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COUNTRY #1
Compare United States and Jamaica 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.

COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097


Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321


LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
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World Rank
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World Rank
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M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
66.6
|
73.1
|
69.8
|
23
|
15
|
16
|
62.5
|
66.3
|
64.4
|
40
|
44
|
41
|
|
1970 |
67.1
|
74.7
|
70.8
|
24
|
12
|
21
|
66.6
|
70.2
|
68.4
|
28
|
47
|
41
|
|
1980 |
70.0
|
77.5
|
73.7
|
22
|
11
|
18
|
69.1
|
72.4
|
70.7
|
31
|
53
|
35
|
|
1990 |
71.8
|
78.8
|
75.2
|
29
|
17
|
21
|
69.9
|
73.4
|
71.6
|
39
|
65
|
47
|
|
2000 |
74.0
|
79.5
|
76.8
|
28
|
29
|
28
|
69.8
|
75.5
|
72.6
|
58
|
59
|
59
|
|
2010 |
76.2
|
81.1
|
78.7
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
72.5
|
77.7
|
75.0
|
53
|
58
|
53
|
|
2019 |
76.3
|
80.7
|
78.5
|
41
|
42
|
40
|
74.4
|
77.7
|
76.0
|
57
|
82
|
66
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
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World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
76.3
|
80.7
|
41
|
42
|
74.4
|
77.7
|
57
|
82
|
|
Age |
76.3
|
80.7
|
41
|
42
|
74.4
|
77.7
|
57
|
82
|
|
Age 5 |
76.8
|
81.2
|
42
|
45
|
75.5
|
78.6
|
50
|
78
|
|
Age 10 |
76.9
|
81.2
|
43
|
45
|
75.6
|
78.7
|
51
|
77
|
|
Age 15 |
76.9
|
81.3
|
43
|
45
|
75.7
|
78.8
|
51
|
77
|
|
Age 20 |
77.1
|
81.4
|
43
|
45
|
75.9
|
78.9
|
51
|
78
|
|
Age 25 |
77.5
|
81.5
|
43
|
45
|
76.1
|
79.1
|
53
|
77
|
|
Age 30 |
77.9
|
81.7
|
41
|
45
|
76.4
|
79.3
|
54
|
76
|
|
Age 35 |
78.3
|
81.9
|
41
|
43
|
76.7
|
79.6
|
53
|
74
|
|
Age 40 |
78.8
|
82.2
|
40
|
43
|
77.1
|
80.0
|
51
|
73
|
|
Age 45 |
79.3
|
82.5
|
40
|
42
|
77.6
|
80.4
|
49
|
71
|
|
Age 50 |
79.9
|
83.0
|
41
|
41
|
78.2
|
81.0
|
52
|
69
|
|
Age 55 |
80.7
|
83.6
|
40
|
40
|
79.0
|
81.8
|
53
|
64
|
|
Age 60 |
81.8
|
84.4
|
37
|
38
|
80.1
|
82.6
|
55
|
61
|
|
Age 65 |
83.1
|
85.3
|
34
|
38
|
81.4
|
83.8
|
52
|
58
|
|
Age 70 |
84.6
|
86.4
|
32
|
38
|
83.1
|
85.2
|
54
|
54
|
|
Age 75 |
86.5
|
87.7
|
23
|
35
|
85.4
|
86.9
|
50
|
50
|
|
Age 80 |
88.6
|
89.4
|
18
|
27
|
88.1
|
89.1
|
40
|
42
|
|
Age 85 |
91.1
|
91.5
|
22
|
30
|
91.1
|
91.5
|
20
|
25
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
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TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
73.49
|
142
|
49.69
|
162
|
|
2. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
33.26
|
8
|
15.09
|
133
|
|
3. | Lung Disease |
28.49
|
60
|
13.20
|
151
|
|
4. | Lung Cancers |
25.54
|
24
|
14.66
|
78
|
|
5. | Stroke |
22.27
|
164
|
70.26
|
104
|
|
6. | Drug Use |
21.28
|
1
|
0.40
|
169
|
|
7. | Breast Cancer |
15.93
|
105
|
25.54
|
24
|
|
8. | Suicide |
14.51
|
31
|
2.28
|
175
|
|
9. | Kidney Disease |
13.08
|
127
|
23.98
|
84
|
|
10. | Prostate Cancer |
11.64
|
126
|
53.37
|
3
|
|
