GREECE VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	13,224	2	14,077	- 853
Coronary Heart Disease	2	12,304	1	21,124	- 8,820
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,942	20	1,266	+ 7,677
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,608	3	8,282	- 674
Prostate Cancer	5	5,677	12	2,023	+ 3,653
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,956	8	3,264	+ 692
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,924	7	3,940	- 16
Breast Cancer	8	3,270	11	2,520	+ 749
Endocrine Disorders	9	3,210	29	526	+ 2,684
Kidney Disease	10	3,174	6	4,759	- 1,585
Other Injuries	11	2,700	17	1,453	+ 1,247
Lung Disease	12	2,539	5	5,526	- 2,987
Hypertension	13	2,476	9	2,922	- 447
Skin Disease	14	2,147	47	56	+ 2,090
Lymphomas	15	1,746	19	1,268	+ 477
Lung Cancers	16	1,468	4	7,355	- 5,888
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,342	24	725	+ 617
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,332	13	1,904	- 572
Violence	19	1,112	42	104	+ 1,008
Leukemia	20	1,000	18	1,354	- 354
HIV/AIDS	21	968	50	47	+ 921
Stomach Cancer	22	953	16	1,535	- 582
Cervical Cancer	23	947	36	243	+ 704
Other Neoplasms	24	888	25	679	+ 210
Road Traffic Accidents	25	807	22	870	- 63
Liver Disease	26	785	23	809	- 24
Uterin Cancer	27	729	33	373	+ 356
Oral Cancer	28	615	30	440	+ 174
Congenital Anomalies	29	614	38	174	+ 440
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	596	86	0	+ 596
Parkinson's Disease	31	563	10	2,646	- 2,082
Ovary Cancer	32	534	27	557	- 23
Liver Cancer	33	495	14	1,566	- 1,071
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	488	26	611	- 123
Asthma	35	447	55	27	+ 419
Oesophagus Cancer	36	396	35	246	+ 150
Anemia	37	383	51	47	+ 336
Epilepsy	38	323	34	249	+ 74
Bladder Cancer	39	322	15	1,551	- 1,228
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	235	44	95	+ 140
Falls	41	227	21	1,245	- 1,018
Low Birth Weight	42	182	41	127	+ 54
Birth Trauma	43	179	57	17	+ 162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	160	45	67	+ 93
Meningitis	45	148	53	33	+ 115
Alcohol	46	139	49	50	+ 89
Skin Cancers	47	136	31	438	- 303
Poisonings	48	71	56	19	+ 51
Malnutrition	49	68	66	1	+ 67
Osteoarthritis	50	67	85	0	+ 67
Suicide	51	61	28	533	- 472
Hepatitis B	52	56	48	56	- 0
Drug Use	53	51	37	193	- 142
Dengue	54	47	71	0	+ 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	40	43	100	- 60
Maternal Conditions	56	40	61	2	+ 37
Drownings	57	38	32	435	- 397
Upper Respiratory	58	36	59	8	+ 28
Schizophrenia	59	35	54	27	+ 8
Tuberculosis	60	35	46	66	- 32
Multiple Sclerosis	61	26	40	135	- 109
Fires	62	19	39	146	- 127
Oral conditions	63	19	63	2	+ 18
Syphilis	64	13	65	1	+ 12
Appendicitis	65	11	58	9	+ 2
War	66	1	64	1	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	62	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	4	- 4
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	67	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	83	0	52	38	- 38
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Barbados

Greece

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.