CAMEROON VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,893	6	10,695	+ 16,198
Violence	2	12,032	24	1,666	+ 10,366
Stroke	3	10,349	5	11,199	- 850
Lung Disease	4	9,947	20	2,310	+ 7,636
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,728	1	19,694	- 12,967
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,849	9	7,810	- 2,961
Kidney Disease	7	4,267	13	5,140	- 873
Hypertension	8	3,996	22	2,035	+ 1,961
Stomach Cancer	9	3,817	45	458	+ 3,359
Lung Cancers	10	3,279	51	301	+ 2,978
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,140	11	5,468	- 2,328
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,730	43	569	+ 2,160
Breast Cancer	13	2,291	23	1,874	+ 417
Prostate Cancer	14	2,238	34	940	+ 1,298
Other Neoplasms	15	2,001	63	49	+ 1,953
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,850	12	5,258	- 3,408
HIV/AIDS	17	1,676	2	13,888	- 12,213
Lymphomas	18	1,625	44	489	+ 1,136
Liver Disease	19	1,515	14	4,531	- 3,016
Cervical Cancer	20	1,415	26	1,582	- 167
Leukemia	21	1,379	54	275	+ 1,104
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,347	31	1,157	+ 191
Low Birth Weight	23	1,308	8	7,950	- 6,642
Liver Cancer	24	1,289	37	875	+ 414
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,263	52	290	+ 973
Suicide	26	1,227	19	2,333	- 1,106
Malnutrition	27	1,173	28	1,218	- 45
Other Injuries	28	994	16	3,289	- 2,295
Falls	29	948	27	1,235	- 287
Endocrine Disorders	30	854	18	2,474	- 1,621
Inflammatory/Heart	31	830	33	986	- 156
Tuberculosis	32	794	10	7,414	- 6,620
Ovary Cancer	33	701	50	303	+ 398
Skin Disease	34	688	48	324	+ 364
Skin Cancers	35	642	56	204	+ 438
Oesophagus Cancer	36	522	59	135	+ 386
Oral Cancer	37	504	39	845	- 341
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	467	3	11,849	- 11,382
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	436	40	754	- 318
Drownings	40	430	29	1,178	- 748
Birth Trauma	41	405	7	8,243	- 7,838
Bladder Cancer	42	380	62	65	+ 316
Epilepsy	43	373	38	867	- 494
Drug Use	44	307	35	928	- 621
Uterin Cancer	45	264	60	75	+ 189
Maternal Conditions	46	246	17	2,615	- 2,369
Parkinson's Disease	47	239	46	449	- 210
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	208	80	0	+ 208
War	49	162	42	643	- 481
Meningitis	50	152	15	3,441	- 3,289
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	151	68	26	+ 126
Appendicitis	52	133	61	72	+ 60
Chagas disease	53	127	79	0	+ 127
Asthma	54	119	25	1,619	- 1,500
Dengue	55	83	73	0	+ 83
Fires	56	79	36	908	- 829
Anemia	57	63	84	0	+ 63
Osteoarthritis	58	42	81	0	+ 42
Hepatitis C	59	41	66	27	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	39	64	41	- 2
Poisonings	61	38	41	666	- 628
Hepatitis B	62	32	47	336	- 304
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	24	49	323	- 300
Encephalitis	64	24	58	187	- 163
Syphilis	65	19	30	1,170	- 1,151
Upper Respiratory	66	17	70	19	- 2
Malaria	67	16	4	11,233	- 11,217
Alcohol	68	14	57	198	- 183
Pertussis	69	11	21	2,288	- 2,276
Schizophrenia	70	11	83	0	+ 11
Tetanus	71	9	55	223	- 214
Leprosy	72	5	75	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	73	5	74	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	74	5	69	20	- 16
Oral conditions	75	4	82	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	3	65	30	- 27
Schistosomiasis	77	0	53	288	- 287
Measles	78	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	26	- 26
Chlamydia	81	0	72	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	71	10	- 10
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

Colombia

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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.