11. | Road Traffic Accidents |
11.10
|
120
|
14.23
|
101
|
|
12. | Diabetes Mellitus |
10.58
|
144
|
61.66
|
24
|
|
13. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
10.28
|
71
|
13.25
|
39
|
|
14. | Hypertension |
10.26
|
133
|
18.75
|
89
|
|
15. | Liver Disease |
8.98
|
134
|
4.80
|
162
|
|
16. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
8.86
|
163
|
11.23
|
153
|
|
17. | Endocrine Disorders |
8.22
|
28
|
5.56
|
60
|
|
18. | Pancreas Cancer |
7.26
|
36
|
3.62
|
94
|
|
19. | Lymphomas |
6.36
|
31
|
7.87
|
10
|
|
20. | Violence |
6.00
|
81
|
47.92
|
4
|
|
21. | Falls |
5.68
|
90
|
2.34
|
167
|
|
22. | Inflammatory/Heart |
5.64
|
73
|
4.11
|
112
|
|
23. | Other Injuries |
5.11
|
130
|
2.77
|
173
|
|
24. | Ovary Cancer |
4.70
|
79
|
5.85
|
38
|
|
25. | Liver Cancer |
4.69
|
110
|
3.14
|
161
|
|
26. | Parkinson's Disease |
4.55
|
68
|
3.69
|
118
|
|
27. | Leukemia |
4.43
|
49
|
4.13
|
63
|
|
28. | Congenital Anomalies |
3.78
|
140
|
4.63
|
124
|
|
29. | Alcohol |
3.50
|
28
|
0.24
|
169
|
|
30. | Uterin Cancer |
3.11
|
50
|
6.42
|
8
|
|
31. | Oesophagus Cancer |
3.04
|
71
|
2.28
|
95
|
|
32. | Bladder Cancer |
2.84
|
61
|
1.77
|
108
|
|
33. | Cervical Cancer |
2.77
|
151
|
22.18
|
32
|
|
34. | Other Neoplasms |
2.68
|
37
|
0.57
|
80
|
|
35. | Low Birth Weight |
2.37
|
138
|
6.72
|
67
|
|
36. | Skin Cancers |
2.36
|
57
|
0.29
|
168
|
|
37. | Stomach Cancer |
2.24
|
173
|
7.00
|
77
|
|
38. | Oral Cancer |
2.01
|
132
|
1.87
|
141
|
|
39. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
1.55
|
114
|
1.06
|
133
|
|
40. | HIV/AIDS |
1.37
|
113
|
25.41
|
38
|
|
41. | Drownings |
1.19
|
140
|
0.34
|
182
|
|
42. | Hepatitis C |
1.13
|
5
|
0.00
|
166
|
|
43. | Multiple Sclerosis |
0.97
|
8
|
0.11
|
148
|
|
44. | Malnutrition |
0.90
|
104
|
1.43
|
90
|
|
45. | Skin Disease |
0.86
|
115
|
4.13
|
19
|
|
46. | Asthma |
0.84
|
141
|
2.02
|
115
|
|
47. | Epilepsy |
0.78
|
159
|
1.48
|
101
|
|
48. | Fires |
0.73
|
124
|
0.47
|
145
|
|
49. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
0.55
|
152
|
0.85
|
127
|
|
50. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
0.55
|
170
|
2.47
|
92
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
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Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Coronary Heart Disease |
504,904
|
20.15
|
1,726
|
9.88
|
|
2. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
287,198
|
11.46
|
587
|
3.36
|
|
3. | Lung Disease |
195,387
|
7.80
|
452
|
2.59
|
|
4. | Stroke |
158,520
|
6.33
|
2,415
|
13.82
|
|
5. | Lung Cancers |
155,533
|
6.21
|
472
|
2.70
|
|
6. | Kidney Disease |
85,861
|
3.43
|
793
|
4.54
|
|
7. | Drug Use |
74,435
|
2.97
|
13
|
0.07
|
|
8. | Hypertension |
65,960
|
2.63
|
651
|
3.73
|
|
9. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
61,827
|
2.47
|
436
|
2.49
|
|
10. | Diabetes Mellitus |
61,418
|
2.45
|
2,077
|
11.88
|
|
11. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
60,317
|
2.41
|
393
|
2.25
|
|
12. | Suicide |
53,099
|
2.12
|
70
|
0.40
|
|
13. | Breast Cancer |
48,671
|
1.94
|
413
|
2.36
|
|
