ICELAND VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	460	3	141	+ 320
Coronary Heart Disease	2	428	1	403	+ 25
Diabetes Mellitus	3	311	16	30	+ 282
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	265	6	82	+ 182
Prostate Cancer	5	198	8	61	+ 137
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	138	7	73	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	137	2	295	- 159
Breast Cancer	8	114	9	53	+ 60
Endocrine Disorders	9	112	27	16	+ 96
Kidney Disease	10	110	15	33	+ 77
Other Injuries	11	94	11	50	+ 44
Lung Disease	12	88	5	129	- 40
Hypertension	13	86	17	24	+ 62
Skin Disease	14	75	45	3	+ 72
Lymphomas	15	61	14	37	+ 24
Lung Cancers	16	51	4	134	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	17	47	26	16	+ 31
Pancreas Cancer	18	46	12	43	+ 3
Violence	19	39	39	4	+ 35
Leukemia	20	35	22	19	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	21	34	59	0	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	22	33	23	18	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	23	33	32	9	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	24	31	30	10	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	25	28	35	7	+ 21
Liver Disease	26	27	31	9	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	27	25	36	7	+ 18
Oral Cancer	28	21	33	9	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	29	21	34	7	+ 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	21	53	1	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	31	20	10	53	- 33
Ovary Cancer	32	19	25	16	+ 2
Liver Cancer	33	17	20	22	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	17	41	3	+ 14
Asthma	35	16	48	2	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	36	14	19	23	- 9
Anemia	37	13	40	4	+ 10
Epilepsy	38	11	37	5	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	39	11	21	20	- 9
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	8	55	1	+ 7
Falls	41	8	18	24	- 16
Low Birth Weight	42	6	43	3	+ 3
Birth Trauma	43	6	46	2	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	6	38	4	+ 1
Meningitis	45	5	50	1	+ 4
Alcohol	46	5	28	14	- 9
Skin Cancers	47	5	29	13	- 8
Poisonings	48	2	42	3	- 1
Malnutrition	49	2	57	1	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	50	2	47	2	+ 0
Suicide	51	2	13	40	- 38
Hepatitis B	52	2	63	0	+ 2
Drug Use	53	2	24	17	- 15
Dengue	54	2	72	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	1	54	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	56	1	60	0	+ 1
Drownings	57	1	56	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	58	1	51	1	+ 0
Schizophrenia	59	1	49	1	- 0
Tuberculosis	60	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	44	3	- 2
Fires	62	1	58	1	+ 0
Oral conditions	63	1	85	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	80	0	+ 0
Appendicitis	65	0	86	0	+ 0
War	66	0	61	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	83	0	52	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Barbados

Iceland

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.