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Barbados
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Barbados and South Korea health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

South Korea
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Barbados Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Barbados BARBADOS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Barbados BARBADOS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    62.2
    67.0
    64.5
    42
    42
    40
     
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    66.2
    71.2
    68.7
    33
    41
    39
     
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    69.6
    74.7
    72.1
    24
    31
    28
     
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    72.0
    77.1
    74.5
    26
    29
    29
     
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    70.9
    75.5
    73.3
    47
    60
    47
     
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    72.3
    77.1
    74.7
    57
    69
    59
     
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    74.3
    77.7
    76.0
    58
    83
    62
     
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Barbados BARBADOS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    74.3
    77.7
    58
    83
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    75.3
    78.5
    54
    80
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    75.4
    78.6
    54
    80
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    75.4
    78.6
    55
    80
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    75.7
    78.8
    55
    79
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    75.9
    79.0
    55
    79
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    76.3
    79.1
    55
    79
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    76.8
    79.3
    51
    78
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    77.2
    79.6
    50
    80
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    77.6
    80.0
    50
    80
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    78.2
    80.4
    51
    81
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    78.9
    81.0
    55
    80
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    79.9
    81.8
    57
    79
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    81.2
    82.9
    58
    78
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    82.8
    84.2
    60
    75
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    84.9
    85.9
    62
    74
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    87.4
    88.0
    61
    75
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    90.2
    90.4
    69
    84
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Barbados BARBADOS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    59.91
    2
    6.10
    155
    2. Stroke
    58.54
    119
    25.48
    155
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    55.52
    156
    27.78
    183
    4. Diabetes Mellitus
    40.44
    59
    6.84
    160
    5. Breast Cancer
    35.36
    5
    6.59
    180
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    30.42
    84
    25.21
    100
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    21.22
    6
    10.56
    68
    8. Endocrine Disorders
    16.58
    6
    2.11
    148
    9. Kidney Disease
    16.30
    120
    9.92
    142
    10. Other Injuries
    15.13
    23
    3.88
    154
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    14.38
    139
    11.04
    154
    12. Hypertension
    11.09
    126
    3.45
    163
    13. Lung Disease
    10.68
    166
    8.14
    175
    14. Lymphomas
    10.54
    3
    3.72
    131
    15. Violence
    10.16
    51
    0.68
    170
    16. Cervical Cancer
    10.05
    83
    2.29
    160
    17. Skin Disease
    8.82
    4
    0.67
    126
    18. Inflammatory/Heart
    8.39
    40
    1.55
    172
    19. HIV/AIDS
    8.36
    62
    0.11
    155
    20. Lung Cancers
    8.22
    112
    20.90
    49
    21. Road Traffic Accidents
    7.96
    132
    5.76
    150
    22. Pancreas Cancer
    7.44
    31
    7.34
    34
    23. Uterin Cancer
    7.04
    5
    0.89
    165
    24. Congenital Anomalies
    6.78
    58
    1.82
    181
    25. Leukemia
    6.34
    3
    2.65
    138
    26. Ovary Cancer
    5.52
    51
    2.84
    149
    27. Other Neoplasms
    5.02
    13
    1.89
    55
    28. Liver Disease
    4.94
    161
    7.50
    148
    29. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    108
    9.13
    50
    30. Oral Cancer
    3.49
    72
    1.60
    154
    31. Liver Cancer
    2.86
    170
    12.57
    21
    32. Asthma
    2.63
    105
    1.08
    129
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    2.49
    153
    3.78
    114
    34. Birth Trauma
    2.34
    88
    0.39
    164
    35. Low Birth Weight
    2.29
    141
    1.62
    152
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.26
    98
    0.54
    171
    37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    2.20
    3
