WORLD HEALTH REVIEW JAMAICA VS SOUTH SUDAN

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Compare Jamaica and South Sudan 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.

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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS

Data Source: United Nations

Jamaica Population Pyramid

2,960,321

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South Sudan Population Pyramid

19,962,715

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

	JAMAICA				SOUTH SUDAN
	JAMAICA						SOUTH SUDAN
				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	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
1970	66.6	70.2	68.4	28	47	41	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
1980	69.1	72.4	70.7	31	53	35	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
1990	69.9	73.4	71.6	39	65	47	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D
2000	69.8	75.5	72.6	58	59	59	47.7	50.2	48.9	169	168	169
2010	72.5	77.7	75.0	53	58	53	54.1	56.0	55.0	170	170	170
2019	74.4	77.7	76.0	57	82	66	60.8	64.8	62.8	163	164	165

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

	JAMAICA				SOUTH SUDAN
			World Rank				World Rank
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
At Birth	74.4	77.7	57	82	60.8	64.8	163	164
Age	74.4	77.7	57	82	60.8	64.8	163	164
Age 5	75.5	78.6	50	78	67.6	71.4	145	145
Age 10	75.6	78.7	51	77	68.4	72.3	141	141
Age 15	75.7	78.8	51	77	68.9	72.6	139	141
Age 20	75.9	78.9	51	78	69.3	72.9	139	141
Age 25	76.1	79.1	53	77	69.8	73.3	139	141
Age 30	76.4	79.3	54	76	70.3	73.8	139	139
Age 35	76.7	79.6	53	74	71.0	74.4	136	138
Age 40	77.1	80.0	51	73	71.8	75.1	135	138
Age 45	77.6	80.4	49	71	72.7	75.9	131	137
Age 50	78.2	81.0	52	69	73.8	76.8	128	134
Age 55	79.0	81.8	53	64	75.1	77.8	128	133
Age 60	80.1	82.6	55	61	76.6	78.9	130	130
Age 65	81.4	83.8	52	58	78.5	80.4	128	127
Age 70	83.1	85.2	54	54	80.7	82.2	127	123
Age 75	85.4	86.9	50	50	83.3	84.5	127	113
Age 80	88.1	89.1	40	42	86.3	87.2	117	99
Age 85	91.1	91.5	20	25	89.7	90.4	101	79

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		JAMAICA		SOUTH SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Stroke	70.26	104	78.18	96
2.	Diabetes Mellitus	61.66	24	28.11	91
3.	Prostate Cancer	53.37	3	20.76	59
4.	Coronary Heart Disease	49.69	162	67.24	147
5.	Violence	47.92	4	20.51	17
6.	Breast Cancer	25.54	24	24.61	32
7.	HIV/AIDS	25.41	38	92.45	14
8.	Kidney Disease	23.98	84	21.96	98
9.	Cervical Cancer	22.18	32	26.49	21
10.	Hypertension	18.75	89	26.49	52
11.	Alzheimers & Dementia	15.09	133	16.37	120
12.	Lung Cancers	14.66	78	3.26	155
13.	Road Traffic Accidents	14.23	101	50.94	9
14.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.25	39	7.03	119
15.	Lung Disease	13.20	151	20.35	103
16.	Influenza and Pneumonia	11.23	153	91.82	32
17.	Lymphomas	7.87	10	7.27	16
18.	Stomach Cancer	7.00	77	4.83	115
19.	Low Birth Weight	6.72	67	13.19	12
20.	Uterin Cancer	6.42	8	2.48	81
21.	Ovary Cancer	5.85	38	6.66	22
22.	Endocrine Disorders	5.56	60	2.34	137
23.	Liver Disease	4.80	162	33.72	46
24.	Congenital Anomalies	4.63	124	7.99	32
25.	Skin Disease	4.13	19	1.70	85
26.	Leukemia	4.13	63	4.90	23
27.	Inflammatory/Heart	4.11	112	3.15	132
28.	Parkinson's Disease	3.69	118	3.13	139
29.	Pancreas Cancer	3.62	94	2.21	137
30.	Liver Cancer	3.14	161	6.30	69
31.	Other Injuries	2.77	173	12.63	39
32.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	2.47	92	3.46	78
33.	Falls	2.34	167	5.13	100
34.	Suicide	2.28	175	6.69	120
35.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.28	95	8.47	17
36.	Asthma	2.02	115	10.14	63
37.	Oral Cancer	1.87	141	4.79	40
38.	Birth Trauma	1.82	96	15.46	3
39.	Bladder Cancer	1.77	108	1.83	105
40.	Epilepsy	1.48	101	1.73	85
41.	Malnutrition	1.43	90	17.61	12
42.	Maternal Conditions	1.15	81	16.14	14
43.	Diarrhoeal diseases	1.06	133	89.87	9
44.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	0.85	127	1.89	73
45.	Other Neoplasms	0.57	80	0.29	144
46.	Meningitis	0.49	116	13.97	18
47.	Fires	0.47	145	3.92	30
48.	Encephalitis	0.43	90	0.38	95
49.	Drug Use	0.40	169	0.59	151
50.	Drownings	0.34	182	3.07	73

