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Zimbabwe
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Zimbabwe 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
Zimbabwe Population Pyramid
23,947,921
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Barbados BARBADOS
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Barbados BARBADOS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
50.1
53.3
51.6
89
90
89
 
62.2
67.0
64.5
42
42
40
1970
53.4
56.7
55.0
99
97
97
 
66.2
71.2
68.7
33
41
39
1980
57.6
61.2
59.3
107
108
108
 
69.6
74.7
72.1
24
31
28
1990
59.0
63.7
61.3
129
121
125
 
72.0
77.1
74.5
26
29
29
2000
46.0
46.0
46.0
175
180
177
 
70.9
75.5
73.3
47
60
47
2010
51.4
53.5
52.4
174
175
175
 
72.3
77.1
74.7
57
69
59
2019
57.5
63.6
60.7
176
170
175
 
74.3
77.7
76.0
58
83
62
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Barbados BARBADOS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
57.5
63.6
176
170
74.3
77.7
58
83
Age
57.5
63.6
176
170
74.3
77.7
58
83
Age 5
61.3
67.1
178
176
75.3
78.5
54
80
Age 10
61.6
67.4
178
176
75.4
78.6
54
80
Age 15
62.0
67.7
178
177
75.4
78.6
55
80
Age 20
62.5
68.1
178
177
75.7
78.8
55
79
Age 25
63.2
68.5
177
177
75.9
79.0
55
79
Age 30
63.9
69.1
177
178
76.3
79.1
55
79
Age 35
64.8
69.9
178
177
76.8
79.3
51
78
Age 40
65.9
70.9
178
177
77.2
79.6
50
80
Age 45
67.3
72.2
178
177
77.6
80.0
50
80
Age 50
69.1
73.7
178
176
78.2
80.4
51
81
Age 55
71.2
75.3
177
174
78.9
81.0
55
80
Age 60
73.6
77.0
177
173
79.9
81.8
57
79
Age 65
76.2
78.9
177
172
81.2
82.9
58
78
Age 70
79.0
81.0
176
169
82.8
84.2
60
75
Age 75
82.1
83.4
176
166
84.9
85.9
62
74
Age 80
85.5
86.3
168
163
87.4
88.0
61
75
Age 85
89.1
89.6
164
160
90.2
90.4
69
84
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Barbados BARBADOS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
187.61
5
8.36
62
2. Coronary Heart Disease
155.90
42
55.52
156
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
139.11
8
30.42
84
4. Stroke
93.42
80
58.54
119
5. Road Traffic Accidents
63.47
2
7.96
132
6. Diabetes Mellitus
57.77
29
40.44
59
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
52.01
32
1.38
120
8. Cervical Cancer
50.23
5
10.05
83
9. Prostate Cancer
39.98
14
59.91
2
10. Kidney Disease
35.89
34
16.30
120
11. Liver Disease
28.41
59
4.94
161
12. Asthma
24.21
14
2.63
105
13. Malnutrition
23.88
7
0.38
119
14. Suicide
23.63
7
0.31
183
15. Lung Disease
22.07
90
10.68
166
16. Hypertension
20.93
78
11.09
126
17. Breast Cancer
20.68
46
35.36
5
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.41
75
14.38
139
19. Tuberculosis
17.71
54
0.26
152
20. Other Injuries
16.74
12
15.13
23
21. Inflammatory/Heart
15.59
10
8.39
40
22. Violence
14.57
29
10.16
51
23. Oesophagus Cancer
14.22
5
1.90
113
24. Maternal Conditions
13.70
20
0.47
113
25. Lymphomas
13.16
1
10.54
3
26. Malaria
12.22
39
0.00
81
27. Meningitis
12.06
29
1.03
78
28. Low Birth Weight
11.85
20
2.29
141
29. Birth Trauma
10.09
25
2.34
88
30. Stomach Cancer
9.72
47
4.94
108
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.45
19
2.26
98
32. Congenital Anomalies
8.15
25
6.78
58
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.05
103
21.22
6
34. Fires
7.79
3
0.20
174
35. Liver Cancer
7.78
49
2.86
170
36. Falls
7.54
64
1.34
178
37. Endocrine Disorders
6.77
41
16.58
6
38. Drownings
6.69
14
0.54
167
