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Barbados
COUNTRY #1
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BARBADOS VS IRELAND

Compare Barbados and Ireland 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.

Ireland
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Barbados Population Pyramid
277,019
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Ireland Population Pyramid
5,677,620
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ireland IRELAND
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ireland IRELAND
       
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
  
67.9
71.6
69.7
10
26
17
1970
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
  
68.8
73.5
71.1
14
26
18
1980
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
  
70.1
75.4
72.7
20
27
25
1990
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
  
71.9
77.4
74.6
27
26
28
2000
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
  
73.8
79.0
76.4
30
31
30
2010
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
  
78.4
82.8
80.6
14
19
16
2019
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
  
80.2
83.5
81.8
17
26
18
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ireland IRELAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.3
77.7
58
83
80.2
83.5
17
26
Age
74.3
77.7
58
83
80.2
83.5
17
26
Age 5
75.3
78.5
54
80
80.5
83.7
18
28
Age 10
75.4
78.6
54
80
80.5
83.8
18
28
Age 15
75.4
78.6
55
80
80.5
83.8
18
28
Age 20
75.7
78.8
55
79
80.6
83.8
18
28
Age 25
75.9
79.0
55
79
80.8
83.9
18
28
Age 30
76.3
79.1
55
79
81.0
83.9
18
28
Age 35
76.8
79.3
51
78
81.1
84.0
18
29
Age 40
77.2
79.6
50
80
81.3
84.1
19
29
Age 45
77.6
80.0
50
80
81.6
84.3
20
29
Age 50
78.2
80.4
51
81
81.9
84.5
20
29
Age 55
78.9
81.0
55
80
82.4
84.8
17
29
Age 60
79.9
81.8
57
79
83.0
85.3
18
29
Age 65
81.2
82.9
58
78
83.8
85.9
23
32
Age 70
82.8
84.2
60
75
84.8
86.7
26
35
Age 75
84.9
85.9
62
74
86.2
87.7
33
37
Age 80
87.4
88.0
61
75
88.0
89.0
44
48
Age 85
90.2
90.4
69
84
90.3
90.8
61
60
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ireland IRELAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
14.80
104
2. Stroke
58.54
119
19.27
172
3. Coronary Heart Disease
55.52
156
53.73
158
4. Diabetes Mellitus
40.44
59
4.68
172
5. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
19.15
59
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.42
84
13.45
145
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
13.41
38
8. Endocrine Disorders
16.58
6
3.24
103
9. Kidney Disease
16.30
120
6.12
160
10. Other Injuries
15.13
23
2.23
179
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.38
139
32.23
9
12. Hypertension
11.09
126
1.87
178
13. Lung Disease
10.68
166
20.91
98
14. Lymphomas
10.54
3
6.29
33
15. Violence
10.16
51
0.77
163
16. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
3.00
145
17. Skin Disease
8.82
4
0.63
128
18. Inflammatory/Heart
8.39
40
3.19
131
19. HIV/AIDS
8.36
62
0.15
150
20. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
24.05
30
21. Road Traffic Accidents
7.96
132
2.92
171
22. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
6.56
48
23. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.94
58
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.78
58
3.33
149
25. Leukemia
6.34
3
3.39
105
26. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
6.83
17
27. Other Neoplasms
5.02
13
2.55
39
28. Liver Disease
4.94
161
4.13
169
29. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
4.47
126
30. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.43
108
31. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
3.97
132
32. Asthma
2.63
105
0.70
149
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.49
153
5.57
32
34. Birth Trauma
2.34
88
0.23
176
35. Low Birth Weight
2.29
141
1.39
157
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.26
98
0.79
158
37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.20
3
0.13
34
38. Epilepsy
2.07
61
1.27
117
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
5.30
35
40. Anemia
1.67
10
0.29
42
41. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
2.93
57
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.38
120
0.55
158
43. Falls
1.34
178
3.03
147
44. Meningitis
1.03
78
0.12
175
45. Alcohol
0.84
126
1.04
112
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.73
19
0.68
24
47. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
3.15
28
48. Drownings
0.54
167
1.05
148
49. Maternal Conditions
0.47
113
0.07
159
50. Poisonings
0.44
104
0.25
136
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ireland IRELAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
384
13.60
1,770
6.84
2. Coronary Heart Disease
358
12.68
4,762
18.40
3. Diabetes Mellitus
260
9.21
414
1.60
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
221
7.83
1,298
5.02
5. Prostate Cancer
165
5.84
585
2.26
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
115
4.07
1,095
4.23
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
114
4.04
3,209
12.40
8. Breast Cancer
95
3.37
760
2.94
9. Endocrine Disorders
93
3.29
249
0.96
10. Kidney Disease
92
3.26
566
2.19
11. Other Injuries
79
2.80
171
0.66
12. Lung Disease
74
2.62
1,915
7.40
13. Hypertension
72
2.55
175
0.68
14. Skin Disease
62
2.20
58
0.22
15. Lymphomas
51
1.81
513
1.98
16. Lung Cancers
43
1.52
1,916
7.40
17. Pancreas Cancer
39
1.38
530
2.05
18. Inflammatory/Heart
39
1.38
240
0.93
19. Violence
32
1.13
38
0.15
20. Leukemia
29
1.03
274
1.06
21. HIV/AIDS
28
0.99
9
0.03
22. Stomach Cancer
28
0.99
357
1.38
23. Cervical Cancer
28
0.99
103
0.40
24. Other Neoplasms
26
0.92
218
0.84
25. Liver Disease
23
0.81
279
1.08
26. Road Traffic Accidents
23
0.81
153
0.59
27. Uterin Cancer
21
0.74
126
0.49
28. Oral Cancer
18
0.64
183
0.71
29. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.64
153
0.59
30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
17
0.60
14
0.05
31. Ovary Cancer
16
0.57
273
1.05
32. Parkinson's Disease
16
0.57
530
2.05
33. Liver Cancer
14
0.50
318
1.23
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.50
67
0.26
35. Asthma
13
0.46
58
0.22
36. Oesophagus Cancer
12
0.43
419
1.62
37. Anemia
11
0.39
29
0.11
38. Bladder Cancer
9
0.32
256
0.99
39. Epilepsy
9
0.32
85
0.33
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
7
0.25
53
0.20
41. Falls
7
0.25
247
0.95
42. Low Birth Weight
5
0.18
56
0.22
43. Birth Trauma
5
0.18
10
0.04
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.18
59
0.23
45. Meningitis
4
0.14
7
0.03
46. Skin Cancers
4
0.14
252
0.97
47. Alcohol
4
0.14
64
0.25
48. Hepatitis B
2
0.07
6
0.02
49. Malnutrition
2
0.07
2
0.01
50. Osteoarthritis
2
0.07
20
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Ireland IRELAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
14.80
104
2. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
19.15
59
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
13.41
38
4. Lymphomas
10.54
3
6.29
33
5. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
3.00
145
6. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
24.05
30
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
6.56
48
8. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.94
58
9. Leukemia
6.34
3
3.39
105
10. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
6.83
17
11. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
4.47
126
12. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
2.43
108
13. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
3.97
132
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
5.30
35
15. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
2.93
57
16. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
3.15
28
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.