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

		JAMAICA		SOUTH SUDAN
		Deaths	%	Deaths	%
1.	Stroke	2,415	13.82	3,541	4.22
2.	Diabetes Mellitus	2,077	11.88	1,312	1.56
3.	Coronary Heart Disease	1,726	9.88	2,930	3.49
4.	Violence	1,484	8.49	1,584	1.89
5.	Prostate Cancer	883	5.05	409	0.49
6.	Kidney Disease	793	4.54	1,090	1.30
7.	HIV/AIDS	757	4.33	7,915	9.44
8.	Hypertension	651	3.73	1,131	1.35
9.	Alzheimers & Dementia	587	3.36	543	0.65
10.	Lung Cancers	472	2.70	164	0.20
11.	Lung Disease	452	2.59	894	1.07
12.	Road Traffic Accidents	444	2.54	4,063	4.84
13.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	436	2.49	360	0.43
14.	Breast Cancer	413	2.36	695	0.83
15.	Influenza and Pneumonia	393	2.25	9,918	11.82
16.	Cervical Cancer	358	2.05	761	0.91
17.	Lymphomas	251	1.44	422	0.50
18.	Low Birth Weight	241	1.38	4,339	5.17
19.	Stomach Cancer	231	1.32	241	0.29
20.	Endocrine Disorders	176	1.01	192	0.23
21.	Liver Disease	155	0.89	1,823	2.17
22.	Skin Disease	145	0.83	97	0.12
23.	Congenital Anomalies	139	0.80	2,020	2.41
24.	Inflammatory/Heart	133	0.76	217	0.26
25.	Parkinson's Disease	132	0.76	125	0.15
26.	Leukemia	129	0.74	314	0.37
27.	Pancreas Cancer	119	0.68	109	0.13
28.	Uterin Cancer	106	0.61	66	0.08
29.	Liver Cancer	101	0.58	346	0.41
30.	Ovary Cancer	97	0.56	188	0.22
31.	Other Injuries	91	0.52	1,207	1.44
32.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	82	0.47	186	0.22
33.	Falls	82	0.47	269	0.32
34.	Oesophagus Cancer	74	0.42	435	0.52
35.	Suicide	70	0.40	425	0.51
36.	Birth Trauma	65	0.37	5,210	6.21
37.	Asthma	65	0.37	587	0.70
38.	Bladder Cancer	60	0.34	88	0.10
39.	Oral Cancer	59	0.34	259	0.31
40.	Malnutrition	48	0.27	1,660	1.98
41.	Epilepsy	46	0.26	152	0.18
42.	Diarrhoeal diseases	35	0.20	7,270	8.67
43.	Maternal Conditions	35	0.20	1,521	1.81
44.	Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	0.15	121	0.14
45.	Other Neoplasms	19	0.11	14	0.02
46.	Meningitis	16	0.09	1,780	2.12
47.	Fires	16	0.09	433	0.52
48.	Encephalitis	13	0.07	32	0.04
49.	Drug Use	13	0.07	33	0.04
50.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	11	0.06	16	0.02

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		JAMAICA		SOUTH SUDAN
		Rate	World Rank	Rate	World Rank
1.	Prostate Cancer	53.37	3	20.76	59
2.	Breast Cancer	25.54	24	24.61	32
3.	Cervical Cancer	22.18	32	26.49	21
4.	Lung Cancers	14.66	78	3.26	155
5.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	13.25	39	7.03	119
6.	Lymphomas	7.87	10	7.27	16
7.	Stomach Cancer	7.00	77	4.83	115
8.	Uterin Cancer	6.42	8	2.48	81
9.	Ovary Cancer	5.85	38	6.66	22
10.	Leukemia	4.13	63	4.90	23
11.	Pancreas Cancer	3.62	94	2.21	137
12.	Liver Cancer	3.14	161	6.30	69
13.	Oesophagus Cancer	2.28	95	8.47	17
14.	Oral Cancer	1.87	141	4.79	40
15.	Bladder Cancer	1.77	108	1.83	105
16.	Skin Cancers	0.29	168	2.57	49

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.