SWAZILAND VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,439	4	800	+ 638
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,339	5	755	+ 584
Diabetes Mellitus	3	973	3	892	+ 81
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	828	2	921	- 93
Prostate Cancer	5	618	31	45	+ 573
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	430	43	19	+ 412
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	427	27	77	+ 350
Breast Cancer	8	356	35	37	+ 319
Endocrine Disorders	9	349	28	74	+ 275
Kidney Disease	10	345	8	381	- 36
Other Injuries	11	294	17	190	+ 104
Lung Disease	12	276	12	264	+ 12
Hypertension	13	269	10	292	- 23
Skin Disease	14	234	40	25	+ 208
Lymphomas	15	190	36	31	+ 159
Lung Cancers	16	160	46	17	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	17	146	24	94	+ 52
Pancreas Cancer	18	145	56	6	+ 139
Violence	19	121	16	212	- 91
Leukemia	20	109	47	16	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	21	105	1	2,314	- 2,208
Stomach Cancer	22	104	53	7	+ 97
Cervical Cancer	23	103	15	215	- 112
Other Neoplasms	24	97	61	4	+ 93
Road Traffic Accidents	25	88	7	384	- 296
Liver Disease	26	85	11	274	- 188
Uterin Cancer	27	79	50	11	+ 68
Oral Cancer	28	67	51	10	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	29	67	19	160	- 94
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	65	80	0	+ 65
Parkinson's Disease	31	61	41	24	+ 37
Ovary Cancer	32	58	52	10	+ 48
Liver Cancer	33	54	37	29	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	53	29	51	+ 2
Asthma	35	49	20	150	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	36	43	44	18	+ 25
Anemia	37	42	84	0	+ 42
Epilepsy	38	35	30	46	- 11
Bladder Cancer	39	35	55	6	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	26	6	517	- 492
Falls	41	25	32	41	- 17
Low Birth Weight	42	20	14	233	- 213
Birth Trauma	43	19	18	166	- 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	17	58	5	+ 12
Meningitis	45	16	23	97	- 81
Alcohol	46	15	48	16	- 1
Skin Cancers	47	15	42	20	- 5
Poisonings	48	8	34	37	- 30
Malnutrition	49	7	22	106	- 98
Osteoarthritis	50	7	81	0	+ 7
Suicide	51	7	9	338	- 331
Hepatitis B	52	6	57	6	+ 0
Drug Use	53	6	38	27	- 21
Dengue	54	5	72	0	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	4	39	26	- 22
Maternal Conditions	56	4	21	116	- 111
Drownings	57	4	25	87	- 83
Upper Respiratory	58	4	60	4	- 0
Schizophrenia	59	4	83	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	60	4	13	256	- 252
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	63	1	+ 1
Fires	62	2	26	84	- 82
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	45	17	- 16
Appendicitis	65	1	54	7	- 5
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	33	39	- 39
Measles	68	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	62	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	59	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	83	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Barbados

Swaziland

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.