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Barbados
COUNTRY #1
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

Compare Barbados and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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%
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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   Somalia SOMALIA
  Barbados BARBADOS   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.3
77.7
58
83
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
74.3
77.7
58
83
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
75.3
78.5
54
80
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
75.4
78.6
54
80
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
75.4
78.6
55
80
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
75.7
78.8
55
79
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
75.9
79.0
55
79
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
76.3
79.1
55
79
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
76.8
79.3
51
78
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
77.2
79.6
50
80
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
77.6
80.0
50
80
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
78.2
80.4
51
81
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
78.9
81.0
55
80
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
79.9
81.8
57
79
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
81.2
82.9
58
78
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
82.8
84.2
60
75
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
84.9
85.9
62
74
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
87.4
88.0
61
75
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
90.2
90.4
69
84
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
12.27
123
2. Stroke
58.54
119
150.17
23
3. Coronary Heart Disease
55.52
156
129.66
67
4. Diabetes Mellitus
40.44
59
48.19
41
5. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
33.65
7
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.42
84
155.59
3
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
8.09
101
8. Endocrine Disorders
16.58
6
3.58
88
9. Kidney Disease
16.30
120
31.84
49
10. Other Injuries
15.13
23
31.38
1
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.38
139
18.02
82
12. Hypertension
11.09
126
50.05
15
13. Lung Disease
10.68
166
44.55
22
14. Lymphomas
10.54
3
7.68
12
15. Violence
10.16
51
6.81
70
16. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
23.71
28
17. Skin Disease
8.82
4
1.92
73
18. Inflammatory/Heart
8.39
40
5.86
70
19. HIV/AIDS
8.36
62
6.27
71
20. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
3.67
149
21. Road Traffic Accidents
7.96
132
38.94
28
22. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
1.69
148
23. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.44
83
24. Congenital Anomalies
6.78
58
8.94
20
25. Leukemia
6.34
3
6.38
1
26. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
8.19
6
27. Other Neoplasms
5.02
13
0.20
162
28. Liver Disease
4.94
161
57.15
7
29. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
4.92
109
30. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
4.64
44
31. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
3.62
148
32. Asthma
2.63
105
25.62
9
33. Parkinson's Disease
2.49
153
3.95
100
34. Birth Trauma
2.34
88
16.45
1
35. Low Birth Weight
2.29
141
11.34
25
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.26
98
8.06
22
37. Prostatic Hypertrophy
2.20
3
0.00
159
38. Epilepsy
2.07
61
3.50
15
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
7.97
19
40. Anemia
1.67
10
0.00
159
41. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
2.40
74
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.38
120
128.81
3
43. Falls
1.34
178
7.93
52
44. Meningitis
1.03
78
31.66
1
45. Alcohol
0.84
126
2.22
54
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.73
19
0.62
33
47. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
2.55
50
48. Drownings
0.54
167
6.47
16
49. Maternal Conditions
0.47
113
38.60
1
50. Poisonings
0.44
104
5.99
1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Barbados BARBADOS   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
384
13.60
8,595
5.43
2. Coronary Heart Disease
358
12.68
7,233
4.57
3. Diabetes Mellitus
260
9.21
2,888
1.82
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
221
7.83
21,712
13.71
5. Prostate Cancer
165
5.84
285
0.18
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
115
4.07
546
0.34
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
114
4.04
647
0.41
8. Breast Cancer
95
3.37
1,232
0.78
9. Endocrine Disorders
93
3.29
406
0.26
10. Kidney Disease
92
3.26
2,051
1.29
11. Other Injuries
79
2.80
3,602
2.27
12. Lung Disease
74
2.62
2,442
1.54
13. Hypertension
72
2.55
2,643
1.67
14. Skin Disease
62
2.20
151
0.10
15. Lymphomas
51
1.81
605
0.38
16. Lung Cancers
43
1.52
233
0.15
17. Pancreas Cancer
39
1.38
108
0.07
18. Inflammatory/Heart
39
1.38
521
0.33
19. Violence
32
1.13
828
0.52
20. Leukemia
29
1.03
562
0.35
21. HIV/AIDS
28
0.99
610
0.39
22. Stomach Cancer
28
0.99
310
0.20
23. Cervical Cancer
28
0.99
883
0.56
24. Other Neoplasms
26
0.92
12
0.01
25. Liver Disease
23
0.81
3,917
2.47
26. Road Traffic Accidents
23
0.81
4,231
2.67
27. Uterin Cancer
21
0.74
78
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
18
0.64
328
0.21
29. Congenital Anomalies
18
0.64
3,410
2.15
30. Prostatic Hypertrophy
17
0.60
0
0.00
31. Ovary Cancer
16
0.57
295
0.19
32. Parkinson's Disease
16
0.57
184
0.12
33. Liver Cancer
14
0.50
256
0.16
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
14
0.50
559
0.35
35. Asthma
13
0.46
1,878
1.19
36. Oesophagus Cancer
12
0.43
516
0.33
37. Anemia
11
0.39
0
0.00
38. Bladder Cancer
9
0.32
149
0.09
39. Epilepsy
9
0.32
419
0.26
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
7
0.25
15,363
9.70
41. Falls
7
0.25
548
0.35
42. Low Birth Weight
5
0.18
6,250
3.95
43. Birth Trauma
5
0.18
9,573
6.04
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
5
0.18
35
0.02
45. Meningitis
4
0.14
5,381
3.40
46. Skin Cancers
4
0.14
164
0.10
47. Alcohol
4
0.14
151
0.10
48. Hepatitis B
2
0.07
315
0.20
49. Malnutrition
2
0.07
4,825
3.05
50. Osteoarthritis
2
0.07
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Barbados BARBADOS   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
59.91
2
12.27
123
2. Breast Cancer
35.36
5
33.65
7
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.22
6
8.09
101
4. Lymphomas
10.54
3
7.68
12
5. Cervical Cancer
10.05
83
23.71
28
6. Lung Cancers
8.22
112
3.67
149
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.44
31
1.69
148
8. Uterin Cancer
7.04
5
2.44
83
9. Leukemia
6.34
3
6.38
1
10. Ovary Cancer
5.52
51
8.19
6
11. Stomach Cancer
4.94
108
4.92
109
12. Oral Cancer
3.49
72
4.64
44
13. Liver Cancer
2.86
170
3.62
148
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.90
113
7.97
19
15. Bladder Cancer
1.51
128
2.40
74
16. Skin Cancers
0.57
158
2.55
50
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.