Barbados - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 15.94
2010 13.56
2015 13.39
2019 12.90

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 3.42
2010 4.90
2015 4.84
2019 4.31

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 80.63
2010 81.54
2015 81.77
2019 82.79

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Barbados was 14.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 15.50 in 2011, while its lowest value was 14.30 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.90
2001 14.60
2002 14.90
2003 14.90
2004 15.10
2005 14.60
2006 14.80
2007 15.10
2008 15.40
2009 15.30
2010 15.50
2011 15.50
2012 14.70
2013 14.30
2014 14.80
2015 14.70
2016 14.70
2017 14.70
2018 14.60
2019 14.60

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Barbados was 17.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 19.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.30 in 2012.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 19.40
2001 18.40
2002 18.90
2003 18.80
2004 19.20
2005 19.10
2006 18.90
2007 18.60
2008 18.10
2009 17.40
2010 17.10
2011 16.70
2012 16.30
2013 16.60
2014 16.80
2015 16.60
2016 16.80
2017 16.80
2018 17.00
2019 17.50

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Barbados was 16.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.00 in 2004, while its lowest value was 15.40 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.00
2001 16.30
2002 16.70
2003 16.70
2004 17.00
2005 16.70
2006 16.70
2007 16.80
2008 16.70
2009 16.30
2010 16.20
2011 16.10
2012 15.50
2013 15.40
2014 15.70
2015 15.60
2016 15.70
2017 15.70
2018 15.80
2019 16.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 25.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 39.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 31.10

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Barbados was 0.700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.000
2001 0.200
2002 0.200
2003 0.300
2004 0.100
2005 0.100
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.200
2009 0.500
2010 0.700
2011 0.800
2012 0.500
2013 0.300
2014 0.600
2015 0.600
2016 0.600
2017 0.600
2018 0.700
2019 0.700

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Barbados was 0.600 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.000
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.200
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.500
2010 0.900
2011 1.000
2012 0.400
2013 0.000
2014 0.500
2015 0.500
2016 0.500
2017 0.600
2018 0.600
2019 0.600

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Barbados was 0.800 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.000
2001 0.400
2002 0.300
2003 0.400
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.500
2009 0.500
2010 0.500
2011 0.600
2012 0.500
2013 0.700
2014 0.600
2015 0.700
2016 0.700
2017 0.700
2018 0.800
2019 0.800

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Barbados was 0.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.00 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 2013.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.50
2001 0.40
2002 0.30
2003 1.70
2004 2.00
2005 1.80
2006 0.30
2007 0.20
2008 0.50
2009 0.50
2010 0.70
2011 0.40
2012 0.50
2013 0.00
2014 0.30
2015 0.30
2016 0.30
2017 0.30
2018 0.30
2019 0.30

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Barbados was 0.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.90 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.40 in 2002.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.90
2001 2.80
2002 0.40
2003 0.70
2004 0.80
2005 4.10
2006 3.10
2007 2.90
2008 1.50
2009 2.50
2010 2.60
2011 1.60
2012 0.50
2013 0.70
2014 0.90
2015 0.90
2016 1.00
2017 0.90
2018 0.90
2019 0.90

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Barbados was 0.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.90 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.30 in 2002.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.60
2001 1.60
2002 0.30
2003 1.20
2004 1.40
2005 2.90
2006 1.60
2007 1.50
2008 1.00
2009 1.50
2010 1.60
2011 1.00
2012 0.50
2013 0.30
2014 0.60
2015 0.60
2016 0.60
2017 0.60
2018 0.60
2019 0.60

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Barbados was 8.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.70 in 2004 and a minimum value of 5.60 in 2016.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 14.60
2001 8.60
2002 11.30
2003 11.70
2004 16.70
2005 8.70
2006 7.90
2007 10.10
2008 6.10
2009 9.20
2010 8.90
2011 11.00
2012 14.80
2013 14.10
2014 8.40
2015 13.30
2016 5.60
2017 8.50
2018 8.30
2019 8.20

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 0.200

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors