BARBADOS VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	155	60	1	+ 154
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	151	4	221	- 71
Measles	3	143	68	0	+ 143
Malaria	4	136	76	0	+ 136
Road Traffic Accidents	5	107	25	23	+ 84
HIV/AIDS	6	107	21	28	+ 79
Coronary Heart Disease	7	105	2	358	- 252
Low Birth Weight	8	92	42	5	+ 87
Birth Trauma	9	90	43	5	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	89	40	7	+ 82
Stroke	11	88	1	384	- 296
Maternal Conditions	12	49	56	1	+ 47
Liver Disease	13	48	26	23	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	14	47	29	18	+ 29
Diabetes Mellitus	15	36	3	260	- 224
Kidney Disease	16	34	10	92	- 58
Meningitis	17	31	45	4	+ 27
Violence	18	27	19	32	- 6
Cervical Cancer	19	26	23	28	- 1
Liver Cancer	20	25	33	14	+ 10
Syphilis	21	22	64	0	+ 22
Other Injuries	22	21	11	79	- 57
Hypertension	23	21	13	72	- 51
Malnutrition	24	20	49	2	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	25	17	5	165	- 148
Lung Disease	26	16	12	74	- 57
Breast Cancer	27	14	8	95	- 81
Endocrine Disorders	28	14	9	93	- 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	13	7	114	- 101
Suicide	30	12	51	2	+ 11
Asthma	31	11	35	13	- 2
Pertussis	32	11	67	0	+ 11
Falls	33	9	41	7	+ 2
Fires	34	9	62	1	+ 8
Drownings	35	7	57	1	+ 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	7	34	14	- 7
Stomach Cancer	37	7	22	28	- 21
Inflammatory/Heart	38	6	17	39	- 33
Lymphomas	39	5	15	51	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	5	6	115	- 110
Poisonings	41	5	48	2	+ 3
Epilepsy	42	5	38	9	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	43	4	31	16	- 12
Lung Cancers	44	4	16	43	- 39
Schistosomiasis	45	3	77	0	+ 3
Skin Cancers	46	3	47	4	- 1
Ovary Cancer	47	3	32	16	- 13
Oral Cancer	48	3	28	18	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	3	55	1	+ 2
Drug Use	50	2	53	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	51	2	14	62	- 60
Hepatitis B	52	2	52	2	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	18	39	- 37
Tetanus	54	2	70	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	55	2	27	21	- 20
Encephalitis	56	2	82	0	+ 2
Alcohol	57	1	46	4	- 3
Leukemia	58	1	20	29	- 28
Bladder Cancer	59	1	39	9	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	60	1	36	12	- 11
Appendicitis	61	1	65	0	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	0	24	26	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	63	0	61	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	0	44	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	81	0	+ 0
War	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	54	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	59	1	- 1
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	37	11	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	30	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	63	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

Liberia

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.