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Jamaica
COUNTRY #1
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JAMAICA VS MYANMAR

Compare Jamaica and Myanmar health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Myanmar
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
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Myanmar Population Pyramid
62,253,423
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Myanmar MYANMAR
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
  
42.4
45.4
43.9
126
127
125
1970
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
  
49.8
53.6
51.7
120
115
117
1980
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
  
55.4
59.4
57.3
121
119
118
1990
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
  
57.0
61.1
59.0
133
129
132
2000
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
  
60.2
64.1
62.1
126
127
130
2010
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
  
63.5
67.3
65.4
127
133
131
2019
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
  
65.9
72.2
69.1
133
121
126
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Myanmar MYANMAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.4
77.7
57
82
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age
74.4
77.7
57
82
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age 5
75.5
78.6
50
78
69.3
75.2
133
115
Age 10
75.6
78.7
51
77
69.4
75.3
135
115
Age 15
75.7
78.8
51
77
69.6
75.5
136
115
Age 20
75.9
78.9
51
78
69.9
75.6
136
115
Age 25
76.1
79.1
53
77
70.4
75.9
135
115
Age 30
76.4
79.3
54
76
70.8
76.1
134
114
Age 35
76.7
79.6
53
74
71.3
76.4
134
114
Age 40
77.1
80.0
51
73
71.8
76.8
134
112
Age 45
77.6
80.4
49
71
72.5
77.3
135
111
Age 50
78.2
81.0
52
69
73.4
77.9
138
111
Age 55
79.0
81.8
53
64
74.7
78.7
138
108
Age 60
80.1
82.6
55
61
76.2
79.6
139
107
Age 65
81.4
83.8
52
58
78.1
80.9
143
107
Age 70
83.1
85.2
54
54
80.3
82.4
140
110
Age 75
85.4
86.9
50
50
83.0
84.5
142
112
Age 80
88.1
89.1
40
42
86.0
87.0
139
120
Age 85
91.1
91.5
20
25
89.4
90.1
135
121
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Myanmar MYANMAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
70.26
104
185.28
7
2. Diabetes Mellitus
61.66
24
48.14
42
3. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
2.63
177
4. Coronary Heart Disease
49.69
162
90.33
123
5. Violence
47.92
4
3.92
102
6. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
11.49
147
7. HIV/AIDS
25.41
38
13.93
50
8. Kidney Disease
23.98
84
23.48
89
9. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
14.20
59
10. Hypertension
18.75
89
20.51
79
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.09
133
17.12
104
12. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
16.58
74
13. Road Traffic Accidents
14.23
101
20.94
71
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
6.75
122
15. Lung Disease
13.20
151
73.61
9
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.23
153
40.28
67
17. Lymphomas
7.87
10
3.11
142
18. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
11.58
26
19. Low Birth Weight
6.72
67
8.91
46
20. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
0.94
163
21. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
3.69
122
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.56
60
2.91
116
23. Liver Disease
4.80
162
33.29
50
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.63
124
5.25
108
25. Skin Disease
4.13
19
2.02
63
26. Leukemia
4.13
63
3.05
119
27. Inflammatory/Heart
4.11
112
4.16
110
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.69
118
4.36
78
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
1.68
149
30. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
10.79
27
31. Other Injuries
2.77
173
5.48
124
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.47
92
6.05
47
33. Falls
2.34
167
13.85
9
34. Suicide
2.28
175
2.96
162
35. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
6.70
25
36. Asthma
2.02
115
24.48
11
37. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
8.77
8
38. Birth Trauma
1.82
96
7.82
43
39. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
1.46
130
40. Epilepsy
1.48
101
1.02
134
41. Malnutrition
1.43
90
2.65
78
42. Maternal Conditions
1.15
81
3.00
58
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.06
133
17.00
61
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.85
127
2.00
71
45. Other Neoplasms
0.57
80
0.29
142
46. Meningitis
0.49
116
1.01
79
47. Fires
0.47
145
0.47
144
48. Encephalitis
0.43
90
0.35
102
49. Drug Use
0.40
169
0.84
128
50. Drownings
0.34
182
4.24
40
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2,415
13.82
71,440
19.81
2. Diabetes Mellitus
2,077
11.88
19,944
5.53
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,726
9.88
34,871
9.67
4. Violence
1,484
8.49
2,124
0.59
5. Prostate Cancer
883
5.05
338
0.09
6. Kidney Disease
793
4.54
9,924
2.75
7. HIV/AIDS
757
4.33
7,707
2.14
8. Hypertension
651
3.73
7,843
2.18
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
587
3.36
5,082
1.41
10. Lung Cancers
472
2.70
7,558
2.10
11. Lung Disease
452
2.59
26,531
7.36
12. Road Traffic Accidents
444
2.54
11,004
3.05
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
436
2.49
2,996
0.83
14. Breast Cancer
413
2.36
3,192
0.89
15. Influenza and Pneumonia
393
2.25
16,726
4.64
16. Cervical Cancer
358
2.05
3,945
1.09
17. Lymphomas
251
1.44
1,472
0.41
18. Low Birth Weight
241
1.38
7,125
1.98
19. Stomach Cancer
231
1.32
5,343
1.48
20. Endocrine Disorders
176
1.01
1,265
0.35
21. Liver Disease
155
0.89
17,143
4.75
22. Skin Disease
145
0.83
734
0.20
23. Congenital Anomalies
139
0.80
3,679
1.02
24. Inflammatory/Heart
133
0.76
1,702
0.47
25. Parkinson's Disease
132
0.76
1,450
0.40
26. Leukemia
129
0.74
1,546
0.43
27. Pancreas Cancer
119
0.68
743
0.21
28. Uterin Cancer
106
0.61
263
0.07
29. Liver Cancer
101
0.58
5,215
1.45
30. Ovary Cancer
97
0.56
1,053
0.29
31. Other Injuries
91
0.52
2,762
0.77
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
82
0.47
2,558
0.71
33. Falls
82
0.47
5,686
1.58
34. Oesophagus Cancer
74
0.42
3,325
0.92
35. Suicide
70
0.40
1,565
0.43
36. Birth Trauma
65
0.37
6,169
1.71
37. Asthma
65
0.37
9,557
2.65
38. Bladder Cancer
60
0.34
573
0.16
39. Oral Cancer
59
0.34
4,209
1.17
40. Malnutrition
48
0.27
945
0.26
41. Epilepsy
46
0.26
524
0.15
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
35
0.20
7,237
2.01
43. Maternal Conditions
35
0.20
1,681
0.47
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
27
0.15
893
0.25
45. Other Neoplasms
19
0.11
117
0.03
46. Meningitis
16
0.09
550
0.15
47. Fires
16
0.09
227
0.06
48. Encephalitis
13
0.07
171
0.05
49. Drug Use
13
0.07
411
0.11
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
11
0.06
73
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
2.63
177
2. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
11.49
147
3. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
14.20
59
4. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
16.58
74
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
6.75
122
6. Lymphomas
7.87
10
3.11
142
7. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
11.58
26
8. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
0.94
163
9. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
3.69
122
10. Leukemia
4.13
63
3.05
119
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
1.68
149
12. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
10.79
27
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
6.70
25
14. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
8.77
8
15. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
1.46
130
16. Skin Cancers
0.29
168
2.27
64
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.