NAMIBIA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,544	4	1,333	+ 2,211
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,298	5	1,221	+ 2,077
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,397	7	724	+ 1,672
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,039	2	1,464	+ 575
Prostate Cancer	5	1,521	31	94	+ 1,427
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,060	36	54	+ 1,006
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,052	21	176	+ 876
Breast Cancer	8	876	24	121	+ 755
Endocrine Disorders	9	860	33	73	+ 787
Kidney Disease	10	851	15	322	+ 529
Other Injuries	11	724	19	207	+ 517
Lung Disease	12	681	10	461	+ 219
Hypertension	13	664	12	428	+ 236
Skin Disease	14	575	47	31	+ 544
Lymphomas	15	468	40	46	+ 422
Lung Cancers	16	393	35	59	+ 335
Inflammatory/Heart	17	360	22	162	+ 198
Pancreas Cancer	18	357	53	18	+ 340
Violence	19	298	11	450	- 152
Leukemia	20	268	49	24	+ 244
HIV/AIDS	21	259	1	2,928	- 2,669
Stomach Cancer	22	255	45	33	+ 223
Cervical Cancer	23	254	23	133	+ 121
Other Neoplasms	24	238	60	8	+ 230
Road Traffic Accidents	25	216	6	868	- 652
Liver Disease	26	211	14	336	- 125
Uterin Cancer	27	195	56	11	+ 184
Oral Cancer	28	165	30	100	+ 65
Congenital Anomalies	29	165	16	283	- 119
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	160	82	0	+ 160
Parkinson's Disease	31	151	42	43	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	32	143	50	23	+ 120
Liver Cancer	33	133	41	45	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	131	32	76	+ 55
Asthma	35	120	20	200	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	36	106	52	21	+ 85
Anemia	37	103	83	0	+ 103
Epilepsy	38	87	38	49	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	39	86	54	16	+ 71
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	63	8	645	- 582
Falls	41	61	34	62	- 1
Low Birth Weight	42	49	9	516	- 467
Birth Trauma	43	48	13	345	- 297
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	43	57	9	+ 33
Meningitis	45	40	27	109	- 69
Alcohol	46	37	48	28	+ 9
Skin Cancers	47	36	29	108	- 71
Poisonings	48	19	39	46	- 27
Malnutrition	49	18	18	224	- 205
Osteoarthritis	50	18	81	0	+ 18
Suicide	51	16	17	243	- 226
Hepatitis B	52	15	63	4	+ 10
Drug Use	53	14	46	32	- 18
Dengue	54	13	74	0	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	11	44	33	- 22
Maternal Conditions	56	11	25	110	- 99
Drownings	57	10	26	110	- 99
Upper Respiratory	58	10	61	6	+ 3
Schizophrenia	59	9	86	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	60	9	3	1,416	- 1,407
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	64	2	+ 5
Fires	62	5	28	109	- 104
Oral conditions	63	5	80	0	+ 5
Syphilis	64	4	43	35	- 31
Appendicitis	65	3	58	9	- 6
War	66	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	37	54	- 54
Measles	68	0	65	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	62	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	59	8	- 8
Hepatitis C	83	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Barbados

Namibia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.