JAMAICA VS RUSSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RUSSIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,283	3	1,726	+ 9,557
Stroke	2	6,561	1	2,415	+ 4,146
Lung Cancers	3	1,090	10	472	+ 618
Inflammatory/Heart	4	1,084	24	133	+ 951
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	973	9	587	+ 386
Liver Disease	6	912	21	155	+ 757
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	855	13	436	+ 418
Suicide	8	734	35	70	+ 664
Lung Disease	9	734	11	452	+ 282
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	650	15	393	+ 257
Stomach Cancer	11	589	19	231	+ 359
Alcohol	12	561	55	7	+ 554
Breast Cancer	13	466	14	413	+ 53
Other Injuries	14	452	31	91	+ 361
HIV/AIDS	15	426	7	757	- 331
Pancreas Cancer	16	407	27	119	+ 288
Hypertension	17	368	8	651	- 283
Diabetes Mellitus	18	368	2	2,077	- 1,709
Road Traffic Accidents	19	351	12	444	- 93
Prostate Cancer	20	283	5	883	- 601
Falls	21	235	33	82	+ 153
Kidney Disease	22	232	6	793	- 561
Violence	23	230	4	1,484	- 1,255
Liver Cancer	24	224	29	101	+ 123
Oral Cancer	25	218	39	59	+ 159
Parkinson's Disease	26	188	25	132	+ 55
Drug Use	27	183	48	13	+ 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	28	179	32	82	+ 97
Lymphomas	29	179	17	251	- 72
Tuberculosis	30	169	54	8	+ 161
Leukemia	31	165	26	129	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	32	163	30	97	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	33	149	34	74	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	34	149	16	358	- 209
Uterin Cancer	35	138	28	106	+ 32
Drownings	36	133	51	10	+ 123
Fires	37	128	46	16	+ 112
Bladder Cancer	38	126	38	60	+ 67
Skin Cancers	39	113	52	10	+ 102
Poisonings	40	112	57	2	+ 109
Congenital Anomalies	41	84	23	139	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	56	44	27	+ 29
Skin Disease	43	55	22	145	- 90
Low Birth Weight	44	43	18	241	- 197
Endocrine Disorders	45	40	20	176	- 136
Asthma	46	35	36	65	- 30
Encephalitis	47	22	49	13	+ 9
Meningitis	48	21	47	16	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	49	17	56	3	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	15	50	11	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	51	15	45	19	- 4
Epilepsy	52	14	41	46	- 31
Birth Trauma	53	14	37	65	- 51
Appendicitis	54	8	53	9	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	8	42	35	- 27
Maternal Conditions	56	5	43	35	- 29
Malnutrition	57	5	40	48	- 43
Upper Respiratory	58	3	65	0	+ 3
War	59	2	61	1	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	1	59	1	- 0
Chlamydia	61	1	62	0	+ 0
Syphilis	62	0	60	1	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	58	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	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.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.