COMOROS VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	782	4	349	+ 433
Violence	2	350	20	63	+ 287
Stroke	3	301	3	356	- 55
Lung Disease	4	289	17	83	+ 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	196	1	594	- 399
Road Traffic Accidents	6	141	6	226	- 85
Kidney Disease	7	124	14	101	+ 23
Hypertension	8	116	12	115	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	9	111	45	11	+ 100
Lung Cancers	10	95	60	1	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	11	91	9	136	- 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	79	39	19	+ 61
Breast Cancer	13	67	33	23	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	14	65	27	33	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	15	58	59	1	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	16	54	10	131	- 77
HIV/AIDS	17	49	76	0	+ 49
Lymphomas	18	47	37	19	+ 28
Liver Disease	19	44	8	160	- 116
Cervical Cancer	20	41	13	104	- 63
Leukemia	21	40	57	3	+ 37
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	39	23	46	- 7
Low Birth Weight	23	38	5	328	- 290
Liver Cancer	24	37	28	29	+ 8
Pancreas Cancer	25	37	82	0	+ 37
Suicide	26	36	24	46	- 10
Malnutrition	27	34	15	96	- 62
Other Injuries	28	29	16	90	- 61
Falls	29	28	32	26	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	30	25	36	19	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	31	24	31	26	- 2
Tuberculosis	32	23	19	79	- 56
Ovary Cancer	33	20	56	3	+ 17
Skin Disease	34	20	48	9	+ 11
Skin Cancers	35	19	42	12	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	36	15	26	34	- 18
Oral Cancer	37	15	41	15	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	14	2	363	- 350
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	13	34	21	- 8
Drownings	40	13	25	35	- 22
Birth Trauma	41	12	7	211	- 199
Bladder Cancer	42	11	46	10	+ 1
Epilepsy	43	11	40	17	- 6
Drug Use	44	9	49	7	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	45	8	55	3	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	46	7	22	47	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	47	7	44	11	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	6	85	0	+ 6
War	49	5	67	0	+ 5
Meningitis	50	4	11	115	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	58	2	+ 3
Appendicitis	52	4	50	6	- 2
Chagas disease	53	4	74	0	+ 4
Asthma	54	3	21	49	- 45
Dengue	55	2	68	0	+ 2
Fires	56	2	30	27	- 25
Anemia	57	2	81	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	59	1	61	1	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	62	1	+ 0
Poisonings	61	1	35	20	- 19
Hepatitis B	62	1	52	5	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	47	10	- 9
Encephalitis	64	1	54	4	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	38	19	- 19
Upper Respiratory	66	0	53	4	- 4
Malaria	67	0	29	29	- 29
Alcohol	68	0	51	6	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	18	80	- 80
Schizophrenia	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	43	12	- 12
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	64	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	86	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	66	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Colombia

Comoros

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.