CONGO VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,296	4	2,494	+ 2,801
Violence	2	2,369	18	539	+ 1,831
Stroke	3	2,038	5	2,267	- 229
Lung Disease	4	1,959	17	541	+ 1,418
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,325	3	2,576	- 1,251
Road Traffic Accidents	6	955	7	1,598	- 643
Kidney Disease	7	840	15	613	+ 227
Hypertension	8	787	12	933	- 146
Stomach Cancer	9	752	39	88	+ 664
Lung Cancers	10	646	47	54	+ 592
Diabetes Mellitus	11	618	10	1,050	- 431
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	537	38	89	+ 449
Breast Cancer	13	451	32	159	+ 293
Prostate Cancer	14	441	28	198	+ 243
Other Neoplasms	15	394	63	8	+ 386
Congenital Anomalies	16	364	14	729	- 365
HIV/AIDS	17	330	1	4,509	- 4,179
Lymphomas	18	320	45	61	+ 259
Liver Disease	19	298	13	931	- 632
Cervical Cancer	20	279	29	196	+ 83
Leukemia	21	272	46	57	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	265	25	230	+ 35
Low Birth Weight	23	258	9	1,283	- 1,025
Liver Cancer	24	254	30	169	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	25	249	52	42	+ 207
Suicide	26	242	19	349	- 107
Malnutrition	27	231	24	272	- 41
Other Injuries	28	196	20	333	- 137
Falls	29	187	33	149	+ 38
Endocrine Disorders	30	168	27	208	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	31	163	26	220	- 56
Tuberculosis	32	156	2	2,781	- 2,625
Ovary Cancer	33	138	48	49	+ 89
Skin Disease	34	135	50	46	+ 90
Skin Cancers	35	126	53	36	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	36	103	57	19	+ 83
Oral Cancer	37	99	54	33	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	92	8	1,304	- 1,212
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	86	35	105	- 19
Drownings	40	85	36	104	- 19
Birth Trauma	41	80	11	997	- 918
Bladder Cancer	42	75	61	15	+ 60
Epilepsy	43	73	40	76	- 2
Drug Use	44	60	44	65	- 5
Uterin Cancer	45	52	60	15	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	46	48	16	578	- 529
Parkinson's Disease	47	47	42	69	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	41	84	0	+ 41
War	49	32	72	1	+ 31
Meningitis	50	30	22	299	- 269
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	30	59	15	+ 15
Appendicitis	52	26	58	18	+ 8
Chagas disease	53	25	79	0	+ 25
Asthma	54	24	23	291	- 267
Dengue	55	16	73	0	+ 16
Fires	56	16	37	90	- 75
Anemia	57	12	82	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	8	85	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	59	8	67	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	66	4	+ 4
Poisonings	61	7	41	71	- 63
Hepatitis B	62	6	62	14	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	43	67	- 62
Encephalitis	64	5	56	20	- 15
Syphilis	65	4	34	107	- 103
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	7	- 3
Malaria	67	3	6	1,977	- 1,974
Alcohol	68	3	49	46	- 43
Pertussis	69	2	21	329	- 327
Schizophrenia	70	2	81	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	55	23	- 21
Leprosy	72	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	71	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	69	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	45	- 45
Measles	78	0	31	159	- 159
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	2	- 2
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	65	7	- 7
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Colombia

Congo

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.