BELARUS VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,252	1	53,186	- 44,934
Violence	2	3,692	38	255	+ 3,437
Stroke	3	3,175	2	16,393	- 13,218
Lung Disease	4	3,052	7	2,208	+ 844
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,064	15	1,086	+ 978
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,488	19	722	+ 766
Kidney Disease	7	1,309	26	480	+ 829
Hypertension	8	1,226	31	367	+ 859
Stomach Cancer	9	1,171	10	1,690	- 519
Lung Cancers	10	1,006	4	2,950	- 1,944
Diabetes Mellitus	11	963	30	373	+ 591
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	838	5	2,886	- 2,049
Breast Cancer	13	703	12	1,230	- 527
Prostate Cancer	14	687	17	936	- 249
Other Neoplasms	15	614	48	52	+ 562
Congenital Anomalies	16	568	41	202	+ 366
HIV/AIDS	17	514	42	167	+ 347
Lymphomas	18	499	20	672	- 173
Liver Disease	19	465	8	2,078	- 1,613
Cervical Cancer	20	434	34	303	+ 131
Leukemia	21	423	23	554	- 131
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	413	3	3,530	- 3,117
Low Birth Weight	23	401	47	64	+ 337
Liver Cancer	24	396	32	363	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	25	387	13	1,171	- 783
Suicide	26	376	9	2,004	- 1,627
Malnutrition	27	360	53	22	+ 338
Other Injuries	28	305	14	1,099	- 794
Falls	29	291	16	952	- 661
Endocrine Disorders	30	262	43	141	+ 121
Inflammatory/Heart	31	255	11	1,361	- 1,106
Tuberculosis	32	244	37	269	- 25
Ovary Cancer	33	215	27	429	- 214
Skin Disease	34	211	51	31	+ 180
Skin Cancers	35	197	36	272	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	36	160	25	493	- 333
Oral Cancer	37	155	18	901	- 746
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	143	57	13	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	134	40	235	- 101
Drownings	40	132	24	543	- 411
Birth Trauma	41	124	52	25	+ 99
Bladder Cancer	42	117	35	295	- 179
Epilepsy	43	114	45	116	- 1
Drug Use	44	94	29	389	- 295
Uterin Cancer	45	81	28	391	- 309
Maternal Conditions	46	75	60	2	+ 73
Parkinson's Disease	47	73	21	621	- 548
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	64	85	0	+ 64
War	49	50	59	3	+ 46
Meningitis	50	47	50	36	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	46	55	15	+ 31
Appendicitis	52	41	54	20	+ 21
Chagas disease	53	39	75	0	+ 39
Asthma	54	37	44	122	- 85
Dengue	55	26	71	0	+ 26
Fires	56	24	22	620	- 596
Anemia	57	19	83	0	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	58	13	84	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	59	12	62	1	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	49	42	- 30
Poisonings	61	12	33	311	- 300
Hepatitis B	62	10	56	14	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	7	39	239	- 232
Encephalitis	64	7	46	93	- 86
Syphilis	65	6	63	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	58	5	+ 0
Malaria	67	5	76	0	+ 5
Alcohol	68	4	6	2,761	- 2,757
Pertussis	69	3	65	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	70	3	80	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	64	0	+ 3
Leprosy	72	2	73	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	1	66	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	70	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	61	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

Colombia

Belarus

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.