TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,781	3	822	+ 959
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,657	1	1,476	+ 182
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,204	2	1,275	- 71
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,025	10	205	+ 819
Prostate Cancer	5	765	6	330	+ 435
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	533	13	196	+ 337
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	528	9	215	+ 314
Breast Cancer	8	440	7	258	+ 182
Endocrine Disorders	9	432	18	119	+ 313
Kidney Disease	10	427	5	439	- 12
Other Injuries	11	364	30	61	+ 303
Lung Disease	12	342	16	129	+ 213
Hypertension	13	333	11	201	+ 132
Skin Disease	14	289	36	39	+ 250
Lymphomas	15	235	20	111	+ 124
Lung Cancers	16	198	8	217	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	17	181	25	72	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	18	179	19	114	+ 66
Violence	19	150	4	549	- 400
Leukemia	20	135	29	62	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	21	130	12	196	- 66
Stomach Cancer	22	128	26	69	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	23	128	21	97	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	24	120	51	10	+ 110
Road Traffic Accidents	25	109	15	130	- 21
Liver Disease	26	106	14	136	- 30
Uterin Cancer	27	98	27	68	+ 30
Oral Cancer	28	83	38	31	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	29	83	22	93	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	80	82	0	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	31	76	32	51	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	32	72	24	80	- 8
Liver Cancer	33	67	28	66	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	66	31	52	+ 14
Asthma	35	60	35	40	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	36	53	41	24	+ 29
Anemia	37	52	85	0	+ 52
Epilepsy	38	44	37	32	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	39	43	34	41	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	32	45	18	+ 14
Falls	41	31	33	43	- 12
Low Birth Weight	42	24	23	83	- 58
Birth Trauma	43	24	40	25	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	22	53	8	+ 13
Meningitis	45	20	52	9	+ 11
Alcohol	46	19	42	23	- 4
Skin Cancers	47	18	57	4	+ 14
Poisonings	48	10	59	1	+ 8
Malnutrition	49	9	47	17	- 7
Osteoarthritis	50	9	81	0	+ 9
Suicide	51	8	17	121	- 113
Hepatitis B	52	8	60	0	+ 7
Drug Use	53	7	44	19	- 12
Dengue	54	6	55	5	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	5	49	11	- 6
Maternal Conditions	56	5	50	10	- 5
Drownings	57	5	39	31	- 26
Upper Respiratory	58	5	64	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	59	5	86	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	60	5	43	22	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	58	2	+ 1
Fires	62	3	48	16	- 14
Oral conditions	63	3	80	0	+ 3
Syphilis	64	2	61	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	65	2	56	4	- 3
War	66	0	46	17	- 17
Pertussis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	65	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	63	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	54	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	83	0	62	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Barbados

Trinidad/Tob.

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.