BURUNDI VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BURUNDI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,803	6	3,718	+ 8,085
Violence	2	5,281	23	760	+ 4,521
Stroke	3	4,542	4	4,323	+ 219
Lung Disease	4	4,365	17	1,349	+ 3,016
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,953	1	7,810	- 4,857
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,128	5	4,089	- 1,961
Kidney Disease	7	1,873	21	1,001	+ 872
Hypertension	8	1,754	20	1,113	+ 640
Stomach Cancer	9	1,675	44	180	+ 1,495
Lung Cancers	10	1,439	56	76	+ 1,363
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,378	16	1,383	- 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,198	37	324	+ 874
Breast Cancer	13	1,006	35	355	+ 650
Prostate Cancer	14	982	33	374	+ 609
Other Neoplasms	15	878	67	10	+ 868
Congenital Anomalies	16	812	12	1,788	- 976
HIV/AIDS	17	735	11	1,814	- 1,079
Lymphomas	18	713	31	379	+ 334
Liver Disease	19	665	13	1,767	- 1,102
Cervical Cancer	20	621	14	1,474	- 853
Leukemia	21	605	47	135	+ 470
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	591	27	426	+ 165
Low Birth Weight	23	574	8	3,171	- 2,597
Liver Cancer	24	566	29	389	+ 177
Pancreas Cancer	25	554	58	66	+ 489
Suicide	26	538	24	720	- 182
Malnutrition	27	515	9	2,500	- 1,986
Other Injuries	28	436	15	1,413	- 976
Falls	29	416	30	385	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	30	375	40	275	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	31	364	38	311	+ 54
Tuberculosis	32	349	10	2,385	- 2,036
Ovary Cancer	33	308	51	106	+ 201
Skin Disease	34	302	54	91	+ 211
Skin Cancers	35	282	48	121	+ 161
Oesophagus Cancer	36	229	26	455	- 226
Oral Cancer	37	221	39	285	- 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	205	2	6,046	- 5,841
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	191	36	340	- 149
Drownings	40	189	25	598	- 409
Birth Trauma	41	178	7	3,183	- 3,005
Bladder Cancer	42	167	50	109	+ 58
Epilepsy	43	164	41	234	- 71
Drug Use	44	135	60	52	+ 82
Uterin Cancer	45	116	57	67	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	46	108	18	1,332	- 1,224
Parkinson's Disease	47	105	52	103	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	91	80	0	+ 91
War	49	71	53	96	- 25
Meningitis	50	67	19	1,322	- 1,255
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	66	65	17	+ 50
Appendicitis	52	58	49	109	- 51
Chagas disease	53	56	78	0	+ 56
Asthma	54	52	22	836	- 784
Dengue	55	37	72	0	+ 36
Fires	56	35	28	425	- 391
Anemia	57	28	85	0	+ 28
Osteoarthritis	58	18	81	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	59	18	64	17	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	17	69	5	+ 12
Poisonings	61	17	34	369	- 352
Hepatitis B	62	14	62	44	- 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	10	43	181	- 171
Encephalitis	64	10	61	46	- 36
Syphilis	65	8	59	60	- 52
Upper Respiratory	66	7	46	136	- 129
Malaria	67	7	3	5,163	- 5,156
Alcohol	68	6	55	76	- 70
Pertussis	69	5	32	378	- 373
Schizophrenia	70	5	86	0	+ 5
Tetanus	71	4	45	178	- 174
Leprosy	72	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	68	10	- 8
Leishmaniasis	74	2	79	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	66	16	- 15
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	211	- 210
Measles	78	0	63	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	2	- 2
Chlamydia	81	0	70	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURUNDI

Colombia

Burundi

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.