14. | Endocrine Disorders |
46,985
|
1.87
|
176
|
1.01
|
|
15. | Pancreas Cancer |
44,293
|
1.77
|
119
|
0.68
|
|
16. | Liver Disease |
43,402
|
1.73
|
155
|
0.89
|
|
17. | Road Traffic Accidents |
41,694
|
1.66
|
444
|
2.54
|
|
18. | Falls |
40,418
|
1.61
|
82
|
0.47
|
|
19. | Lymphomas |
40,281
|
1.61
|
251
|
1.44
|
|
20. | Prostate Cancer |
35,612
|
1.42
|
883
|
5.05
|
|
21. | Parkinson's Disease |
34,491
|
1.38
|
132
|
0.76
|
|
22. | Inflammatory/Heart |
32,529
|
1.30
|
133
|
0.76
|
|
23. | Liver Cancer |
27,064
|
1.08
|
101
|
0.58
|
|
24. | Leukemia |
26,966
|
1.08
|
129
|
0.74
|
|
25. | Other Injuries |
25,997
|
1.04
|
91
|
0.52
|
|
26. | Bladder Cancer |
19,622
|
0.78
|
60
|
0.34
|
|
27. | Violence |
18,976
|
0.76
|
1,484
|
8.49
|
|
28. | Oesophagus Cancer |
17,829
|
0.71
|
74
|
0.42
|
|
29. | Other Neoplasms |
17,743
|
0.71
|
19
|
0.11
|
|
30. | Alcohol |
14,659
|
0.58
|
7
|
0.04
|
|
31. | Ovary Cancer |
14,591
|
0.58
|
97
|
0.56
|
|
32. | Skin Cancers |
14,311
|
0.57
|
10
|
0.06
|
|
33. | Stomach Cancer |
13,077
|
0.52
|
231
|
1.32
|
|
34. | Congenital Anomalies |
11,762
|
0.47
|
139
|
0.80
|
|
35. | Oral Cancer |
11,555
|
0.46
|
59
|
0.34
|
|
36. | Uterin Cancer |
10,063
|
0.40
|
106
|
0.61
|
|
37. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
9,955
|
0.40
|
35
|
0.20
|
|
38. | Cervical Cancer |
6,984
|
0.28
|
358
|
2.05
|
|
39. | Low Birth Weight |
6,924
|
0.28
|
241
|
1.38
|
|
40. | Malnutrition |
6,762
|
0.27
|
48
|
0.27
|
|
41. | Hepatitis C |
5,684
|
0.23
|
0
|
0.00
|
|
42. | HIV/AIDS |
5,660
|
0.23
|
757
|
4.33
|
|
43. | Skin Disease |
5,409
|
0.22
|
145
|
0.83
|
|
44. | Multiple Sclerosis |
5,059
|
0.20
|
3
|
0.02
|
|
45. | Drownings |
4,070
|
0.16
|
10
|
0.06
|
|
46. | Asthma |
3,818
|
0.15
|
65
|
0.37
|
|
47. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
3,646
|
0.15
|
27
|
0.15
|
|
48. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
3,461
|
0.14
|
82
|
0.47
|
|
49. | Fires |
3,183
|
0.13
|
16
|
0.09
|
|
50. | Epilepsy |
3,162
|
0.13
|
46
|
0.26
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
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Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Lung Cancers |
25.54
|
24
|
14.66
|
78
|
|
2. | Breast Cancer |
15.93
|
105
|
25.54
|
24
|
|
3. | Prostate Cancer |
11.64
|
126
|
53.37
|
3
|
|
4. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
10.28
|
71
|
13.25
|
39
|
|
5. | Pancreas Cancer |
7.26
|
36
|
3.62
|
94
|
|
6. | Lymphomas |
6.36
|
31
|
7.87
|
10
|
|
7. | Ovary Cancer |
4.70
|
79
|
5.85
|
38
|
|
8. | Liver Cancer |
4.69
|
110
|
3.14
|
161
|
|
9. | Leukemia |
4.43
|
49
|
4.13
|
63
|
|
10. | Uterin Cancer |
3.11
|
50
|
6.42
|
8
|
|
11. | Oesophagus Cancer |
3.04
|
71
|
2.28
|
95
|
|
12. | Bladder Cancer |
2.84
|
61
|
1.77
|
108
|
|
13. | Cervical Cancer |
2.77
|
151
|
22.18
|
32
|
|
14. | Skin Cancers |
2.36
|
57
|
0.29
|
168
|
|
15. | Stomach Cancer |
2.24
|
173
|
7.00
|
77
|
|
16. | Oral Cancer |
2.01
|
132
|
1.87
|
141
|
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.
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.