JAMAICA VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,554	3	1,726	+ 3,828
Stroke	2	1,640	1	2,415	- 775
Lung Cancers	3	1,328	10	472	+ 855
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,314	9	587	+ 727
Lung Disease	5	1,293	11	452	+ 841
Hypertension	6	1,134	8	651	+ 483
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	732	13	436	+ 295
Kidney Disease	8	708	6	793	- 85
Diabetes Mellitus	9	659	2	2,077	- 1,418
Pancreas Cancer	10	599	27	119	+ 480
Breast Cancer	11	585	14	413	+ 171
Other Injuries	12	535	31	91	+ 445
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	492	15	393	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	14	477	24	133	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	15	473	5	883	- 411
Liver Disease	16	430	21	155	+ 275
Suicide	17	412	35	70	+ 341
Lymphomas	18	367	17	251	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	19	347	25	132	+ 215
Endocrine Disorders	20	339	20	176	+ 163
Falls	21	309	33	82	+ 227
Liver Cancer	22	290	29	101	+ 189
Leukemia	23	277	26	129	+ 148
Stomach Cancer	24	257	19	231	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	25	256	45	19	+ 238
Bladder Cancer	26	194	38	60	+ 135
Oral Cancer	27	193	39	59	+ 135
Skin Cancers	28	184	52	10	+ 174
Alcohol	29	169	55	7	+ 162
Ovary Cancer	30	162	30	97	+ 65
Road Traffic Accidents	31	137	12	444	- 307
Oesophagus Cancer	32	128	34	74	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	119	44	27	+ 93
Congenital Anomalies	34	103	23	139	- 36
Uterin Cancer	35	87	28	106	- 19
Epilepsy	36	70	41	46	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	37	65	16	358	- 293
Multiple Sclerosis	38	53	56	3	+ 50
Drug Use	39	51	48	13	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	48	42	35	+ 13
Hepatitis C	41	46	64	0	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	45	32	82	- 38
Skin Disease	43	31	22	145	- 114
Anemia	44	31	83	0	+ 31
Asthma	45	25	36	65	- 40
Malnutrition	46	22	40	48	- 25
Violence	47	15	4	1,484	- 1,470
Drownings	48	13	51	10	+ 3
HIV/AIDS	49	13	7	757	- 744
Tuberculosis	50	13	54	8	+ 5
Low Birth Weight	51	13	18	241	- 228
Fires	52	11	46	16	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	11	50	11	- 0
Birth Trauma	54	11	37	65	- 54
Upper Respiratory	55	8	65	0	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	81	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	57	7	82	0	+ 7
Meningitis	58	7	47	16	- 9
Appendicitis	59	5	53	9	- 4
Poisonings	60	5	57	2	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	3	80	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	59	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	63	1	85	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	43	35	- 33
Otitis Media	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	60	1	- 0
War	67	0	61	1	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Austria

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.