TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,146	1	1,476	- 330
Stroke	2	768	3	822	- 54
Hypertension	3	678	11	201	+ 477
Diabetes Mellitus	4	527	2	1,275	- 749
Violence	5	509	4	549	- 40
HIV/AIDS	6	460	12	196	+ 264
Kidney Disease	7	411	5	439	- 29
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	335	10	205	+ 129
Breast Cancer	9	236	7	258	- 22
Other Injuries	10	230	30	61	+ 169
Liver Disease	11	230	14	136	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	12	224	6	330	- 105
Endocrine Disorders	13	212	18	119	+ 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	183	9	215	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	15	161	25	72	+ 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	145	13	196	- 50
Lung Disease	17	114	16	129	- 15
Road Traffic Accidents	18	103	15	130	- 27
Lung Cancers	19	100	8	217	- 117
Skin Disease	20	91	36	39	+ 52
Drownings	21	89	39	31	+ 58
Lymphomas	22	85	20	111	- 26
Cervical Cancer	23	70	21	97	- 26
Alcohol	24	69	42	23	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	25	61	26	69	- 8
Falls	26	60	33	43	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	27	58	32	51	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	28	57	23	83	- 26
Congenital Anomalies	29	54	22	93	- 39
Uterin Cancer	30	48	27	68	- 20
Suicide	31	47	17	121	- 74
Liver Cancer	32	41	28	66	- 25
Fires	33	36	48	16	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	36	31	52	- 16
Leukemia	35	35	29	62	- 28
Ovary Cancer	36	34	24	80	- 46
Pancreas Cancer	37	33	19	114	- 80
Oesophagus Cancer	38	30	41	24	+ 6
Asthma	39	29	35	40	- 11
Epilepsy	40	27	37	32	- 5
Maternal Conditions	41	22	50	10	+ 12
Birth Trauma	42	21	40	25	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	18	45	18	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	15	49	11	+ 4
Malnutrition	45	15	47	17	- 2
Oral Cancer	46	12	38	31	- 19
Other Neoplasms	47	11	51	10	+ 1
Drug Use	48	9	44	19	- 10
Meningitis	49	8	52	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	50	7	34	41	- 33
Encephalitis	51	6	54	6	+ 0
Appendicitis	52	6	56	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	5	53	8	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	5	58	2	+ 3
Skin Cancers	55	3	57	4	- 1
Poisonings	56	2	59	1	+ 1
War	57	2	46	17	- 15
Tuberculosis	58	1	43	22	- 20
Dengue	59	1	55	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	60	1	60	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	61	1	64	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	0	65	0	+ 0
Syphilis	63	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	64	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	69	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Bahamas

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.