COLOMBIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	39,918	1	43,066	- 3,148
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	28,877	22	2,157	+ 26,720
Stroke	3	19,138	3	16,573	+ 2,565
Lung Cancers	4	16,244	10	5,250	+ 10,993
Lung Disease	5	15,723	4	15,928	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	11,502	12	4,371	+ 7,131
Diabetes Mellitus	7	8,283	11	5,028	+ 3,254
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	8,236	5	10,773	- 2,537
Prostate Cancer	9	6,977	14	3,584	+ 3,392
Breast Cancer	10	6,308	13	3,669	+ 2,639
Suicide	11	5,835	26	1,965	+ 3,870
Kidney Disease	12	5,815	7	6,834	- 1,018
Pancreas Cancer	13	5,775	25	2,022	+ 3,753
Falls	14	5,772	29	1,518	+ 4,254
Lymphomas	15	5,629	18	2,603	+ 3,026
Endocrine Disorders	16	4,313	30	1,367	+ 2,946
Skin Cancers	17	4,295	35	1,028	+ 3,267
Leukemia	18	3,939	21	2,208	+ 1,730
Parkinson's Disease	19	3,772	47	383	+ 3,389
Liver Cancer	20	3,772	24	2,065	+ 1,707
Drug Use	21	3,303	44	492	+ 2,811
Other Injuries	22	3,043	28	1,592	+ 1,450
Hypertension	23	3,022	8	6,400	- 3,377
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,910	31	1,329	+ 1,581
Oesophagus Cancer	25	2,767	36	835	+ 1,932
Liver Disease	26	2,633	19	2,426	+ 207
Stomach Cancer	27	2,386	9	6,112	- 3,726
Other Neoplasms	28	2,320	15	3,205	- 885
Road Traffic Accidents	29	2,306	6	7,765	- 5,459
Bladder Cancer	30	2,200	42	609	+ 1,591
Ovary Cancer	31	1,857	33	1,122	+ 735
Oral Cancer	32	1,801	37	807	+ 994
Congenital Anomalies	33	1,316	16	2,963	- 1,646
Skin Disease	34	1,101	34	1,102	- 1
Uterin Cancer	35	971	45	423	+ 548
Asthma	36	844	54	191	+ 652
Alcohol	37	704	68	23	+ 681
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	702	63	38	+ 664
Cervical Cancer	39	633	20	2,266	- 1,633
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	548	38	747	- 200
Epilepsy	41	527	43	597	- 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	511	39	698	- 187
Low Birth Weight	43	460	23	2,095	- 1,636
Violence	44	451	2	19,268	- 18,817
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	424	51	242	+ 182
Multiple Sclerosis	46	348	60	62	+ 285
Drownings	47	328	40	689	- 361
Hepatitis C	48	320	59	65	+ 256
Anemia	49	291	57	101	+ 191
Birth Trauma	50	259	41	648	- 389
Malnutrition	51	216	27	1,878	- 1,662
Osteoarthritis	52	211	58	67	+ 144
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	132	48	333	- 201
Schizophrenia	54	118	70	18	+ 101
Fires	55	101	56	127	- 25
Tuberculosis	56	97	32	1,272	- 1,174
HIV/AIDS	57	93	17	2,683	- 2,590
Hepatitis B	58	76	62	50	+ 26
Oral conditions	59	74	75	7	+ 67
Meningitis	60	69	50	244	- 175
Poisonings	61	64	61	61	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	49	52	213	- 164
Maternal Conditions	63	38	46	394	- 356
Upper Respiratory	64	31	66	27	+ 5
War	65	15	49	260	- 245
Otitis Media	66	11	73	7	+ 4
Syphilis	67	5	65	30	- 25
Encephalitis	68	5	64	38	- 33
Pertussis	69	3	69	18	- 16
Tetanus	70	3	71	14	- 12
Diphtheria	71	1	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	133	- 133
Trichuriasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	76	5	- 5
Leprosy	76	0	72	8	- 8
Chlamydia	77	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	77	1	- 1
Chagas disease	80	0	53	203	- 203
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	7	- 7
Malaria	82	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Australia

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.