COMOROS VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,138	3	356	+ 782
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,059	4	349	+ 710
Diabetes Mellitus	3	769	9	136	+ 633
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	655	1	594	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	5	488	27	33	+ 456
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	340	39	19	+ 322
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	338	23	46	+ 291
Breast Cancer	8	281	33	23	+ 259
Endocrine Disorders	9	276	36	19	+ 257
Kidney Disease	10	273	14	101	+ 172
Other Injuries	11	232	16	90	+ 142
Lung Disease	12	219	17	83	+ 135
Hypertension	13	213	12	115	+ 98
Skin Disease	14	185	48	9	+ 175
Lymphomas	15	150	37	19	+ 131
Lung Cancers	16	126	60	1	+ 125
Inflammatory/Heart	17	115	31	26	+ 89
Pancreas Cancer	18	115	82	0	+ 115
Violence	19	96	20	63	+ 32
Leukemia	20	86	57	3	+ 83
HIV/AIDS	21	83	76	0	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	22	82	45	11	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	23	82	13	104	- 23
Other Neoplasms	24	76	59	1	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	25	69	6	226	- 157
Liver Disease	26	68	8	160	- 92
Uterin Cancer	27	63	55	3	+ 60
Oral Cancer	28	53	41	15	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	29	53	10	131	- 78
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	51	85	0	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	31	48	44	11	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	32	46	56	3	+ 43
Liver Cancer	33	43	28	29	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	42	34	21	+ 21
Asthma	35	38	21	49	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	36	34	26	34	+ 0
Anemia	37	33	81	0	+ 33
Epilepsy	38	28	40	17	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	39	28	46	10	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	20	2	363	- 343
Falls	41	20	32	26	- 7
Low Birth Weight	42	16	5	328	- 313
Birth Trauma	43	15	7	211	- 195
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	14	58	2	+ 12
Meningitis	45	13	11	115	- 103
Alcohol	46	12	51	6	+ 6
Skin Cancers	47	12	42	12	- 1
Poisonings	48	6	35	20	- 14
Malnutrition	49	6	15	96	- 90
Osteoarthritis	50	6	84	0	+ 6
Suicide	51	5	24	46	- 41
Hepatitis B	52	5	52	5	- 0
Drug Use	53	4	49	7	- 2
Dengue	54	4	68	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	3	47	10	- 7
Maternal Conditions	56	3	22	47	- 44
Drownings	57	3	25	35	- 31
Upper Respiratory	58	3	53	4	- 1
Schizophrenia	59	3	83	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	60	3	19	79	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	62	1	+ 2
Fires	62	2	30	27	- 25
Oral conditions	63	2	86	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	38	19	- 18
Appendicitis	65	1	50	6	- 5
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	18	80	- 80
Measles	68	0	78	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	65	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	43	12	- 12
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	29	29	- 29
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	66	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	54	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	83	0	61	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Barbados

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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.