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Barbados
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Barbados and Benin 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.

Benin
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
277,019
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Benin BENIN
  Barbados BARBADOS   Benin BENIN
       
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
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.3
77.7
58
83
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
74.3
77.7
58
83
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
75.3
78.5
54
80
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
75.4
78.6
54
80
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
75.4
78.6
55
80
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
75.7
78.8
55
79
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
75.9
79.0
55
79
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
76.3
79.1
55
79
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
76.8
79.3
51
78
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
77.2
79.6
50
80
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
77.6
80.0
50
80
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
78.2
80.4
51
81
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
78.9
81.0
55
80
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
79.9
81.8
57
79
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
81.2
82.9
58
78
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
82.8
84.2
60
75
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
84.9
85.9
62
74
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
87.4
88.0
61
75
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
90.2
90.4
69
84
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
47.73
8
2. Stroke
58.54
119
119.03
42
3. Coronary Heart Disease
55.52
156
113.27
90
4. Diabetes Mellitus
40.44
59
37.49
67
5. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
23.23
37
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.42
84
112.94
20
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
5.06
150
8. Endocrine Disorders
16.58
6
10.91
17
9. Kidney Disease
16.30
120
33.45
44
10. Other Injuries
15.13
23
15.04
24
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.38
139
20.23
42
12. Hypertension
11.09
126
21.93
72
13. Lung Disease
10.68
166
25.54
76
14. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.99
42
15. Violence
10.16
51
6.79
71
16. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
22.59
31
17. Skin Disease
8.82
4
2.32
47
18. Inflammatory/Heart
8.39
40
7.05
48
19. HIV/AIDS
8.36
62
25.19
39
20. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
1.08
180
21. Road Traffic Accidents
7.96
132
33.95
38
22. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
3.03
111
23. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
3.34
38
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.78
58
9.44
13
25. Leukemia
6.34
3
3.48
96
26. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
2.43
165
27. Other Neoplasms
5.02
13
0.41
102
28. Liver Disease
4.94
161
39.37
27
29. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
6.49
83
30. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.67
96
31. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
6.58
63
32. Asthma
2.63
105
15.55
37
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.49
153
5.27
41
34. Birth Trauma
2.34
88
11.26
16
35. Low Birth Weight
2.29
141
13.84
10
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.26
98
7.54
27
37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.20
3
0.00
74
38. Epilepsy
2.07
61
3.60
10
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
6.30
26
40. Anemia
1.67
10
0.00
75
41. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
0.67
172
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.38
120
67.45
16
43. Falls
1.34
178
9.00
32
44. Meningitis
1.03
78
15.80
13
45. Alcohol
0.84
126
1.37
93
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.73
19
0.23
113
47. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
2.06
80
48. Drownings
0.54
167
3.85
49
49. Maternal Conditions
0.47
113
10.57
31
50. Poisonings
0.44
104
2.64
29
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Barbados BARBADOS   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
384
13.60
5,855
7.03
2. Coronary Heart Disease
358
12.68
5,397
6.48
3. Diabetes Mellitus
260
9.21
1,912
2.29
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
221
7.83
10,205
12.25
5. Prostate Cancer
165
5.84
867
1.04
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
115
4.07
311
0.37
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
114
4.04
715
0.86
8. Breast Cancer
95
3.37
784
0.94
9. Endocrine Disorders
93
3.29
1,454
1.75
10. Kidney Disease
92
3.26
1,929
2.32
11. Other Injuries
79
2.80
1,532
1.84
12. Lung Disease
74
2.62
1,220
1.46
13. Hypertension
72
2.55
1,088
1.31
14. Skin Disease
62
2.20
144
0.17
15. Lymphomas
51
1.81
387
0.46
16. Lung Cancers
43
1.52
66
0.08
17. Inflammatory/Heart
39
1.38
457
0.55
18. Pancreas Cancer
39
1.38
177
0.21
19. Violence
32
1.13
726
0.87
20. Leukemia
29
1.03
196
0.24
21. Stomach Cancer
28
0.99
361
0.43
22. HIV/AIDS
28
0.99
2,263
2.72
23. Cervical Cancer
28
0.99
669
0.80
24. Other Neoplasms
26
0.92
20
0.02
25. Liver Disease
23
0.81
2,447
2.94
26. Road Traffic Accidents
23
0.81
3,162
3.80
27. Uterin Cancer
21
0.74
99
0.12
28. Oral Cancer
18
0.64
156
0.19
29. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.64
2,265
2.72
30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
17
0.60
0
0.00
31. Parkinson's Disease
16
0.57
212
0.25
32. Ovary Cancer
16
0.57
86
0.10
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.50
442
0.53
34. Liver Cancer
14
0.50
322
0.39
35. Asthma
13
0.46
891
1.07
36. Oesophagus Cancer
12
0.43
326
0.39
37. Anemia
11
0.39
0
0.00
38. Epilepsy
9
0.32
369
0.44
39. Bladder Cancer
9
0.32
43
0.05
40. Falls
7
0.25
543
0.65
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
7
0.25
6,830
8.20
42. Birth Trauma
5
0.18
3,950
4.74
43. Low Birth Weight
5
0.18
4,908
5.89
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.18
11
0.01
45. Meningitis
4
0.14
1,967
2.36
46. Skin Cancers
4
0.14
102
0.12
47. Alcohol
4
0.14
85
0.10
48. Hepatitis B
2
0.07
143
0.17
49. Osteoarthritis
2
0.07
0
0.00
50. Malnutrition
2
0.07
928
1.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
47.73
8
2. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
23.23
37
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
5.06
150
4. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.99
42
5. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
22.59
31
6. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
1.08
180
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
3.03
111
8. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
3.34
38
9. Leukemia
6.34
3
3.48
96
10. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
2.43
165
11. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
6.49
83
12. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.67
96
13. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
6.58
63
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
6.30
26
15. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
0.67
172
16. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
2.06
80
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.