BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,299	1	9,201	- 5,902
Violence	2	1,476	40	49	+ 1,427
Stroke	3	1,270	2	7,871	- 6,602
Lung Disease	4	1,220	5	1,163	+ 57
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	825	17	440	+ 385
Road Traffic Accidents	6	595	16	446	+ 149
Kidney Disease	7	523	9	689	- 165
Hypertension	8	490	11	546	- 56
Stomach Cancer	9	468	12	532	- 64
Lung Cancers	10	402	4	2,076	- 1,674
Diabetes Mellitus	11	385	3	2,406	- 2,020
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	335	7	998	- 663
Breast Cancer	13	281	13	528	- 247
Prostate Cancer	14	275	18	413	- 138
Other Neoplasms	15	245	45	23	+ 223
Congenital Anomalies	16	227	35	69	+ 158
HIV/AIDS	17	206	70	0	+ 206
Lymphomas	18	199	24	184	+ 15
Liver Disease	19	186	10	613	- 428
Cervical Cancer	20	174	29	132	+ 41
Leukemia	21	169	23	186	- 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	165	6	1,144	- 978
Low Birth Weight	23	161	41	48	+ 112
Liver Cancer	24	158	14	480	- 321
Pancreas Cancer	25	155	15	463	- 308
Suicide	26	151	19	361	- 210
Malnutrition	27	144	57	2	+ 141
Other Injuries	28	122	26	157	- 35
Falls	29	116	21	267	- 151
Endocrine Disorders	30	105	39	53	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	31	102	8	874	- 772
Tuberculosis	32	97	32	93	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	33	86	25	182	- 96
Skin Disease	34	84	47	21	+ 64
Skin Cancers	35	79	28	133	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	36	64	31	110	- 46
Oral Cancer	37	62	27	146	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	57	54	8	+ 49
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	54	30	121	- 68
Drownings	40	53	42	48	+ 5
Birth Trauma	41	50	49	14	+ 36
Bladder Cancer	42	47	22	232	- 186
Epilepsy	43	46	36	60	- 14
Drug Use	44	38	44	25	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	45	32	33	92	- 59
Maternal Conditions	46	30	58	2	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	47	29	20	341	- 312
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	26	80	0	+ 26
War	49	20	62	0	+ 20
Meningitis	50	19	53	10	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	19	48	19	- 1
Appendicitis	52	16	52	11	+ 6
Chagas disease	53	16	76	0	+ 16
Asthma	54	15	37	60	- 45
Dengue	55	10	74	0	+ 10
Fires	56	10	38	54	- 45
Anemia	57	8	86	0	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	59	5	65	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	46	22	- 17
Poisonings	61	5	50	13	- 9
Hepatitis B	62	4	56	3	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	3	43	36	- 33
Encephalitis	64	3	51	13	- 10
Syphilis	65	2	61	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	2	79	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	2	34	90	- 88
Pertussis	69	1	59	2	- 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	60	1	+ 0
Leprosy	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	64	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Colombia

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.