
Malaria	15	330	72	0	+ 330
Tuberculosis	16	329	54	8	+ 321
Liver Disease	17	320	21	155	+ 165
Violence	18	315	4	1,484	- 1,169
Maternal Conditions	19	288	43	35	+ 253
Other Injuries	20	273	31	91	+ 182
Asthma	21	252	36	65	+ 187
Meningitis	22	218	47	16	+ 203
Lung Disease	23	192	11	452	- 260
Hypertension	24	189	8	651	- 462
Inflammatory/Heart	25	172	24	133	+ 39
Lymphomas	26	158	17	251	- 93
Drownings	27	157	51	10	+ 147
Breast Cancer	28	138	14	413	- 275
Oesophagus Cancer	29	132	34	74	+ 58
Fires	30	130	46	16	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	126	9	587	- 461
Prostate Cancer	32	103	5	883	- 780
Stomach Cancer	33	92	19	231	- 139
Endocrine Disorders	34	91	20	176	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	90	32	82	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	89	44	27	+ 63
Poisonings	37	85	57	2	+ 82
Liver Cancer	38	84	29	101	- 17
Epilepsy	39	84	41	46	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	83	13	436	- 353
Falls	41	77	33	82	- 5
Pertussis	42	69	67	0	+ 69
Lung Cancers	43	47	10	472	- 425
Skin Cancers	44	43	52	10	+ 33
Leukemia	45	40	26	129	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	46	37	25	132	- 95
Pancreas Cancer	47	36	27	119	- 83
Drug Use	48	35	48	13	+ 22
Oral Cancer	49	34	39	59	- 25
Uterin Cancer	50	30	28	106	- 76
Ovary Cancer	51	29	30	97	- 68
Skin Disease	52	28	22	145	- 117
Schistosomiasis	53	28	74	0	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	54	21	38	60	- 39
Syphilis	55	20	60	1	+ 20
Encephalitis	56	19	49	13	+ 6
Tetanus	57	17	63	0	+ 17
Appendicitis	58	11	53	9	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	11	65	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	60	9	59	1	+ 8
Alcohol	61	8	55	7	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	6	45	19	- 12
Measles	63	5	77	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	50	11	- 7
War	65	4	61	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	56	3	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	70	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.