COLOMBIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,388	1	43,066	- 14,678
Stroke	2	25,854	3	16,573	+ 9,281
Kidney Disease	3	10,800	7	6,834	+ 3,966
Lung Disease	4	10,793	4	15,928	- 5,135
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	10,627	22	2,157	+ 8,470
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	10,414	5	10,773	- 359
Hypertension	7	10,140	8	6,400	+ 3,740
Stomach Cancer	8	9,646	9	6,112	+ 3,534
Lung Cancers	9	9,172	10	5,250	+ 3,922
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,440	11	5,028	+ 3,411
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	8,030	12	4,371	+ 3,659
Road Traffic Accidents	12	7,509	6	7,765	- 255
Liver Disease	13	7,034	19	2,426	+ 4,607
Prostate Cancer	14	6,470	14	3,584	+ 2,885
Suicide	15	4,517	26	1,965	+ 2,553
Breast Cancer	16	4,486	13	3,669	+ 817
Pancreas Cancer	17	4,163	25	2,022	+ 2,141
Lymphomas	18	3,703	18	2,603	+ 1,100
Liver Cancer	19	3,638	24	2,065	+ 1,573
Other Neoplasms	20	3,607	15	3,205	+ 403
Other Injuries	21	3,481	28	1,592	+ 1,889
Endocrine Disorders	22	3,418	30	1,367	+ 2,050
Falls	23	2,403	29	1,518	+ 885
Leukemia	24	2,336	21	2,208	+ 128
Congenital Anomalies	25	2,279	16	2,963	- 684
Parkinson's Disease	26	2,099	47	383	+ 1,716
Cervical Cancer	27	2,071	20	2,266	- 195
Skin Disease	28	2,028	34	1,102	+ 926
Violence	29	1,976	2	19,268	- 17,292
Oesophagus Cancer	30	1,918	36	835	+ 1,083
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,884	31	1,329	+ 555
Bladder Cancer	32	1,703	42	609	+ 1,095
HIV/AIDS	33	1,433	17	2,683	- 1,250
Skin Cancers	34	1,397	35	1,028	+ 368
Ovary Cancer	35	1,367	33	1,122	+ 244
Low Birth Weight	36	1,162	23	2,095	- 933
Malnutrition	37	1,116	27	1,878	- 762
Tuberculosis	38	1,090	32	1,272	- 182
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	888	38	747	+ 141
Oral Cancer	40	815	37	807	+ 8
Fires	41	785	56	127	+ 658
Asthma	42	783	54	191	+ 591
Epilepsy	43	782	43	597	+ 185
Drownings	44	752	40	689	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	45	730	45	423	+ 307
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	593	39	698	- 105
Alcohol	47	550	68	23	+ 527
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	496	51	242	+ 253
Anemia	49	477	57	101	+ 377
Drug Use	50	395	44	492	- 97
Osteoarthritis	51	349	58	67	+ 282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	277	63	38	+ 240
Meningitis	53	252	50	244	+ 8
Birth Trauma	54	232	41	648	- 416
Chagas disease	55	209	53	203	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	195	48	333	- 138
Poisonings	57	181	61	61	+ 120
Schizophrenia	58	101	70	18	+ 83
Appendicitis	59	98	52	213	- 115
Hepatitis B	60	79	62	50	+ 29
Hepatitis C	61	71	59	65	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	70	60	62	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	63	63	46	394	- 331
War	64	36	49	260	- 224
Oral conditions	65	14	75	7	+ 7
Syphilis	66	13	65	30	- 17
Upper Respiratory	67	12	66	27	- 15
Pertussis	68	7	69	18	- 11
Tetanus	69	5	71	14	- 9
Encephalitis	70	5	64	38	- 33
Otitis Media	71	4	73	7	- 3
Ascariasis	72	0	76	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	55	133	- 133
Diphtheria	74	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	74	7	- 7
Malaria	82	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	77	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Chile

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.