SPAIN VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		SPAIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	59,769	3	29,004	+ 30,765
Coronary Heart Disease	2	55,610	1	51,684	+ 3,926
Diabetes Mellitus	3	40,415	10	7,773	+ 32,642
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	34,386	7	13,717	+ 20,670
Prostate Cancer	5	25,656	13	6,420	+ 19,236
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	17,878	6	16,957	+ 920
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	17,734	2	42,339	- 24,604
Breast Cancer	8	14,778	11	7,067	+ 7,711
Endocrine Disorders	9	14,509	21	4,863	+ 9,645
Kidney Disease	10	14,345	8	9,725	+ 4,620
Other Injuries	11	12,205	15	5,536	+ 6,669
Lung Disease	12	11,477	5	18,926	- 7,449
Hypertension	13	11,189	9	9,115	+ 2,075
Skin Disease	14	9,702	30	1,840	+ 7,862
Lymphomas	15	7,891	16	5,335	+ 2,556
Lung Cancers	16	6,633	4	22,131	- 15,497
Inflammatory/Heart	17	6,063	19	4,984	+ 1,079
Pancreas Cancer	18	6,021	12	6,752	- 731
Violence	19	5,027	51	262	+ 4,766
Leukemia	20	4,521	24	3,772	+ 749
HIV/AIDS	21	4,375	43	538	+ 3,837
Stomach Cancer	22	4,307	14	5,796	- 1,489
Cervical Cancer	23	4,282	39	855	+ 3,427
Other Neoplasms	24	4,015	22	4,748	- 733
Road Traffic Accidents	25	3,648	31	1,829	+ 1,818
Liver Disease	26	3,550	23	4,231	- 681
Uterin Cancer	27	3,293	34	1,612	+ 1,681
Oral Cancer	28	2,777	27	2,583	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	29	2,775	38	863	+ 1,912
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	2,693	54	204	+ 2,488
Parkinson's Disease	31	2,546	20	4,943	- 2,397
Ovary Cancer	32	2,413	28	2,026	+ 387
Liver Cancer	33	2,237	18	5,098	- 2,861
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	2,204	44	475	+ 1,729
Asthma	35	2,019	35	1,133	+ 886
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,789	29	2,011	- 222
Anemia	37	1,732	37	914	+ 817
Epilepsy	38	1,462	40	824	+ 638
Bladder Cancer	39	1,457	17	5,222	- 3,765
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	1,062	36	1,064	- 1
Falls	41	1,027	26	3,246	- 2,220
Low Birth Weight	42	820	52	253	+ 568
Birth Trauma	43	808	60	113	+ 695
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	722	48	294	+ 429
Meningitis	45	671	59	129	+ 542
Alcohol	46	629	46	333	+ 295
Skin Cancers	47	612	32	1,803	- 1,190
Poisonings	48	320	57	170	+ 150
Malnutrition	49	307	47	302	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	50	304	53	212	+ 92
Suicide	51	276	25	3,609	- 3,334
Hepatitis B	52	252	58	162	+ 90
Drug Use	53	230	41	776	- 546
Dengue	54	211	77	0	+ 211
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	183	33	1,612	- 1,430
Maternal Conditions	56	179	64	14	+ 165
Drownings	57	171	45	446	- 274
Upper Respiratory	58	162	62	47	+ 115
Schizophrenia	59	160	56	181	- 21
Tuberculosis	60	158	50	270	- 113
Multiple Sclerosis	61	117	49	287	- 170
Fires	62	87	55	185	- 97
Oral conditions	63	87	63	44	+ 43
Syphilis	64	60	67	9	+ 51
Appendicitis	65	51	61	79	- 29
War	66	5	68	6	- 1
Pertussis	67	0	73	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	81	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	72	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	11	- 11
Chagas disease	80	0	71	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	82	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	70	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	83	0	42	652	- 652
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	69	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SPAIN

Barbados

Spain

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.