Share of deaths from injuries — all countries

Share of deaths from injuries — Jamaica

Share of deaths from injuries in Jamaica in 2021 — 9.2%. Ranked 151 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.5 pp.

2021 9.2% −2.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 151of 185
Period maximum 14%2010
Period minimum 9.2%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from injuries — Jamaica, 2000–20218101214200020032006200920122015201820212000: 10.7%2010: 14%2015: 11.4%2019: 12%2020: 11.6%2021: 9.2%
Change over the period: −1.5 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jamaica

Jamaica 9.2%
World 6.6%
Share of deaths from injuries — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 9.2 −2.5 pp
2020 11.6 −0.3 pp
2019 12
2015 11.4
2010 14
2000 10.7

About the indicator

The share of deaths from injuries and other external causes in the total number of deaths during a year. This takes in road accidents, falls, drownings, poisonings, homicides and suicides — everything that is not a disease. This share depends little on the level of income but strongly on age structure: external causes kill predominantly the young, so in countries with a young population their contribution is noticeably higher even at the same safety of the environment.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: a weight by the total number of deaths is needed, and we do not have it. The only one of the three groups where the large part is played not by medicine but by the environment: roads, rules, weapons and alcohol.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.