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Jamaica
COUNTRY #1
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
JAMAICA VS SYRIA

Compare Jamaica and Syria 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.

Syria
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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Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Syria SYRIA
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Syria SYRIA
       
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
  
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
  
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
  
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
  
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
  
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
  
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
  
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.4
77.7
57
82
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age
74.4
77.7
57
82
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
75.5
78.6
50
78
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
75.6
78.7
51
77
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
75.7
78.8
51
77
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
75.9
78.9
51
78
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
76.1
79.1
53
77
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
76.4
79.3
54
76
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
76.7
79.6
53
74
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
77.1
80.0
51
73
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
77.6
80.4
49
71
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
78.2
81.0
52
69
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
79.0
81.8
53
64
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
80.1
82.6
55
61
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
81.4
83.8
52
58
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
83.1
85.2
54
54
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
85.4
86.9
50
50
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
88.1
89.1
40
42
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
91.1
91.5
20
25
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
70.26
104
79.31
95
2. Diabetes Mellitus
61.66
24
15.00
124
3. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
9.82
134
4. Coronary Heart Disease
49.69
162
279.54
12
5. Violence
47.92
4
2.84
116
6. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
31.59
9
7. HIV/AIDS
25.41
38
0.09
159
8. Kidney Disease
23.98
84
22.22
96
9. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
3.07
144
10. Hypertension
18.75
89
7.33
147
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.09
133
17.14
102
12. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
18.90
59
13. Road Traffic Accidents
14.23
101
16.75
87
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
11.27
58
15. Lung Disease
13.20
151
16.00
132
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.23
153
21.72
107
17. Lymphomas
7.87
10
7.40
15
18. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
6.43
84
19. Low Birth Weight
6.72
67
5.18
86
20. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
2.56
79
21. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
5.40
55
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.56
60
2.96
114
23. Liver Disease
4.80
162
15.66
104
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.63
124
8.06
30
25. Skin Disease
4.13
19
0.07
181
26. Leukemia
4.13
63
6.15
5
27. Inflammatory/Heart
4.11
112
2.72
146
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.69
118
3.99
96
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
3.71
92
30. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
3.43
154
31. Other Injuries
2.77
173
3.62
158
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.47
92
0.75
162
33. Falls
2.34
167
3.00
148
34. Suicide
2.28
175
2.11
177
35. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
0.88
163
36. Asthma
2.02
115
9.65
67
37. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
2.45
106
38. Birth Trauma
1.82
96
2.40
87
39. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
7.53
3
40. Epilepsy
1.48
101
0.59
170
41. Malnutrition
1.43
90
0.53
113
42. Maternal Conditions
1.15
81
0.58
105
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.06
133
10.38
67
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.85
127
1.52
92
45. Other Neoplasms
0.57
80
0.20
165
46. Meningitis
0.49
116
1.74
66
47. Fires
0.47
145
1.16
103
48. Encephalitis
0.43
90
0.47
82
49. Drug Use
0.40
169
1.89
51
50. Drownings
0.34
182
1.21
137
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2,415
13.82
8,088
9.80
2. Diabetes Mellitus
2,077
11.88
1,534
1.86
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,726
9.88
28,203
34.16
4. Violence
1,484
8.49
444
0.54
5. Prostate Cancer
883
5.05
404
0.49
6. Kidney Disease
793
4.54
2,329
2.82
7. HIV/AIDS
757
4.33
15
0.02
8. Hypertension
651
3.73
707
0.86
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
587
3.36
1,551
1.88
10. Lung Cancers
472
2.70
2,048
2.48
11. Lung Disease
452
2.59
1,601
1.94
12. Road Traffic Accidents
444
2.54
2,550
3.09
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
436
2.49
1,224
1.48
14. Breast Cancer
413
2.36
1,953
2.37
15. Influenza and Pneumonia
393
2.25
2,958
3.58
16. Cervical Cancer
358
2.05
188
0.23
17. Lymphomas
251
1.44
827
1.00
18. Low Birth Weight
241
1.38
1,652
2.00
19. Stomach Cancer
231
1.32
725
0.88
20. Endocrine Disorders
176
1.01
418
0.51
21. Liver Disease
155
0.89
1,720
2.08
22. Skin Disease
145
0.83
8
0.01
23. Congenital Anomalies
139
0.80
2,077
2.52
24. Inflammatory/Heart
133
0.76
337
0.41
25. Parkinson's Disease
132
0.76
367
0.44
26. Leukemia
129
0.74
796
0.96
27. Pancreas Cancer
119
0.68
411
0.50
28. Uterin Cancer
106
0.61
146
0.18
29. Liver Cancer
101
0.58
366
0.44
30. Ovary Cancer
97
0.56
328
0.40
31. Other Injuries
91
0.52
521
0.63
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
82
0.47
79
0.10
33. Falls
82
0.47
383
0.46
34. Oesophagus Cancer
74
0.42
97
0.12
35. Suicide
70
0.40
333
0.40
36. Birth Trauma
65
0.37
744
0.90
37. Asthma
65
0.37
1,052
1.27
38. Bladder Cancer
60
0.34
757
0.92
39. Oral Cancer
59
0.34
289
0.35
40. Malnutrition
48
0.27
73
0.09
41. Epilepsy
46
0.26
92
0.11
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
35
0.20
2,156
2.61
43. Maternal Conditions
35
0.20
105
0.13
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
27
0.15
197
0.24
45. Other Neoplasms
19
0.11
21
0.03
46. Meningitis
16
0.09
295
0.36
47. Fires
16
0.09
179
0.22
48. Encephalitis
13
0.07
77
0.09
49. Drug Use
13
0.07
249
0.30
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
11
0.06
7
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
9.82
134
2. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
31.59
9
3. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
3.07
144
4. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
18.90
59
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
11.27
58
6. Lymphomas
7.87
10
7.40
15
7. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
6.43
84
8. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
2.56
79
9. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
5.40
55
10. Leukemia
4.13
63
6.15
5
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
3.71
92
12. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
3.43
154
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
0.88
163
14. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
2.45
106
15. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
7.53
3
16. Skin Cancers
0.29
168
2.74
41
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.