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. 2020 Apr 25;1(1):3–8. doi: 10.1016/j.jdin.2020.03.002

Table I.

Top 20 (10th percentile) world rankings of Caribbean countries by annual percentage change from 1990 to 2017, measured in disability-adjusted life-years per 100,000

Disease Caribbean country World ranking
Skin and subcutaneous disease Grenada 3
US Virgin Islands 4
Suriname 5
Melanoma Belize 4
US Virgin Islands 7
Jamaica 8
Nonmelanoma skin cancer St Vincent and Grenadines 1
Grenada 2
Guyana 3
Antigua and Barbuda 5
US Virgin Islands 7
Dominican Republic 15
St Lucia 16
Suriname 18
Jamaica 20
Basal cell carcinoma Trinidad and Tobago 18
Squamous cell carcinoma St Vincent and Grenadines 1
Grenada 2
Guyana 3
Antigua and Barbuda 5
US Virgin Islands 7
Dominican Republic 15
St Lucia 16
Suriname 18
Jamaica 20
Lip and oral cancer US Virgin Islands 4
St Vincent and Grenadines 9
Cuba 13
Belize 15
Seborrheic dermatitis US Virgin Islands 18
Contact dermatitis St Lucia 10
Grenada 13
Pruritus US Virgin Islands 6
St Lucia 14
Trinidad and Tobago 15
St Vincent and Grenadines 16
Grenada 17
Puerto Rico 19
Alopecia areata Belize 18
St Lucia 19
Bacterial skin disease Trinidad and Tobago 1
Cuba 2
Antigua and Barbuda 3
Grenada 4
St Lucia 5
Suriname 6
Guyana 8
St Vincent and Grenadines 10
Bermuda 11
Puerto Rico 13
US Virgin Islands 15
Dominica 16
Fungal skin disease Puerto Rico 2
US Virgin Islands 8
Bermuda 15
Cuba 19
Decubitus ulcer Grenada 4
Trinidad and Tobago 5
Suriname 6
St Lucia 7
Antigua and Barbuda 8
Bermuda 10
Cuba 17