COLOMBIA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	62,686	3	16,573	+ 46,114
Coronary Heart Disease	2	58,324	1	43,066	+ 15,258
Diabetes Mellitus	3	42,388	11	5,028	+ 37,360
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	36,065	5	10,773	+ 25,291
Prostate Cancer	5	26,908	14	3,584	+ 23,324
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	18,750	12	4,371	+ 14,379
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	18,600	22	2,157	+ 16,443
Breast Cancer	8	15,500	13	3,669	+ 11,830
Endocrine Disorders	9	15,217	30	1,367	+ 13,850
Kidney Disease	10	15,045	7	6,834	+ 8,211
Other Injuries	11	12,801	28	1,592	+ 11,208
Lung Disease	12	12,037	4	15,928	- 3,891
Hypertension	13	11,735	8	6,400	+ 5,336
Skin Disease	14	10,176	34	1,102	+ 9,074
Lymphomas	15	8,276	18	2,603	+ 5,673
Lung Cancers	16	6,957	10	5,250	+ 1,707
Inflammatory/Heart	17	6,359	31	1,329	+ 5,030
Pancreas Cancer	18	6,315	25	2,022	+ 4,293
Violence	19	5,273	2	19,268	- 13,996
Leukemia	20	4,742	21	2,208	+ 2,534
HIV/AIDS	21	4,589	17	2,683	+ 1,906
Stomach Cancer	22	4,517	9	6,112	- 1,595
Cervical Cancer	23	4,491	20	2,266	+ 2,225
Other Neoplasms	24	4,211	15	3,205	+ 1,006
Road Traffic Accidents	25	3,826	6	7,765	- 3,939
Liver Disease	26	3,723	19	2,426	+ 1,297
Uterin Cancer	27	3,454	45	423	+ 3,031
Oral Cancer	28	2,913	37	807	+ 2,106
Congenital Anomalies	29	2,911	16	2,963	- 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	2,824	48	333	+ 2,491
Parkinson's Disease	31	2,670	47	383	+ 2,287
Ovary Cancer	32	2,531	33	1,122	+ 1,409
Liver Cancer	33	2,346	24	2,065	+ 281
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,312	39	698	+ 1,613
Asthma	35	2,117	54	191	+ 1,926
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,877	36	835	+ 1,042
Anemia	37	1,816	57	101	+ 1,716
Epilepsy	38	1,533	43	597	+ 936
Bladder Cancer	39	1,528	42	609	+ 919
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	1,114	38	747	+ 367
Falls	41	1,077	29	1,518	- 441
Low Birth Weight	42	860	23	2,095	- 1,235
Birth Trauma	43	848	41	648	+ 199
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	758	51	242	+ 516
Meningitis	45	704	50	244	+ 460
Alcohol	46	660	68	23	+ 637
Skin Cancers	47	642	35	1,028	- 386
Poisonings	48	336	61	61	+ 275
Malnutrition	49	322	27	1,878	- 1,556
Osteoarthritis	50	319	58	67	+ 252
Suicide	51	289	26	1,965	- 1,676
Hepatitis B	52	264	62	50	+ 213
Drug Use	53	242	44	492	- 250
Dengue	54	222	55	133	+ 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	191	63	38	+ 154
Maternal Conditions	56	188	46	394	- 206
Drownings	57	180	40	689	- 509
Upper Respiratory	58	170	66	27	+ 143
Schizophrenia	59	168	70	18	+ 150
Tuberculosis	60	165	32	1,272	- 1,107
Multiple Sclerosis	61	123	60	62	+ 61
Fires	62	92	56	127	- 35
Oral conditions	63	91	75	7	+ 84
Syphilis	64	63	65	30	+ 33
Appendicitis	65	53	52	213	- 160
War	66	5	49	260	- 255
Pertussis	67	0	69	18	- 18
Measles	68	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	80	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	71	14	- 14
Leprosy	71	0	72	8	- 8
Otitis Media	72	0	73	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	76	5	- 5
Malaria	76	0	67	26	- 26
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	7	- 7
Chagas disease	80	0	53	203	- 203
Chlamydia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	64	38	- 38
Hepatitis C	83	0	59	65	- 65
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Barbados

Colombia

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.