MAURITIUS VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,657	3	985	+ 672
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,541	2	1,805	- 263
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,120	1	1,873	- 753
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	953	7	346	+ 607
Prostate Cancer	5	711	15	115	+ 596
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	496	10	182	+ 313
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	492	34	42	+ 450
Breast Cancer	8	410	8	232	+ 177
Endocrine Disorders	9	402	19	101	+ 301
Kidney Disease	10	398	4	724	- 327
Other Injuries	11	338	21	66	+ 273
Lung Disease	12	318	5	646	- 328
Hypertension	13	310	6	592	- 282
Skin Disease	14	269	22	64	+ 204
Lymphomas	15	219	24	57	+ 162
Lung Cancers	16	184	9	182	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	17	168	16	108	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	18	167	28	55	+ 112
Violence	19	139	41	30	+ 110
Leukemia	20	125	31	48	+ 77
HIV/AIDS	21	121	13	141	- 20
Stomach Cancer	22	119	18	104	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	23	119	30	49	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	24	111	20	77	+ 34
Road Traffic Accidents	25	101	11	155	- 54
Liver Disease	26	98	12	145	- 47
Uterin Cancer	27	91	40	32	+ 60
Oral Cancer	28	77	23	63	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	29	77	25	57	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	75	58	2	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	31	71	47	12	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	32	67	32	46	+ 21
Liver Cancer	33	62	27	56	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	61	43	22	+ 39
Asthma	35	56	17	107	- 51
Oesophagus Cancer	36	50	37	35	+ 14
Anemia	37	48	39	33	+ 15
Epilepsy	38	41	38	35	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	39	40	44	21	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	29	42	23	+ 7
Falls	41	28	26	57	- 28
Low Birth Weight	42	23	35	37	- 14
Birth Trauma	43	22	36	37	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	20	60	1	+ 19
Meningitis	45	19	57	2	+ 16
Alcohol	46	17	29	53	- 36
Skin Cancers	47	17	53	5	+ 12
Poisonings	48	9	49	11	- 2
Malnutrition	49	9	54	4	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	50	8	83	0	+ 8
Suicide	51	8	14	120	- 113
Hepatitis B	52	7	65	0	+ 7
Drug Use	53	6	46	16	- 10
Dengue	54	6	68	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	5	56	3	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	56	5	48	11	- 6
Drownings	57	5	33	43	- 38
Upper Respiratory	58	4	63	0	+ 4
Schizophrenia	59	4	52	5	- 1
Tuberculosis	60	4	45	17	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	84	0	+ 3
Fires	62	2	50	10	- 8
Oral conditions	63	2	55	3	- 1
Syphilis	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	65	1	59	1	+ 0
War	66	0	62	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	64	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	74	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	61	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	83	0	51	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Barbados

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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.