CONGO VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	7,708	5	2,267	+ 5,442
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,172	4	2,494	+ 4,678
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,212	10	1,050	+ 4,163
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,435	3	2,576	+ 1,859
Prostate Cancer	5	3,309	28	198	+ 3,111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,306	38	89	+ 2,217
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,287	25	230	+ 2,057
Breast Cancer	8	1,906	32	159	+ 1,747
Endocrine Disorders	9	1,871	27	208	+ 1,663
Kidney Disease	10	1,850	15	613	+ 1,237
Other Injuries	11	1,574	20	333	+ 1,241
Lung Disease	12	1,480	17	541	+ 939
Hypertension	13	1,443	12	933	+ 511
Skin Disease	14	1,251	50	46	+ 1,206
Lymphomas	15	1,018	45	61	+ 957
Lung Cancers	16	856	47	54	+ 802
Inflammatory/Heart	17	782	26	220	+ 562
Pancreas Cancer	18	777	52	42	+ 735
Violence	19	648	18	539	+ 110
Leukemia	20	583	46	57	+ 526
HIV/AIDS	21	564	1	4,509	- 3,945
Stomach Cancer	22	555	39	88	+ 467
Cervical Cancer	23	552	29	196	+ 356
Other Neoplasms	24	518	63	8	+ 510
Road Traffic Accidents	25	470	7	1,598	- 1,128
Liver Disease	26	458	13	931	- 473
Uterin Cancer	27	425	60	15	+ 410
Oral Cancer	28	358	54	33	+ 326
Congenital Anomalies	29	358	14	729	- 371
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	347	84	0	+ 347
Parkinson's Disease	31	328	42	69	+ 259
Ovary Cancer	32	311	48	49	+ 262
Liver Cancer	33	289	30	169	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	284	35	105	+ 179
Asthma	35	260	23	291	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	36	231	57	19	+ 211
Anemia	37	223	82	0	+ 223
Epilepsy	38	189	40	76	+ 113
Bladder Cancer	39	188	61	15	+ 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	137	8	1,304	- 1,167
Falls	41	132	33	149	- 16
Low Birth Weight	42	106	9	1,283	- 1,177
Birth Trauma	43	104	11	997	- 893
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	93	59	15	+ 78
Meningitis	45	87	22	299	- 213
Alcohol	46	81	49	46	+ 35
Skin Cancers	47	79	53	36	+ 43
Poisonings	48	41	41	71	- 29
Malnutrition	49	40	24	272	- 232
Osteoarthritis	50	39	85	0	+ 39
Suicide	51	36	19	349	- 313
Hepatitis B	52	32	62	14	+ 18
Drug Use	53	30	44	65	- 36
Dengue	54	27	73	0	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	24	43	67	- 43
Maternal Conditions	56	23	16	578	- 554
Drownings	57	22	36	104	- 82
Upper Respiratory	58	21	64	7	+ 14
Schizophrenia	59	21	81	0	+ 21
Tuberculosis	60	20	2	2,781	- 2,761
Multiple Sclerosis	61	15	66	4	+ 11
Fires	62	11	37	90	- 79
Oral conditions	63	11	86	0	+ 11
Syphilis	64	8	34	107	- 99
Appendicitis	65	7	58	18	- 12
War	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	21	329	- 329
Measles	68	0	31	159	- 159
Diphtheria	69	0	68	2	- 2
Tetanus	70	0	55	23	- 23
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	45	- 45
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	56	20	- 20
Hepatitis C	83	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Barbados

Congo

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.