GUYANA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,004	2	1,022	- 19
Coronary Heart Disease	2	934	1	1,335	- 401
Diabetes Mellitus	3	679	3	579	+ 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	578	6	302	+ 276
Prostate Cancer	5	431	17	123	+ 308
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	300	25	59	+ 242
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	298	38	23	+ 275
Breast Cancer	8	248	19	96	+ 152
Endocrine Disorders	9	244	12	174	+ 69
Kidney Disease	10	241	8	233	+ 8
Other Injuries	11	205	14	167	+ 38
Lung Disease	12	193	13	174	+ 19
Hypertension	13	188	4	320	- 132
Skin Disease	14	163	56	3	+ 160
Lymphomas	15	133	32	32	+ 100
Lung Cancers	16	111	29	38	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	17	102	20	92	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	18	101	42	19	+ 82
Violence	19	84	10	194	- 109
Leukemia	20	76	39	21	+ 55
HIV/AIDS	21	73	7	256	- 183
Stomach Cancer	22	72	31	34	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	23	72	21	91	- 19
Other Neoplasms	24	67	28	40	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	25	61	11	175	- 114
Liver Disease	26	60	9	197	- 137
Uterin Cancer	27	55	46	13	+ 42
Oral Cancer	28	47	40	20	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	29	47	23	69	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	45	52	8	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	31	43	49	9	+ 34
Ovary Cancer	32	41	43	18	+ 23
Liver Cancer	33	38	34	29	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	37	26	54	- 17
Asthma	35	34	36	25	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	36	30	51	8	+ 22
Anemia	37	29	18	99	- 70
Epilepsy	38	25	37	24	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	39	24	50	8	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	18	27	48	- 30
Falls	41	17	48	11	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	42	14	22	89	- 75
Birth Trauma	43	14	24	64	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	12	63	1	+ 11
Meningitis	45	11	44	17	- 6
Alcohol	46	11	57	3	+ 7
Skin Cancers	47	10	55	5	+ 5
Poisonings	48	5	65	1	+ 5
Malnutrition	49	5	30	37	- 32
Osteoarthritis	50	5	58	3	+ 2
Suicide	51	5	5	315	- 311
Hepatitis B	52	4	59	2	+ 2
Drug Use	53	4	45	16	- 12
Dengue	54	4	60	2	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	3	47	13	- 10
Maternal Conditions	56	3	35	28	- 25
Drownings	57	3	15	145	- 142
Upper Respiratory	58	3	66	1	+ 2
Schizophrenia	59	3	62	1	+ 2
Tuberculosis	60	3	16	137	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	61	1	+ 1
Fires	62	1	41	19	- 18
Oral conditions	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	65	1	54	6	- 5
War	66	0	64	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	33	30	- 30
Schistosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	81	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	53	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	83	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Barbados

Guyana

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.