ERITREA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,020	2	2,564	+ 5,456
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,462	4	2,154	+ 5,308
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,423	7	944	+ 4,478
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,614	1	3,277	+ 1,337
Prostate Cancer	5	3,442	47	54	+ 3,388
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,399	35	113	+ 2,286
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	2,380	24	310	+ 2,070
Breast Cancer	8	1,983	23	311	+ 1,671
Endocrine Disorders	9	1,947	43	71	+ 1,875
Kidney Disease	10	1,925	12	578	+ 1,347
Other Injuries	11	1,638	15	540	+ 1,098
Lung Disease	12	1,540	9	662	+ 878
Hypertension	13	1,501	8	926	+ 576
Skin Disease	14	1,302	50	45	+ 1,257
Lymphomas	15	1,059	28	147	+ 912
Lung Cancers	16	890	46	62	+ 828
Inflammatory/Heart	17	814	32	123	+ 691
Pancreas Cancer	18	808	58	20	+ 788
Violence	19	675	20	384	+ 290
Leukemia	20	607	29	144	+ 463
HIV/AIDS	21	587	25	308	+ 280
Stomach Cancer	22	578	48	48	+ 530
Cervical Cancer	23	575	30	132	+ 442
Other Neoplasms	24	539	66	6	+ 533
Road Traffic Accidents	25	489	5	1,326	- 837
Liver Disease	26	476	6	1,215	- 738
Uterin Cancer	27	442	61	18	+ 424
Oral Cancer	28	373	44	71	+ 302
Congenital Anomalies	29	372	18	432	- 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	361	84	0	+ 361
Parkinson's Disease	31	342	37	85	+ 257
Ovary Cancer	32	324	40	79	+ 244
Liver Cancer	33	300	45	69	+ 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	296	27	147	+ 149
Asthma	35	271	22	326	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	36	240	39	81	+ 159
Anemia	37	232	81	0	+ 232
Epilepsy	38	196	38	81	+ 115
Bladder Cancer	39	196	51	42	+ 154
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	143	3	2,292	- 2,150
Falls	41	138	26	168	- 30
Low Birth Weight	42	110	16	531	- 421
Birth Trauma	43	108	11	616	- 508
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	97	64	12	+ 85
Meningitis	45	90	19	404	- 314
Alcohol	46	84	49	45	+ 39
Skin Cancers	47	82	56	30	+ 52
Poisonings	48	43	34	114	- 71
Malnutrition	49	41	10	660	- 618
Osteoarthritis	50	41	85	0	+ 41
Suicide	51	37	21	382	- 345
Hepatitis B	52	34	57	28	+ 6
Drug Use	53	31	53	36	- 5
Dengue	54	28	73	0	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	24	41	77	- 52
Maternal Conditions	56	24	13	544	- 520
Drownings	57	23	33	118	- 95
Upper Respiratory	58	22	60	18	+ 4
Schizophrenia	59	21	83	0	+ 21
Tuberculosis	60	21	14	543	- 522
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	67	4	+ 12
Fires	62	12	31	132	- 120
Oral conditions	63	12	86	0	+ 12
Syphilis	64	8	54	35	- 27
Appendicitis	65	7	55	31	- 25
War	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	36	90	- 90
Measles	68	0	63	13	- 13
Diphtheria	69	0	72	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	52	37	- 37
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	68	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	59	19	- 19
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	62	16	- 16
Hepatitis C	83	0	65	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Barbados

Eritrea

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.