JAMAICA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,127	3	1,726	+ 401
Stroke	2	1,581	1	2,415	- 834
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,215	15	393	+ 822
Violence	4	883	4	1,484	- 602
Diabetes Mellitus	5	765	2	2,077	- 1,312
Lung Disease	6	762	11	452	+ 310
Kidney Disease	7	484	6	793	- 309
Road Traffic Accidents	8	435	12	444	- 9
Lung Cancers	9	406	10	472	- 66
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	394	9	587	- 193
Hypertension	11	370	8	651	- 281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	297	13	436	- 139
Liver Disease	13	275	21	155	+ 120
Breast Cancer	14	266	14	413	- 147
Prostate Cancer	15	244	5	883	- 640
Falls	16	242	33	82	+ 160
Stomach Cancer	17	231	19	231	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	18	225	24	133	+ 91
Endocrine Disorders	19	217	20	176	+ 41
Suicide	20	187	35	70	+ 116
Other Injuries	21	177	31	91	+ 86
HIV/AIDS	22	161	7	757	- 596
Congenital Anomalies	23	158	23	139	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	24	154	27	119	+ 35
Liver Cancer	25	148	29	101	+ 47
Oesophagus Cancer	26	134	34	74	+ 61
Lymphomas	27	133	17	251	- 118
Oral Cancer	28	128	39	59	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	29	122	16	358	- 236
Leukemia	30	109	26	129	- 19
Skin Disease	31	92	22	145	- 53
Alcohol	32	91	55	7	+ 84
Low Birth Weight	33	88	18	241	- 152
Malnutrition	34	86	40	48	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	73	42	35	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	36	68	38	60	+ 9
Chagas disease	37	65	73	0	+ 65
Skin Cancers	38	65	52	10	+ 55
Drownings	39	63	51	10	+ 53
Tuberculosis	40	63	54	8	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	41	61	25	132	- 71
Other Neoplasms	42	60	45	19	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	43	56	30	97	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	55	32	82	- 28
Birth Trauma	45	48	37	65	- 17
Epilepsy	46	42	41	46	- 4
Uterin Cancer	47	36	28	106	- 70
Asthma	48	33	36	65	- 32
Drug Use	49	32	48	13	+ 19
Anemia	50	31	83	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	28	44	27	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	25	64	0	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	53	19	43	35	- 15
Meningitis	54	17	47	16	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	14	81	0	+ 14
War	56	14	61	1	+ 13
Appendicitis	57	14	53	9	+ 5
Fires	58	13	46	16	- 2
Hepatitis B	59	10	59	1	+ 9
Schizophrenia	60	8	85	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	50	11	- 4
Schistosomiasis	62	8	74	0	+ 8
Leishmaniasis	63	6	71	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	56	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	4	82	0	+ 4
Poisonings	66	4	57	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	3	65	0	+ 3
Syphilis	68	3	60	1	+ 2
Leprosy	69	2	70	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	63	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	72	1	49	13	- 12
Oral conditions	73	1	80	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	1	72	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.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.