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Vanuatu
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Vanuatu and Barbados 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.

Barbados
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
Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
Barbados Population Pyramid
277,019
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Barbados BARBADOS
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Barbados BARBADOS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
 
62.2
67.0
64.5
42
42
40
1970
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
 
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
1980
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
 
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
1990
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
 
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
2000
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
 
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
2010
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
 
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
2019
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
 
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Barbados BARBADOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.7
68.3
151
144
74.3
77.7
58
83
Age
62.7
68.3
151
144
74.3
77.7
58
83
Age 5
64.5
70.0
169
158
75.3
78.5
54
80
Age 10
64.6
70.1
169
162
75.4
78.6
54
80
Age 15
64.8
70.3
169
163
75.4
78.6
55
80
Age 20
65.2
70.5
169
163
75.7
78.8
55
79
Age 25
65.8
70.8
169
165
75.9
79.0
55
79
Age 30
66.6
71.2
168
167
76.3
79.1
55
79
Age 35
67.5
71.6
168
167
76.8
79.3
51
78
Age 40
68.5
72.2
168
168
77.2
79.6
50
80
Age 45
69.7
73.0
168
172
77.6
80.0
50
80
Age 50
71.2
74.0
168
174
78.2
80.4
51
81
Age 55
72.9
75.2
168
175
78.9
81.0
55
80
Age 60
74.8
76.7
168
176
79.9
81.8
57
79
Age 65
77.2
78.5
166
176
81.2
82.9
58
78
Age 70
79.8
80.5
163
174
82.8
84.2
60
75
Age 75
82.6
83.0
163
173
84.9
85.9
62
74
Age 80
85.6
85.9
160
168
87.4
88.0
61
75
Age 85
89.0
89.2
165
170
90.2
90.4
69
84
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Barbados BARBADOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
299.44
7
55.52
156
2. Stroke
190.53
6
58.54
119
3. Diabetes Mellitus
81.66
15
40.44
59
4. Lung Disease
78.03
7
10.68
166
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
59.97
58
30.42
84
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
46.26
39
1.38
120
7. Kidney Disease
43.29
16
16.30
120
8. Hypertension
31.50
40
11.09
126
9. Asthma
29.89
7
2.63
105
10. Liver Disease
27.40
64
4.94
161
11. Suicide
20.97
13
0.31
183
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.62
90
14.38
139
13. Road Traffic Accidents
17.40
84
7.96
132
14. Rheumatic Heart Disease
16.53
4
0.21
176
15. Liver Cancer
14.32
16
2.86
170
16. Prostate Cancer
14.31
108
59.91
2
17. Breast Cancer
13.78
124
35.36
5
18. Drownings
12.56
4
0.54
167
19. Other Injuries
12.56
41
15.13
23
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
12.20
7
2.26
98
21. Cervical Cancer
11.35
72
10.05
83
22. Parkinson's Disease
9.71
3
2.49
153
23. Congenital Anomalies
9.24
16
6.78
58
24. Lung Cancers
8.83
109
8.22
112
25. Falls
7.87
55
1.34
178
26. Tuberculosis
7.46
74
0.26
152
27. Malnutrition
6.59
44
0.38
119
28. Low Birth Weight
6.17
75
2.29
141
29. Inflammatory/Heart
5.91
68
8.39
40
30. Maternal Conditions
5.24
47
0.47
113
