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Jamaica
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Jamaica and Fiji 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.

Fiji
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
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Fiji Population Pyramid
1,071,252
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Fiji FIJI
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Fiji FIJI
       
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
 
54.0
58.2
56.0
75
74
74
1970
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
 
58.0
62.2
60.0
81
81
82
1980
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
 
62.0
66.2
64.0
79
84
84
1990
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
 
64.6
68.8
66.7
89
99
97
2000
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
 
65.2
70.3
67.7
102
110
105
2010
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
 
66.3
72.3
69.1
112
112
109
2019
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
 
65.9
70.3
68.0
131
131
133
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Fiji FIJI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.4
77.7
57
82
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age
74.4
77.7
57
82
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age 5
75.5
78.6
50
78
67.9
72.0
141
139
Age 10
75.6
78.7
51
77
68.0
72.1
146
142
Age 15
75.7
78.8
51
77
68.2
72.3
146
144
Age 20
75.9
78.9
51
78
68.4
72.5
146
146
Age 25
76.1
79.1
53
77
68.8
72.7
146
147
Age 30
76.4
79.3
54
76
69.2
73.0
148
147
Age 35
76.7
79.6
53
74
69.6
73.3
152
151
Age 40
77.1
80.0
51
73
70.1
73.7
158
156
Age 45
77.6
80.4
49
71
70.8
74.3
164
159
Age 50
78.2
81.0
52
69
71.8
75.0
165
161
Age 55
79.0
81.8
53
64
73.2
76.1
167
166
Age 60
80.1
82.6
55
61
74.9
77.5
167
165
Age 65
81.4
83.8
52
58
77.0
79.3
169
162
Age 70
83.1
85.2
54
54
79.4
81.4
171
157
Age 75
85.4
86.9
50
50
82.1
83.9
175
146
Age 80
88.1
89.1
40
42
85.1
86.6
174
152
Age 85
91.1
91.5
20
25
88.4
89.7
178
154
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Fiji FIJI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
70.26
104
96.45
75
2. Diabetes Mellitus
61.66
24
243.61
1
3. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
15.69
93
4. Coronary Heart Disease
49.69
162
229.26
21
5. Violence
47.92
4
2.26
125
6. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
41.41
2
7. HIV/AIDS
25.41
38
3.43
86
8. Kidney Disease
23.98
84
43.25
17
9. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
21.82
34
10. Hypertension
18.75
89
27.17
51
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.09
133
15.70
127
12. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
6.89
123
13. Road Traffic Accidents
14.23
101
14.33
100
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
7.43
113
15. Lung Disease
13.20
151
24.76
80
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.23
153
32.87
80
17. Lymphomas
7.87
10
3.38
137
18. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
3.19
150
19. Low Birth Weight
6.72
67
6.04
78
20. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
4.99
17
21. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
7.28
14
22. Endocrine Disorders
5.56
60
3.84
84
23. Liver Disease
4.80
162
10.90
120
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.63
124
11.65
3
25. Skin Disease
4.13
19
3.06
26
26. Leukemia
4.13
63
3.99
72
27. Inflammatory/Heart
4.11
112
6.47
57
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.69
118
8.32
5
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
3.05
110
30. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
9.03
38
31. Other Injuries
2.77
173
9.37
72
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.47
92
5.41
53
33. Falls
2.34
167
4.37
117
34. Suicide
2.28
175
9.51
78
35. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
2.55
88
36. Asthma
2.02
115
38.33
5
37. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
1.90
140
38. Birth Trauma
1.82
96
2.70
85
39. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
1.04
156
40. Epilepsy
1.48
101
1.89
75
41. Malnutrition
1.43
90
2.71
77
42. Maternal Conditions
1.15
81
0.98
85
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.06
133
16.40
62
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.85
127
8.19
12
45. Other Neoplasms
0.57
80
0.54
82
46. Meningitis
0.49
116
1.89
63
47. Fires
0.47
145
3.39
38
48. Encephalitis
0.43
90
0.85
36
49. Drug Use
0.40
169
0.52
158
50. Drownings
0.34
182
6.65
15
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Fiji FIJI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2,415
13.82
583
8.73
2. Diabetes Mellitus
2,077
11.88
1,628
24.37
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,726
9.88
1,481
22.17
4. Violence
1,484
8.49
19
0.28
5. Prostate Cancer
883
5.05
41
0.61
6. Kidney Disease
793
4.54
277
4.15
7. HIV/AIDS
757
4.33
30
0.45
8. Hypertension
651
3.73
170
2.55
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
587
3.36
63
0.94
10. Lung Cancers
472
2.70
48
0.72
11. Lung Disease
452
2.59
141
2.11
12. Road Traffic Accidents
444
2.54
120
1.80
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
436
2.49
45
0.67
14. Breast Cancer
413
2.36
162
2.43
15. Influenza and Pneumonia
393
2.25
228
3.41
16. Cervical Cancer
358
2.05
86
1.29
17. Lymphomas
251
1.44
27
0.40
18. Low Birth Weight
241
1.38
86
1.29
19. Stomach Cancer
231
1.32
23
0.34
20. Endocrine Disorders
176
1.01
28
0.42
21. Liver Disease
155
0.89
82
1.23
22. Skin Disease
145
0.83
19
0.28
23. Congenital Anomalies
139
0.80
129
1.93
24. Inflammatory/Heart
133
0.76
45
0.67
25. Parkinson's Disease
132
0.76
40
0.60
26. Leukemia
129
0.74
31
0.46
27. Pancreas Cancer
119
0.68
21
0.31
28. Uterin Cancer
106
0.61
20
0.30
29. Liver Cancer
101
0.58
68
1.02
30. Ovary Cancer
97
0.56
29
0.43
31. Other Injuries
91
0.52
77
1.15
32. Falls
82
0.47
27
0.40
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
82
0.47
34
0.51
34. Oesophagus Cancer
74
0.42
18
0.27
35. Suicide
70
0.40
80
1.20
36. Asthma
65
0.37
226
3.38
37. Birth Trauma
65
0.37
36
0.54
38. Bladder Cancer
60
0.34
8
0.12
39. Oral Cancer
59
0.34
13
0.19
40. Malnutrition
48
0.27
14
0.21
41. Epilepsy
46
0.26
16
0.24
42. Maternal Conditions
35
0.20
9
0.13
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
35
0.20
96
1.44
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
27
0.15
62
0.93
45. Other Neoplasms
19
0.11
3
0.04
46. Fires
16
0.09
28
0.42
47. Meningitis
16
0.09
17
0.25
48. Drug Use
13
0.07
4
0.06
49. Encephalitis
13
0.07
7
0.10
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
11
0.06
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jamaica JAMAICA   Fiji FIJI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
53.37
3
15.69
93
2. Breast Cancer
25.54
24
41.41
2
3. Cervical Cancer
22.18
32
21.82
34
4. Lung Cancers
14.66
78
6.89
123
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.25
39
7.43
113
6. Lymphomas
7.87
10
3.38
137
7. Stomach Cancer
7.00
77
3.19
150
8. Uterin Cancer
6.42
8
4.99
17
9. Ovary Cancer
5.85
38
7.28
14
10. Leukemia
4.13
63
3.99
72
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.62
94
3.05
110
12. Liver Cancer
3.14
161
9.03
38
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.28
95
2.55
88
14. Oral Cancer
1.87
141
1.90
140
15. Bladder Cancer
1.77
108
1.04
156
16. Skin Cancers
0.29
168
0.26
170
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.