BELARUS VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	12,011	2	16,393	- 4,382
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,175	1	53,186	- 42,011
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,122	30	373	+ 7,749
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,910	15	1,086	+ 5,824
Prostate Cancer	5	5,156	17	936	+ 4,220
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,593	5	2,886	+ 706
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,564	3	3,530	+ 34
Breast Cancer	8	2,970	12	1,230	+ 1,739
Endocrine Disorders	9	2,916	43	141	+ 2,775
Kidney Disease	10	2,883	26	480	+ 2,403
Other Injuries	11	2,453	14	1,099	+ 1,354
Lung Disease	12	2,306	7	2,208	+ 98
Hypertension	13	2,249	31	367	+ 1,881
Skin Disease	14	1,950	51	31	+ 1,919
Lymphomas	15	1,586	20	672	+ 914
Lung Cancers	16	1,333	4	2,950	- 1,617
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,218	11	1,361	- 142
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,210	13	1,171	+ 39
Violence	19	1,010	38	255	+ 755
Leukemia	20	909	23	554	+ 355
HIV/AIDS	21	879	42	167	+ 712
Stomach Cancer	22	865	10	1,690	- 824
Cervical Cancer	23	860	34	303	+ 557
Other Neoplasms	24	807	48	52	+ 755
Road Traffic Accidents	25	733	19	722	+ 11
Liver Disease	26	713	8	2,078	- 1,364
Uterin Cancer	27	662	28	391	+ 271
Oral Cancer	28	558	18	901	- 343
Congenital Anomalies	29	558	41	202	+ 356
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	541	85	0	+ 541
Parkinson's Disease	31	512	21	621	- 110
Ovary Cancer	32	485	27	429	+ 56
Liver Cancer	33	450	32	363	+ 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	443	40	235	+ 208
Asthma	35	406	44	122	+ 284
Oesophagus Cancer	36	360	25	493	- 133
Anemia	37	348	83	0	+ 348
Epilepsy	38	294	45	116	+ 178
Bladder Cancer	39	293	35	295	- 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	213	57	13	+ 201
Falls	41	206	16	952	- 745
Low Birth Weight	42	165	47	64	+ 101
Birth Trauma	43	162	52	25	+ 137
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	145	55	15	+ 130
Meningitis	45	135	50	36	+ 98
Alcohol	46	126	6	2,761	- 2,635
Skin Cancers	47	123	36	272	- 149
Poisonings	48	64	33	311	- 247
Malnutrition	49	62	53	22	+ 40
Osteoarthritis	50	61	84	0	+ 61
Suicide	51	55	9	2,004	- 1,949
Hepatitis B	52	51	56	14	+ 37
Drug Use	53	46	29	389	- 342
Dengue	54	42	71	0	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	37	39	239	- 203
Maternal Conditions	56	36	60	2	+ 34
Drownings	57	34	24	543	- 509
Upper Respiratory	58	33	58	5	+ 28
Schizophrenia	59	32	80	0	+ 32
Tuberculosis	60	32	37	269	- 237
Multiple Sclerosis	61	24	49	42	- 18
Fires	62	18	22	620	- 603
Oral conditions	63	17	86	0	+ 17
Syphilis	64	12	63	1	+ 12
Appendicitis	65	10	54	20	- 10
War	66	1	59	3	- 2
Pertussis	67	0	65	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	61	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	46	93	- 93
Hepatitis C	83	0	62	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Barbados

Belarus

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.