IRELAND VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,616	5	1,770	+ 4,846
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,155	1	4,762	+ 1,394
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,474	16	414	+ 4,060
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,806	6	1,298	+ 2,508
Prostate Cancer	5	2,840	9	585	+ 2,255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,979	7	1,095	+ 884
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,963	2	3,209	- 1,246
Breast Cancer	8	1,636	8	760	+ 876
Endocrine Disorders	9	1,606	24	249	+ 1,357
Kidney Disease	10	1,588	10	566	+ 1,021
Other Injuries	11	1,351	30	171	+ 1,180
Lung Disease	12	1,270	4	1,915	- 645
Hypertension	13	1,239	29	175	+ 1,064
Skin Disease	14	1,074	42	58	+ 1,016
Lymphomas	15	873	13	513	+ 361
Lung Cancers	16	734	3	1,916	- 1,182
Inflammatory/Heart	17	671	26	240	+ 431
Pancreas Cancer	18	667	11	530	+ 136
Violence	19	556	47	38	+ 518
Leukemia	20	500	20	274	+ 227
HIV/AIDS	21	484	57	9	+ 476
Stomach Cancer	22	477	17	357	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	23	474	35	103	+ 371
Other Neoplasms	24	444	27	218	+ 226
Road Traffic Accidents	25	404	33	153	+ 251
Liver Disease	26	393	19	279	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	27	365	34	126	+ 238
Oral Cancer	28	307	28	183	+ 125
Congenital Anomalies	29	307	32	153	+ 154
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	298	54	14	+ 284
Parkinson's Disease	31	282	12	530	- 248
Ovary Cancer	32	267	21	273	- 6
Liver Cancer	33	248	18	318	- 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	244	38	67	+ 177
Asthma	35	223	41	58	+ 166
Oesophagus Cancer	36	198	15	419	- 220
Anemia	37	192	49	29	+ 163
Epilepsy	38	162	36	85	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	39	161	22	256	- 95
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	118	45	53	+ 65
Falls	41	114	25	247	- 133
Low Birth Weight	42	91	44	56	+ 35
Birth Trauma	43	89	56	10	+ 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	80	40	59	+ 21
Meningitis	45	74	58	7	+ 67
Alcohol	46	70	39	64	+ 5
Skin Cancers	47	68	23	252	- 184
Poisonings	48	35	53	14	+ 21
Malnutrition	49	34	63	2	+ 32
Osteoarthritis	50	34	51	20	+ 14
Suicide	51	31	14	470	- 439
Hepatitis B	52	28	59	6	+ 22
Drug Use	53	26	31	167	- 141
Dengue	54	23	78	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	20	46	50	- 30
Maternal Conditions	56	20	61	3	+ 17
Drownings	57	19	43	57	- 38
Upper Respiratory	58	18	64	1	+ 17
Schizophrenia	59	18	55	12	+ 6
Tuberculosis	60	17	50	23	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	13	37	83	- 70
Fires	62	10	48	30	- 20
Oral conditions	63	10	62	2	+ 7
Syphilis	64	7	68	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	65	6	60	3	+ 2
War	66	1	65	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	83	0	52	19	- 19
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Barbados

Ireland

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.