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
5.66
18
0.21
176
40. Epilepsy
5.43
2
2.07
61
41. Uterin Cancer
5.22
14
7.04
5
42. Parkinson's Disease
4.78
58
2.49
153
43. Lung Cancers
4.78
139
8.22
112
44. Skin Cancers
4.64
7
0.57
158
45. Ovary Cancer
4.46
91
5.52
51
46. Poisonings
3.86
8
0.44
104
47. Pancreas Cancer
3.66
93
7.44
31
48. Oral Cancer
3.24
78
3.49
72
49. Skin Disease
3.01
28
8.82
4
50. Leukemia
2.82
128
6.34
3
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Barbados BARBADOS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
19,988
18.46
28
0.99
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,779
9.95
221
7.83
3. Coronary Heart Disease
8,493
7.84
358
12.68
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,037
5.57
23
0.81
5. Stroke
5,126
4.73
384
13.60
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,595
4.24
7
0.25
7. Low Birth Weight
4,038
3.73
5
0.18
8. Birth Trauma
3,405
3.14
5
0.18
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,344
3.09
260
9.21
10. Malnutrition
2,396
2.21
2
0.07
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,217
2.05
18
0.64
12. Kidney Disease
2,214
2.04
92
3.26
13. Suicide
2,069
1.91
2
0.07
14. Cervical Cancer
2,023
1.87
28
0.99
15. Malaria
2,003
1.85
0
0.00
16. Tuberculosis
1,999
1.85
1
0.04
17. Liver Disease
1,941
1.79
23
0.81
18. Violence
1,916
1.77
32
1.13
19. Maternal Conditions
1,749
1.62
1
0.04
20. Other Injuries
1,656
1.53
79
2.80
21. Asthma
1,531
1.41
13
0.46
22. Meningitis
1,325
1.22
4
0.14
23. Lung Disease
1,163
1.07
74
2.62
24. Hypertension
1,146
1.06
72
2.55
25. Inflammatory/Heart
1,047
0.97
39
1.38
26. Lymphomas
960
0.89
51
1.81
27. Drownings
956
0.88
1
0.04
28. Breast Cancer
839
0.77
95
3.37
29. Oesophagus Cancer
801
0.74
12
0.43
30. Fires
793
0.73
1
0.04
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
768
0.71
114
4.04
32. Prostate Cancer
628
0.58
165
5.84
33. Stomach Cancer
559
0.52
28
0.99
34. Endocrine Disorders
553
0.51
93
3.29
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
548
0.51
14
0.50
36. Rheumatic Heart Disease
542
0.50
1
0.04
37. Poisonings
515
0.48
2
0.07
38. Liver Cancer
510
0.47
14
0.50
39. Epilepsy
508
0.47
9
0.32
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
505
0.47
115
4.07
41. Falls
465
0.43
7
0.25
42. Pertussis
419
0.39
0
0.00
43. Lung Cancers
286
0.26
43
1.52
44. Skin Cancers
264
0.24
4
0.14
45. Leukemia
244
0.23
29
1.03
46. Parkinson's Disease
226
0.21
16
0.57
47. Pancreas Cancer
217
0.20
39
1.38
48. Drug Use
213
0.20
1
0.04
49. Oral Cancer
208
0.19
18
0.64
50. Uterin Cancer
182
0.17
21
0.74
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE   Barbados BARBADOS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
50.23
5
10.05
83
2. Prostate Cancer
39.98
14
59.91
2
3. Breast Cancer
20.68
46
35.36
5
4. Oesophagus Cancer
14.22
5
1.90
113
5. Lymphomas
13.16
1
10.54
3
6. Stomach Cancer
9.72
47
4.94
108
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.05
103
21.22
6
8. Liver Cancer
7.78
49
2.86
170
9. Uterin Cancer
5.22
14
7.04
5
10. Lung Cancers
4.78
139
8.22
112
11. Skin Cancers
4.64
7
0.57
158
12. Ovary Cancer
4.46
91
5.52
51
13. Pancreas Cancer
3.66
93
7.44
31
14. Oral Cancer
3.24
78
3.49
72
15. Leukemia
2.82
128
6.34
3
16. Bladder Cancer
2.29
76
1.51
128
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.