RWANDA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	17,222	2	5,060	+ 12,161
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,023	4	3,605	+ 12,418
Diabetes Mellitus	3	11,645	11	1,858	+ 9,787
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	9,908	1	5,280	+ 4,628
Prostate Cancer	5	7,392	32	396	+ 6,996
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,151	28	591	+ 4,560
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	5,110	25	657	+ 4,453
Breast Cancer	8	4,258	27	600	+ 3,658
Endocrine Disorders	9	4,180	41	219	+ 3,961
Kidney Disease	10	4,133	15	1,206	+ 2,927
Other Injuries	11	3,517	17	944	+ 2,573
Lung Disease	12	3,307	13	1,555	+ 1,752
Hypertension	13	3,224	14	1,357	+ 1,867
Skin Disease	14	2,796	52	103	+ 2,693
Lymphomas	15	2,274	30	450	+ 1,824
Lung Cancers	16	1,911	39	234	+ 1,677
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,747	34	347	+ 1,400
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,735	43	214	+ 1,521
Violence	19	1,449	29	548	+ 901
Leukemia	20	1,303	35	317	+ 986
HIV/AIDS	21	1,261	7	2,826	- 1,565
Stomach Cancer	22	1,241	20	780	+ 461
Cervical Cancer	23	1,234	18	941	+ 293
Other Neoplasms	24	1,157	64	16	+ 1,141
Road Traffic Accidents	25	1,051	3	3,718	- 2,667
Liver Disease	26	1,023	8	2,548	- 1,525
Uterin Cancer	27	949	56	58	+ 891
Oral Cancer	28	800	37	272	+ 528
Congenital Anomalies	29	800	12	1,777	- 978
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	776	80	0	+ 776
Parkinson's Disease	31	734	47	146	+ 588
Ovary Cancer	32	695	53	92	+ 603
Liver Cancer	33	645	23	706	- 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	635	33	362	+ 273
Asthma	35	582	22	717	- 135
Oesophagus Cancer	36	516	44	213	+ 302
Anemia	37	499	86	0	+ 499
Epilepsy	38	421	45	191	+ 230
Bladder Cancer	39	420	62	35	+ 385
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	306	6	3,121	- 2,815
Falls	41	296	31	412	- 116
Low Birth Weight	42	236	9	2,193	- 1,956
Birth Trauma	43	233	10	1,888	- 1,655
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	208	63	23	+ 185
Meningitis	45	193	19	847	- 654
Alcohol	46	181	49	125	+ 56
Skin Cancers	47	176	50	113	+ 64
Poisonings	48	92	40	220	- 128
Malnutrition	49	88	16	1,168	- 1,079
Osteoarthritis	50	88	81	0	+ 88
Suicide	51	79	24	704	- 624
Hepatitis B	52	73	55	68	+ 4
Drug Use	53	66	60	45	+ 22
Dengue	54	61	72	0	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	53	48	136	- 83
Maternal Conditions	56	52	21	722	- 671
Drownings	57	49	36	285	- 235
Upper Respiratory	58	47	57	58	- 12
Schizophrenia	59	46	83	0	+ 46
Tuberculosis	60	45	26	625	- 579
Multiple Sclerosis	61	34	66	7	+ 27
Fires	62	25	38	270	- 245
Oral conditions	63	25	82	0	+ 25
Syphilis	64	17	46	173	- 155
Appendicitis	65	15	54	70	- 56
War	66	1	69	3	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	42	218	- 218
Measles	68	0	59	51	- 51
Diphtheria	69	0	71	1	- 1
Tetanus	70	0	58	53	- 53
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	5	- 5
Malaria	76	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	111	- 111
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	2	- 2
Encephalitis	82	0	61	39	- 39
Hepatitis C	83	0	65	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Barbados

Rwanda

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.