MALTA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	594	2	291	+ 302
Coronary Heart Disease	2	552	1	876	- 323
Diabetes Mellitus	3	402	6	163	+ 239
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	342	3	213	+ 129
Prostate Cancer	5	255	13	53	+ 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	178	7	147	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	176	4	207	- 31
Breast Cancer	8	147	10	85	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	9	144	30	19	+ 125
Kidney Disease	10	143	11	79	+ 63
Other Injuries	11	121	33	16	+ 105
Lung Disease	12	114	8	127	- 13
Hypertension	13	111	20	33	+ 78
Skin Disease	14	96	25	23	+ 73
Lymphomas	15	78	12	53	+ 25
Lung Cancers	16	66	5	197	- 131
Inflammatory/Heart	17	60	27	22	+ 38
Pancreas Cancer	18	60	9	90	- 31
Violence	19	50	40	4	+ 46
Leukemia	20	45	21	28	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	21	43	41	4	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	22	43	15	50	- 7
Cervical Cancer	23	43	39	4	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	24	40	26	22	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	25	36	31	18	+ 18
Liver Disease	26	35	24	23	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	27	33	28	21	+ 12
Oral Cancer	28	28	23	25	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	29	28	32	17	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	27	42	3	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	31	25	16	50	- 24
Ovary Cancer	32	24	17	34	- 10
Liver Cancer	33	22	18	34	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	22	37	7	+ 15
Asthma	35	20	36	8	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	36	18	29	20	- 2
Anemia	37	17	46	3	+ 14
Epilepsy	38	15	43	3	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	39	14	19	33	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	11	55	1	+ 10
Falls	41	10	14	52	- 41
Low Birth Weight	42	8	35	11	- 3
Birth Trauma	43	8	44	3	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	7	51	2	+ 5
Meningitis	45	7	56	1	+ 6
Alcohol	46	6	47	3	+ 4
Skin Cancers	47	6	34	14	- 8
Poisonings	48	3	58	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	49	3	60	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	50	3	50	2	+ 1
Suicide	51	3	22	27	- 24
Hepatitis B	52	3	61	0	+ 2
Drug Use	53	2	38	7	- 5
Dengue	54	2	78	0	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	2	49	2	- 0
Maternal Conditions	56	2	64	0	+ 1
Drownings	57	2	48	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	58	2	59	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	59	2	57	1	+ 1
Tuberculosis	60	2	52	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	45	3	- 2
Fires	62	1	62	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	1	86	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	1	81	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	65	1	63	0	+ 0
War	66	0	54	1	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	65	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	83	0	53	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	71	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.