    0.05
    57
    38. Epilepsy
    2.07
    61
    0.72
    166
    39. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.90
    113
    1.84
    115
    40. Anemia
    1.67
    10
    0.30
    41
    41. Bladder Cancer
    1.51
    128
    1.74
    111
    42. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.38
    120
    0.91
    139
    43. Falls
    1.34
    178
    3.34
    142
    44. Meningitis
    1.03
    78
    0.07
    181
    45. Alcohol
    0.84
    126
    1.34
    97
    46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.73
    19
    0.16
    141
    47. Skin Cancers
    0.57
    158
    0.60
    157
    48. Drownings
    0.54
    167
    0.71
    161
    49. Maternal Conditions
    0.47
    113
    0.07
    158
    50. Poisonings
    0.44
    104
    0.15
    158
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Barbados BARBADOS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Stroke
    384
    13.60
    25,596
    10.21
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    358
    12.68
    28,043
    11.19
    3. Diabetes Mellitus
    260
    9.21
    6,812
    2.72
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    221
    7.83
    26,650
    10.63
    5. Prostate Cancer
    165
    5.84
    2,316
    0.92
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    115
    4.07
    10,180
    4.06
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    114
    4.04
    12,145
    4.85
    8. Breast Cancer
    95
    3.37
    2,880
    1.15
    9. Endocrine Disorders
    93
    3.29
    1,891
    0.75
    10. Kidney Disease
    92
    3.26
    10,107
    4.03
    11. Other Injuries
    79
    2.80
    3,634
    1.45
    12. Lung Disease
    74
    2.62
    8,526
    3.40
    13. Hypertension
    72
    2.55
    3,711
    1.48
    14. Skin Disease
    62
    2.20
    704
    0.28
    15. Lymphomas
    51
    1.81
    3,477
    1.39
    16. Lung Cancers
    43
    1.52
    20,293
    8.10
    17. Pancreas Cancer
    39
    1.38
    6,994
    2.79
    18. Inflammatory/Heart
    39
    1.38
    1,325
    0.53
    19. Violence
    32
    1.13
    386
    0.15
    20. Leukemia
    29
    1.03
    2,140
    0.85
    21. HIV/AIDS
    28
    0.99
    84
    0.03
    22. Stomach Cancer
    28
    0.99
    8,625
    3.44
    23. Cervical Cancer
    28
    0.99
    1,065
    0.42
    24. Other Neoplasms
    26
    0.92
    1,807
    0.72
    25. Liver Disease
    23
    0.81
    6,348
    2.53
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    23
    0.81
    4,399
    1.76
    27. Uterin Cancer
    21
    0.74
    420
    0.17
    28. Oral Cancer
    18
    0.64
    1,457
    0.58
    29. Congenital Anomalies
    18
    0.64
    518
    0.21
    30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    17
    0.60
    49
    0.02
    31. Ovary Cancer
    16
    0.57
    1,330
    0.53
    32. Parkinson's Disease
    16
    0.57
    3,951
    1.58
    33. Liver Cancer
    14
    0.50
    11,589
    4.62
    34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    14
    0.50
    540
    0.22
    35. Asthma
    13
    0.46
    1,150
    0.46
    36. Oesophagus Cancer
    12
    0.43
    1,733
    0.69
    37. Anemia
    11
    0.39
    329
    0.13
    38. Bladder Cancer
    9
    0.32
    1,768
    0.71
    39. Epilepsy
    9
    0.32
    524
    0.21
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    7
    0.25
    929
    0.37
    41. Falls
    7
    0.25
    2,934
    1.17
    42. Low Birth Weight
    5
    0.18
    370
    0.15
    43. Birth Trauma
    5
    0.18
    88
    0.04
    44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    5
    0.18
    150
    0.06
    45. Meningitis
    4
    0.14
    51
    0.02
    46. Skin Cancers
    4
    0.14
    585
    0.23
    47. Alcohol
    4
    0.14
    1,081
    0.43
    48. Hepatitis B
    2
    0.07
    526
    0.21
    49. Malnutrition
    2
    0.07
    88
    0.04
    50. Osteoarthritis
    2
    0.07
    41
    0.02
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Barbados BARBADOS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Prostate Cancer
    59.91
    2
    6.10
    155
    2. Breast Cancer
    35.36
    5
    6.59
    180
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    21.22
    6
    10.56
    68
    4. Lymphomas
    10.54
    3
    3.72
    131
    5. Cervical Cancer
    10.05
    83
    2.29
    160
    6. Lung Cancers
    8.22
    112
    20.90
    49
    7. Pancreas Cancer
    7.44
    31
    7.34
    34
    8. Uterin Cancer
    7.04
    5
    0.89
    165
    9. Leukemia
    6.34
    3
    2.65
    138
    10. Ovary Cancer
    5.52
    51
    2.84
    149
    11. Stomach Cancer
    4.94
    108
    9.13
    50
    12. Oral Cancer
    3.49
    72
    1.60
    154
    13. Liver Cancer
    2.86
    170
    12.57
    21
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.90
    113
    1.84
    115
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.51
    128
    1.74
    111
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.57
    158
    0.60
    157
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.