COLOMBIA VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	148,281	1	43,066	+ 105,215
Stroke	2	35,337	3	16,573	+ 18,764
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	20,228	5	10,773	+ 9,454
Lung Cancers	4	17,150	10	5,250	+ 11,900
Lung Disease	5	13,868	4	15,928	- 2,060
Hypertension	6	12,876	8	6,400	+ 6,477
Diabetes Mellitus	7	11,888	11	5,028	+ 6,860
Liver Disease	8	10,437	19	2,426	+ 8,011
Road Traffic Accidents	9	9,830	6	7,765	+ 2,065
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	7,818	12	4,371	+ 3,446
Kidney Disease	11	7,773	7	6,834	+ 939
Stomach Cancer	12	7,466	9	6,112	+ 1,354
Breast Cancer	13	7,395	13	3,669	+ 3,725
Liver Cancer	14	6,032	24	2,065	+ 3,967
Pancreas Cancer	15	5,965	25	2,022	+ 3,943
Congenital Anomalies	16	4,700	16	2,963	+ 1,737
Other Injuries	17	4,373	28	1,592	+ 2,781
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	3,913	39	698	+ 3,215
Prostate Cancer	19	3,681	14	3,584	+ 97
Bladder Cancer	20	2,968	42	609	+ 2,360
Inflammatory/Heart	21	2,893	31	1,329	+ 1,564
Leukemia	22	2,265	21	2,208	+ 57
Low Birth Weight	23	2,163	23	2,095	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	24	2,023	45	423	+ 1,600
Violence	25	1,864	2	19,268	- 17,404
Lymphomas	26	1,771	18	2,603	- 832
Cervical Cancer	27	1,646	20	2,266	- 621
Suicide	28	1,634	26	1,965	- 331
Ovary Cancer	29	1,508	33	1,122	+ 386
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	1,121	63	38	+ 1,083
Hepatitis C	31	1,072	59	65	+ 1,007
HIV/AIDS	32	1,065	17	2,683	- 1,619
Oral Cancer	33	1,000	37	807	+ 193
Skin Cancers	34	941	35	1,028	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	35	866	30	1,367	- 501
Oesophagus Cancer	36	851	36	835	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	37	729	15	3,205	- 2,476
Tuberculosis	38	727	32	1,272	- 545
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	664	22	2,157	- 1,493
Falls	40	625	29	1,518	- 892
Drug Use	41	596	44	492	+ 105
Birth Trauma	42	570	41	648	- 78
Skin Disease	43	454	34	1,102	- 648
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	446	48	333	+ 113
Drownings	45	351	40	689	- 339
Poisonings	46	337	61	61	+ 276
Fires	47	219	56	127	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	48	194	47	383	- 189
Asthma	49	161	54	191	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	158	38	747	- 589
Hepatitis B	51	151	62	50	+ 101
Epilepsy	52	150	43	597	- 447
Multiple Sclerosis	53	147	60	62	+ 85
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	147	51	242	- 95
Maternal Conditions	55	141	46	394	- 252
Meningitis	56	109	50	244	- 135
Encephalitis	57	85	64	38	+ 47
Anemia	58	80	57	101	- 21
Appendicitis	59	78	52	213	- 135
Osteoarthritis	60	58	58	67	- 9
Schizophrenia	61	53	70	18	+ 35
Alcohol	62	51	68	23	+ 28
Upper Respiratory	63	42	66	27	+ 16
Oral conditions	64	33	75	7	+ 26
Otitis Media	65	24	73	7	+ 16
Malnutrition	66	23	27	1,878	- 1,856
Leishmaniasis	67	16	74	7	+ 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	14	86	0	+ 14
War	69	5	49	260	- 255
Iodine Deficiency	70	5	82	0	+ 5
Pertussis	71	3	69	18	- 16
Ascariasis	72	0	76	5	- 4
Diphtheria	73	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	78	0	- 0
Syphilis	75	0	65	30	- 30
Chlamydia	76	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	55	133	- 133
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	8	- 8
Tetanus	81	0	71	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	82	0	77	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	53	203	- 203
Malaria	85	0	67	26	- 26
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Armenia

Colombia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.