BARBADOS VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	163	2	358	- 195
Kidney Disease	2	103	10	92	+ 10
Stroke	3	90	1	384	- 294
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	84	4	221	- 137
Diabetes Mellitus	5	72	3	260	- 188
Road Traffic Accidents	6	58	25	23	+ 35
Liver Disease	7	55	26	23	+ 32
Lung Disease	8	43	12	74	- 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	43	7	114	- 71
Hypertension	10	42	13	72	- 30
Stomach Cancer	11	35	22	28	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	12	23	5	165	- 142
Congenital Anomalies	13	22	29	18	+ 4
Suicide	14	22	51	2	+ 20
Violence	15	20	19	32	- 12
Low Birth Weight	16	19	42	5	+ 14
Other Injuries	17	19	11	79	- 59
Falls	18	19	41	7	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	18	6	115	- 97
Lung Cancers	20	18	16	43	- 25
Liver Cancer	21	16	33	14	+ 1
Lymphomas	22	15	15	51	- 36
Leukemia	23	15	20	29	- 14
Cervical Cancer	24	14	23	28	- 14
Breast Cancer	25	14	8	95	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	26	11	31	16	- 5
HIV/AIDS	27	10	21	28	- 18
Malnutrition	28	10	49	2	+ 8
Tuberculosis	29	10	60	1	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	30	9	18	39	- 29
Endocrine Disorders	31	8	9	93	- 85
Drownings	32	8	57	1	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	7	34	14	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	7	40	7	- 0
Ovary Cancer	35	5	32	16	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	36	5	17	39	- 34
Skin Cancers	37	5	47	4	+ 1
Birth Trauma	38	5	43	5	- 0
Alcohol	39	5	46	4	+ 1
Epilepsy	40	5	38	9	- 5
Drug Use	41	4	53	1	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	42	3	36	12	- 9
Fires	43	3	62	1	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	44	3	39	9	- 7
Oral Cancer	45	3	28	18	- 15
Maternal Conditions	46	3	56	1	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	3	55	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	48	2	27	21	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	2	44	5	- 3
Appendicitis	50	2	65	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	51	2	14	62	- 61
Meningitis	52	1	45	4	- 3
Asthma	53	1	35	13	- 12
Syphilis	54	1	64	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	55	1	82	0	+ 1
Pertussis	56	1	67	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	1	24	26	- 25
Poisonings	58	1	48	2	- 1
Chagas disease	59	0	80	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	0	61	1	- 0
Dengue	61	0	54	1	- 1
Tetanus	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	52	2	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
War	66	0	66	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	37	11	- 11
Schizophrenia	83	0	59	1	- 1
Oral conditions	84	0	63	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	30	17	- 17
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

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Barbados

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.