FIJI VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,203	3	583	+ 620
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,119	2	1,481	- 362
Diabetes Mellitus	3	813	1	1,628	- 815
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	692	5	228	+ 464
Prostate Cancer	5	516	25	41	+ 476
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	360	24	45	+ 315
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	357	19	63	+ 294
Breast Cancer	8	297	8	162	+ 135
Endocrine Disorders	9	292	34	28	+ 264
Kidney Disease	10	289	4	277	+ 12
Other Injuries	11	246	17	77	+ 169
Lung Disease	12	231	9	141	+ 90
Hypertension	13	225	7	170	+ 55
Skin Disease	14	195	41	19	+ 176
Lymphomas	15	159	35	27	+ 132
Lung Cancers	16	134	22	48	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	17	122	23	45	+ 77
Pancreas Cancer	18	121	38	21	+ 100
Violence	19	101	40	19	+ 82
Leukemia	20	91	30	31	+ 60
HIV/AIDS	21	88	31	30	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	22	87	37	23	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	23	86	13	86	- 0
Other Neoplasms	24	81	53	3	+ 78
Road Traffic Accidents	25	73	11	120	- 47
Liver Disease	26	71	15	82	- 10
Uterin Cancer	27	66	39	20	+ 46
Oral Cancer	28	56	46	13	+ 43
Congenital Anomalies	29	56	10	129	- 74
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	54	84	0	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	31	51	26	40	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	32	49	32	29	+ 20
Liver Cancer	33	45	18	68	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	44	29	34	+ 11
Asthma	35	41	6	226	- 185
Oesophagus Cancer	36	36	42	18	+ 18
Anemia	37	35	82	0	+ 35
Epilepsy	38	29	44	16	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	39	29	50	8	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	21	12	96	- 75
Falls	41	21	36	27	- 6
Low Birth Weight	42	17	14	86	- 69
Birth Trauma	43	16	28	36	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	15	62	0	+ 14
Meningitis	45	14	43	17	- 4
Alcohol	46	13	57	2	+ 11
Skin Cancers	47	12	61	1	+ 12
Poisonings	48	6	56	2	+ 4
Malnutrition	49	6	45	14	- 8
Osteoarthritis	50	6	85	0	+ 6
Suicide	51	6	16	80	- 74
Hepatitis B	52	5	59	1	+ 4
Drug Use	53	5	52	4	+ 1
Dengue	54	4	55	3	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	4	20	62	- 58
Maternal Conditions	56	4	49	9	- 5
Drownings	57	3	21	60	- 56
Upper Respiratory	58	3	69	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	59	3	81	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	60	3	27	39	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	60	1	+ 2
Fires	62	2	33	28	- 26
Oral conditions	63	2	86	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	47	11	- 10
Appendicitis	65	1	54	3	- 2
War	66	0	66	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	48	10	- 10
Measles	68	0	63	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	58	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	64	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	51	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	83	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Barbados

Fiji

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.