BARBADOS VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	362	21	28	+ 334
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	198	4	221	- 23
Coronary Heart Disease	3	165	2	358	- 193
Stroke	4	154	1	384	- 230
Diabetes Mellitus	5	152	3	260	- 108
Tuberculosis	6	111	60	1	+ 110
Violence	7	106	19	32	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	80	40	7	+ 73
Kidney Disease	9	77	10	92	- 15
Suicide	10	69	51	2	+ 68
Road Traffic Accidents	11	65	25	23	+ 42
Hypertension	12	64	13	72	- 8
Lung Disease	13	60	12	74	- 14
Liver Disease	14	45	26	23	+ 23
Lung Cancers	15	39	16	43	- 4
Low Birth Weight	16	31	42	5	+ 26
Other Injuries	17	30	11	79	- 48
Asthma	18	30	35	13	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	19	30	9	93	- 64
Cervical Cancer	20	28	23	28	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	21	27	17	39	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	24	7	114	- 91
Breast Cancer	23	23	8	95	- 72
Prostate Cancer	24	22	5	165	- 143
Congenital Anomalies	25	22	29	18	+ 4
Meningitis	26	18	45	4	+ 14
Fires	27	18	62	1	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	18	6	115	- 97
Oesophagus Cancer	29	18	36	12	+ 6
Birth Trauma	30	15	43	5	+ 10
Lymphomas	31	14	15	51	- 37
Drownings	32	12	57	1	+ 11
Liver Cancer	33	12	33	14	- 2
Malnutrition	34	12	49	2	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	35	10	18	39	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	10	34	14	- 5
Epilepsy	37	9	38	9	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	38	9	56	1	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	39	8	22	28	- 20
Leukemia	40	7	20	29	- 22
Oral Cancer	41	7	28	18	- 11
Falls	42	7	41	7	+ 0
Pertussis	43	6	67	0	+ 6
Syphilis	44	6	64	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	45	6	14	62	- 57
Parkinson's Disease	46	5	31	16	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	5	55	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	48	5	47	4	+ 1
Alcohol	49	5	46	4	+ 1
Poisonings	50	5	48	2	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	51	5	32	16	- 11
Bladder Cancer	52	4	39	9	- 5
Drug Use	53	4	53	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	54	3	27	21	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	2	44	5	- 3
Appendicitis	56	1	65	0	+ 1
Measles	57	1	68	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	1	24	26	- 24
Encephalitis	59	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	58	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	61	1	52	2	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	61	1	- 0
Malaria	63	0	76	0	+ 0
War	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Tetanus	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	54	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	37	11	- 11
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
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

South Africa

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.