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Barbados
COUNTRY #1
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BARBADOS VS NORWAY

Compare Barbados and Norway 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.

Norway
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
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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Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
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   Norway NORWAY
  Barbados BARBADOS   Norway NORWAY
       
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
  
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
1970
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
  
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
1980
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
  
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
1990
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
  
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
2000
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
  
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
2010
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
  
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
2019
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
  
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Norway NORWAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.3
77.7
58
83
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age
74.3
77.7
58
83
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age 5
75.3
78.5
54
80
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 10
75.4
78.6
54
80
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 15
75.4
78.6
55
80
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 20
75.7
78.8
55
79
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 25
75.9
79.0
55
79
81.5
84.5
5
16
Age 30
76.3
79.1
55
79
81.7
84.5
4
17
Age 35
76.8
79.3
51
78
81.9
84.6
6
16
Age 40
77.2
79.6
50
80
82.0
84.7
6
18
Age 45
77.6
80.0
50
80
82.2
84.8
7
18
Age 50
78.2
80.4
51
81
82.5
85.0
8
18
Age 55
78.9
81.0
55
80
82.9
85.3
10
21
Age 60
79.9
81.8
57
79
83.5
85.8
11
22
Age 65
81.2
82.9
58
78
84.2
86.3
13
24
Age 70
82.8
84.2
60
75
85.3
87.1
13
25
Age 75
84.9
85.9
62
74
86.6
88.1
19
28
Age 80
87.4
88.0
61
75
88.3
89.4
28
28
Age 85
90.2
90.4
69
84
90.5
91.2
51
49
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Norway NORWAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
20.99
58
2. Stroke
58.54
119
18.16
178
3. Coronary Heart Disease
55.52
156
40.10
172
4. Diabetes Mellitus
40.44
59
4.85
170
5. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
12.94
132
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.42
84
11.78
150
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
15.79
21
8. Endocrine Disorders
16.58
6
3.19
105
9. Kidney Disease
16.30
120
4.28
175
10. Other Injuries
15.13
23
4.72
137
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.38
139
28.94
12
12. Hypertension
11.09
126
1.54
181
13. Lung Disease
10.68
166
21.82
92
14. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.70
56
15. Violence
10.16
51
0.56
175
16. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
2.52
157
17. Skin Disease
8.82
4
0.85
116
18. Inflammatory/Heart
8.39
40
2.10
162
19. HIV/AIDS
8.36
62
0.15
151
20. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
22.09
40
21. Road Traffic Accidents
7.96
132
1.76
179
22. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
7.20
41
23. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.29
94
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.78
58
2.44
169
25. Leukemia
6.34
3
3.34
107
26. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
6.01
31
27. Other Neoplasms
5.02
13
2.47
43
28. Liver Disease
4.94
161
2.41
179
29. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
3.15
152
30. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
1.64
151
31. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
2.59
176
32. Asthma
2.63
105
0.64
151
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.49
153
4.23
84
34. Birth Trauma
2.34
88
0.41
158
35. Low Birth Weight
2.29
141
0.57
179
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.26
98
1.30
139
37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.20
3
0.21
28
38. Epilepsy
2.07
61
1.48
100
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
2.37
94
40. Anemia
1.67
10
0.45
28
41. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
2.80
62
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.38
120
0.92
138
43. Falls
1.34
178
5.70
88
44. Meningitis
1.03
78
0.17
162
45. Alcohol
0.84
126
2.35
51
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.73
19
0.50
52
47. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
3.96
14
48. Drownings
0.54
167
0.90
152
49. Maternal Conditions
0.47
113
0.02
180
50. Poisonings
0.44
104
0.23
146
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Barbados BARBADOS   Norway NORWAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
384
13.60
2,475
7.26
2. Coronary Heart Disease
358
12.68
5,321
15.60
3. Diabetes Mellitus
260
9.21
560
1.64
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
221
7.83
1,797
5.27
5. Prostate Cancer
165
5.84
1,172
3.44
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
115
4.07
1,787
5.24
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
114
4.04
4,464
13.09
8. Breast Cancer
95
3.37
698
2.05
9. Endocrine Disorders
93
3.29
359
1.05
10. Kidney Disease
92
3.26
611
1.79
11. Other Injuries
79
2.80
583
1.71
12. Lung Disease
74
2.62
2,723
7.98
13. Hypertension
72
2.55
230
0.67
14. Skin Disease
62
2.20
128
0.38
15. Lymphomas
51
1.81
646
1.89
16. Lung Cancers
43
1.52
2,320
6.80
17. Pancreas Cancer
39
1.38
770
2.26
18. Inflammatory/Heart
39
1.38
221
0.65
19. Violence
32
1.13
32
0.09
20. Leukemia
29
1.03
354
1.04
21. HIV/AIDS
28
0.99
10
0.03
22. Stomach Cancer
28
0.99
343
1.01
23. Cervical Cancer
28
0.99
125
0.37
24. Other Neoplasms
26
0.92
324
0.95
25. Liver Disease
23
0.81
214
0.63
26. Road Traffic Accidents
23
0.81
114
0.33
27. Uterin Cancer
21
0.74
134
0.39
28. Oral Cancer
18
0.64
168
0.49
29. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.64
136
0.40
30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
17
0.60
32
0.09
31. Ovary Cancer
16
0.57
309
0.91
32. Parkinson's Disease
16
0.57
554
1.62
33. Liver Cancer
14
0.50
259
0.76
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.50
160
0.47
35. Asthma
13
0.46
85
0.25
36. Oesophagus Cancer
12
0.43
248
0.73
37. Anemia
11
0.39
75
0.22
38. Bladder Cancer
9
0.32
356
1.04
39. Epilepsy
9
0.32
119
0.35
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
7
0.25
128
0.38
41. Falls
7
0.25
777
2.28
42. Low Birth Weight
5
0.18
23
0.07
43. Birth Trauma
5
0.18
17
0.05
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.18
60
0.18
45. Meningitis
4
0.14
14
0.04
46. Skin Cancers
4
0.14
407
1.19
47. Alcohol
4
0.14
205
0.60
48. Hepatitis B
2
0.07
3
0.01
49. Malnutrition
2
0.07
135
0.40
50. Osteoarthritis
2
0.07
27
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Norway NORWAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
20.99
58
2. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
12.94
132
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
15.79
21
4. Lymphomas
10.54
3
5.70
56
5. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
2.52
157
6. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
22.09
40
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
7.20
41
8. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.29
94
9. Leukemia
6.34
3
3.34
107
10. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
6.01
31
11. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
3.15
152
12. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
1.64
151
13. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
2.59
176
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
2.37
94
15. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
2.80
62
16. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
3.96
14
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.