TRINIDAD/TOB. VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,176	1	1,476	- 299
Stroke	2	1,001	3	822	+ 179
Diabetes Mellitus	3	757	2	1,275	- 518
Hypertension	4	359	11	201	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	5	355	6	330	+ 25
Breast Cancer	6	354	7	258	+ 96
Kidney Disease	7	345	5	439	- 94
Endocrine Disorders	8	330	18	119	+ 210
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	321	10	205	+ 116
Other Injuries	10	277	30	61	+ 216
Lung Disease	11	232	16	129	+ 103
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	213	13	196	+ 18
Skin Disease	13	122	36	39	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	14	121	21	97	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	15	98	26	69	+ 29
Lung Cancers	16	91	8	217	- 126
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	91	9	215	- 124
HIV/AIDS	18	84	12	196	- 112
Lymphomas	19	83	20	111	- 29
Uterin Cancer	20	79	27	68	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	21	77	25	72	+ 5
Anemia	22	71	85	0	+ 71
Pancreas Cancer	23	70	19	114	- 44
Leukemia	24	66	29	62	+ 4
Liver Cancer	25	62	28	66	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	26	58	22	93	- 35
Epilepsy	27	48	37	32	+ 16
Liver Disease	28	48	14	136	- 88
Alcohol	29	47	42	23	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	30	46	24	80	- 34
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	44	82	0	+ 44
Other Neoplasms	32	41	51	10	+ 31
Oral Cancer	33	35	38	31	+ 4
Violence	34	32	4	549	- 517
Drownings	35	32	39	31	+ 1
Asthma	36	26	35	40	- 14
Low Birth Weight	37	23	23	83	- 60
Malnutrition	38	18	47	17	+ 2
Appendicitis	39	18	56	4	+ 13
Drug Use	40	17	44	19	- 2
Bladder Cancer	41	15	34	41	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	42	14	32	51	- 37
Skin Cancers	43	14	57	4	+ 10
Birth Trauma	44	13	40	25	- 12
Schizophrenia	45	13	86	0	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	11	45	18	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	11	31	52	- 41
Poisonings	48	10	59	1	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	8	49	11	- 3
Tuberculosis	50	7	43	22	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	53	8	- 2
Maternal Conditions	52	6	50	10	- 4
Meningitis	53	6	52	9	- 4
Suicide	54	5	17	121	- 116
Otitis Media	55	4	69	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	58	2	+ 1
Fires	57	2	48	16	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	58	2	41	24	- 23
War	59	0	46	17	- 17
Syphilis	60	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	61	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	65	0	- 0
Pertussis	64	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	68	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	54	6	- 6
Hepatitis B	74	0	60	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	62	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	71	0	- 0
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	15	130	- 130
Falls	82	0	33	43	- 43
Oral conditions	83	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Antigua/Bar.

Trinidad/Tob.

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.