BELIZE VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	526	4	127	+ 399
Coronary Heart Disease	2	489	1	192	+ 297
Diabetes Mellitus	3	355	3	141	+ 215
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	302	7	97	+ 206
Prostate Cancer	5	226	10	47	+ 178
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	157	24	20	+ 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	156	13	45	+ 111
Breast Cancer	8	130	23	22	+ 108
Endocrine Disorders	9	128	22	23	+ 105
Kidney Disease	10	126	6	102	+ 24
Other Injuries	11	107	14	36	+ 72
Lung Disease	12	101	11	46	+ 55
Hypertension	13	98	12	46	+ 53
Skin Disease	14	85	37	5	+ 80
Lymphomas	15	69	50	1	+ 68
Lung Cancers	16	58	15	30	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	17	53	26	18	+ 35
Pancreas Cancer	18	53	31	9	+ 44
Violence	19	44	2	146	- 102
Leukemia	20	40	39	4	+ 36
HIV/AIDS	21	38	5	119	- 81
Stomach Cancer	22	38	20	23	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	23	38	17	28	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	24	35	53	1	+ 34
Road Traffic Accidents	25	32	8	88	- 56
Liver Disease	26	31	9	58	- 26
Uterin Cancer	27	29	51	1	+ 28
Oral Cancer	28	24	67	0	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	29	24	21	23	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	24	85	0	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	31	22	28	11	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	32	21	52	1	+ 20
Liver Cancer	33	20	19	24	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	19	38	5	+ 14
Asthma	35	18	35	8	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	36	16	43	2	+ 14
Anemia	37	15	80	0	+ 15
Epilepsy	38	13	36	8	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	39	13	81	0	+ 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	9	34	9	+ 1
Falls	41	9	27	13	- 4
Low Birth Weight	42	7	25	20	- 13
Birth Trauma	43	7	32	9	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	6	49	1	+ 5
Meningitis	45	6	46	1	+ 4
Alcohol	46	6	30	10	- 4
Skin Cancers	47	5	66	0	+ 5
Poisonings	48	3	45	1	+ 1
Malnutrition	49	3	29	10	- 7
Osteoarthritis	50	3	84	0	+ 3
Suicide	51	2	16	28	- 25
Hepatitis B	52	2	56	0	+ 2
Drug Use	53	2	47	1	+ 1
Dengue	54	2	55	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	2	41	3	- 2
Maternal Conditions	56	2	42	2	- 1
Drownings	57	2	18	24	- 22
Upper Respiratory	58	1	58	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	59	1	82	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	60	1	33	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	54	0	+ 1
Fires	62	1	40	4	- 3
Oral conditions	63	1	86	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	65	0	44	1	- 1
War	66	0	60	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	63	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	59	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	57	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	48	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	83	0	61	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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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.