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.85
152
21.22
6
32. Endocrine Disorders
4.71
68
16.58
6
33. Skin Disease
4.13
20
8.82
4
34. Leukemia
4.06
66
6.34
3
35. Ovary Cancer
3.60
126
5.52
51
36. Birth Trauma
2.94
84
2.34
88
37. Stomach Cancer
2.91
160
4.94
108
38. Violence
2.69
117
10.16
51
39. Meningitis
2.40
58
1.03
78
40. Pertussis
2.20
40
0.00
157
41. Epilepsy
2.01
68
2.07
61
42. Alcohol
1.85
65
0.84
126
43. Uterin Cancer
1.75
125
7.04
5
44. Fires
1.74
82
0.20
174
45. Syphilis
1.35
28
0.05
114
46. Lymphomas
1.32
178
10.54
3
47. Bladder Cancer
1.17
144
1.51
128
48. Poisonings
0.79
75
0.44
104
49. Appendicitis
0.72
39
0.10
140
50. Pancreas Cancer
0.65
176
7.44
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Barbados BARBADOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
454
22.70
358
12.68
2. Stroke
288
14.40
384
13.60
3. Diabetes Mellitus
127
6.35
260
9.21
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
124
6.20
221
7.83
5. Lung Disease
108
5.40
74
2.62
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
80
4.00
7
0.25
7. Kidney Disease
70
3.50
92
3.26
8. Suicide
54
2.70
2
0.07
9. Liver Disease
51
2.55
23
0.81
10. Congenital Anomalies
48
2.40
18
0.64
11. Hypertension
47
2.35
72
2.55
12. Asthma
45
2.25
13
0.46
13. Road Traffic Accidents
45
2.25
23
0.81
14. Low Birth Weight
43
2.15
5
0.18
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
35
1.75
1
0.04
16. Drownings
35
1.75
1
0.04
17. Other Injuries
30
1.50
79
2.80
18. Liver Cancer
27
1.35
14
0.50
19. Birth Trauma
20
1.00
5
0.18
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
18
0.90
114
4.04
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18
0.90
14
0.50
22. Tuberculosis
16
0.80
1
0.04
23. Lung Cancers
15
0.75
43
1.52
24. Maternal Conditions
14
0.70
1
0.04
25. Breast Cancer
13
0.65
95
3.37
26. Cervical Cancer
13
0.65
28
0.99
27. Falls
13
0.65
7
0.25
28. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.60
16
0.57
29. Inflammatory/Heart
11
0.55
39
1.38
30. Pertussis
10
0.50
0
0.00
31. Malnutrition
10
0.50
2
0.07
32. Prostate Cancer
9
0.45
165
5.84
33. Leukemia
9
0.45
29
1.03
34. Endocrine Disorders
9
0.45
93
3.29
35. Syphilis
8
0.40
0
0.00
36. Meningitis
8
0.40
4
0.14
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8
0.40
115
4.07
38. Skin Disease
7
0.35
62
2.20
39. Violence
7
0.35
32
1.13
40. Stomach Cancer
6
0.30
28
0.99
41. Epilepsy
5
0.25
9
0.32
42. Ovary Cancer
4
0.20
16
0.57
43. Alcohol
4
0.20
4
0.14
44. Fires
4
0.20
1
0.04
45. Tetanus
3
0.15
0
0.00
46. Lymphomas
3
0.15
51
1.81
47. Uterin Cancer
2
0.10
21
0.74
48. Bladder Cancer
2
0.10
9
0.32
49. Poisonings
2
0.10
2
0.07
50. Encephalitis
1
0.05
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Vanuatu VANUATU   Barbados BARBADOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
14.32
16
2.86
170
2. Prostate Cancer
14.31
108
59.91
2
3. Breast Cancer
13.78
124
35.36
5
4. Cervical Cancer
11.35
72
10.05
83
5. Lung Cancers
8.83
109
8.22
112
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.85
152
21.22
6
7. Leukemia
4.06
66
6.34
3
8. Ovary Cancer
3.60
126
5.52
51
9. Stomach Cancer
2.91
160
4.94
108
10. Uterin Cancer
1.75
125
7.04
5
11. Lymphomas
1.32
178
10.54
3
12. Bladder Cancer
1.17
144
1.51
128
13. Pancreas Cancer
0.65
176
7.44
31
14. Oral Cancer
0.61
180
3.49
72
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.00
183
1.90
113
16. Skin Cancers
0.00
183
0.57
158
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.