NEW GUINEA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	12,700	2	5,095	+ 7,605
Coronary Heart Disease	2	11,816	1	6,835	+ 4,981
Diabetes Mellitus	3	8,587	4	4,533	+ 4,055
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,306	6	2,595	+ 4,712
Prostate Cancer	5	5,451	36	285	+ 5,167
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,799	29	445	+ 3,354
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,768	33	343	+ 3,425
Breast Cancer	8	3,140	17	764	+ 2,376
Endocrine Disorders	9	3,083	47	153	+ 2,930
Kidney Disease	10	3,048	18	687	+ 2,361
Other Injuries	11	2,593	20	647	+ 1,947
Lung Disease	12	2,439	3	4,538	- 2,099
Hypertension	13	2,378	13	1,096	+ 1,282
Skin Disease	14	2,062	49	126	+ 1,935
Lymphomas	15	1,677	32	353	+ 1,324
Lung Cancers	16	1,409	23	622	+ 788
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,288	43	229	+ 1,060
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,279	52	107	+ 1,173
Violence	19	1,068	15	969	+ 100
Leukemia	20	961	38	253	+ 708
HIV/AIDS	21	930	24	611	+ 319
Stomach Cancer	22	915	28	447	+ 468
Cervical Cancer	23	910	19	665	+ 245
Other Neoplasms	24	853	60	15	+ 838
Road Traffic Accidents	25	775	12	1,105	- 330
Liver Disease	26	754	22	624	+ 130
Uterin Cancer	27	700	55	81	+ 619
Oral Cancer	28	590	25	580	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	29	590	16	951	- 361
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	572	84	0	+ 572
Parkinson's Disease	31	541	45	185	+ 356
Ovary Cancer	32	513	46	179	+ 333
Liver Cancer	33	475	21	644	- 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	468	35	302	+ 167
Asthma	35	429	9	1,842	- 1,413
Oesophagus Cancer	36	380	44	199	+ 181
Anemia	37	368	82	0	+ 368
Epilepsy	38	311	51	111	+ 200
Bladder Cancer	39	310	54	82	+ 227
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	226	8	2,295	- 2,069
Falls	41	218	26	502	- 284
Low Birth Weight	42	174	10	1,661	- 1,487
Birth Trauma	43	172	11	1,504	- 1,332
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	153	65	5	+ 148
Meningitis	45	143	34	324	- 181
Alcohol	46	134	53	93	+ 40
Skin Cancers	47	130	31	417	- 286
Poisonings	48	68	50	121	- 53
Malnutrition	49	65	48	134	- 69
Osteoarthritis	50	65	85	0	+ 65
Suicide	51	59	37	259	- 200
Hepatitis B	52	53	58	27	+ 26
Drug Use	53	49	61	13	+ 36
Dengue	54	45	64	6	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	39	14	1,072	- 1,033
Maternal Conditions	56	38	30	421	- 383
Drownings	57	36	40	240	- 203
Upper Respiratory	58	34	68	2	+ 32
Schizophrenia	59	34	80	0	+ 34
Tuberculosis	60	33	5	3,969	- 3,935
Multiple Sclerosis	61	25	66	5	+ 20
Fires	62	19	27	488	- 469
Oral conditions	63	18	86	0	+ 18
Syphilis	64	13	42	234	- 221
Appendicitis	65	11	59	20	- 9
War	66	1	69	1	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	39	248	- 248
Measles	68	0	41	238	- 238
Diphtheria	69	0	67	3	- 3
Tetanus	70	0	56	48	- 48
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	7	- 7
Malaria	76	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	57	31	- 31
Hepatitis C	83	0	62	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Barbados

New Guinea

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.