VENEZUELA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	35,023	3	12,133	+ 22,890
Coronary Heart Disease	2	27,660	1	26,905	+ 754
Diabetes Mellitus	3	25,970	4	11,176	+ 14,793
Kidney Disease	4	14,821	8	5,932	+ 8,889
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,214	7	7,188	+ 5,026
Prostate Cancer	6	10,465	13	2,848	+ 7,616
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,144	5	11,127	- 983
Lung Disease	8	9,825	10	5,150	+ 4,675
Hypertension	9	9,757	9	5,195	+ 4,562
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,849	35	572	+ 8,277
Violence	11	6,881	2	18,132	- 11,251
Liver Disease	12	6,480	16	2,340	+ 4,139
Inflammatory/Heart	13	5,857	33	599	+ 5,258
Breast Cancer	14	4,734	15	2,563	+ 2,170
Stomach Cancer	15	4,074	17	2,175	+ 1,899
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,925	19	2,037	+ 1,887
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,752	30	760	+ 2,992
Lung Cancers	18	3,476	11	3,900	- 423
Low Birth Weight	19	3,197	12	3,088	+ 109
Skin Disease	20	3,005	66	18	+ 2,988
Other Injuries	21	2,743	21	1,693	+ 1,050
Suicide	22	2,677	34	585	+ 2,092
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,579	48	252	+ 2,328
Lymphomas	24	2,433	23	1,248	+ 1,186
Cervical Cancer	25	2,205	20	1,986	+ 219
Falls	26	1,958	28	865	+ 1,092
Asthma	27	1,783	46	311	+ 1,472
Drownings	28	1,734	43	388	+ 1,346
Alcohol	29	1,719	62	34	+ 1,684
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,505	14	2,846	- 1,341
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,499	25	1,082	+ 416
Epilepsy	32	1,323	41	411	+ 913
Malnutrition	33	1,224	32	629	+ 595
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	998	40	418	+ 581
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	851	22	1,359	- 508
Leukemia	36	822	27	1,007	- 185
Liver Cancer	37	752	26	1,029	- 278
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	732	57	80	+ 652
Fires	39	616	54	144	+ 472
Oesophagus Cancer	40	584	44	370	+ 214
Ovary Cancer	41	582	36	563	+ 19
Birth Trauma	42	575	24	1,087	- 512
Oral Cancer	43	572	38	544	+ 28
Tuberculosis	44	542	31	748	- 205
Uterin Cancer	45	378	47	309	+ 69
Drug Use	46	356	50	225	+ 131
Maternal Conditions	47	343	39	422	- 79
Other Neoplasms	48	338	18	2,167	- 1,830
Meningitis	49	272	49	251	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	243	52	180	+ 63
Appendicitis	51	209	56	98	+ 111
Encephalitis	52	205	61	37	+ 168
Dengue	53	110	59	65	+ 45
Multiple Sclerosis	54	83	60	51	+ 32
Poisonings	55	49	58	68	- 19
Tetanus	56	40	68	8	+ 32
Syphilis	57	35	67	15	+ 20
War	58	31	51	185	- 154
Upper Respiratory	59	23	74	1	+ 22
Hepatitis B	60	11	63	30	- 19
Schistosomiasis	61	9	76	1	+ 9
Chlamydia	62	8	82	0	+ 8
Pertussis	63	6	64	26	- 20
Ascariasis	64	2	70	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	21	- 20
Otitis Media	66	0	75	1	- 1
Diphtheria	67	0	78	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	37	553	- 553
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	55	126	- 126
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	45	365	- 365
Schizophrenia	73	0	69	6	- 6
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	72	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	53	151	- 151
Measles	77	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	42	402	- 402
Leishmaniasis	82	0	73	3	- 3
Leprosy	83	0	71	4	- 4
HIV/AIDS	84	0	6	7,490	- 7,490
Trichuriasis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Saint Lucia

Venezuela

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.