CROATIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,604	1	12,307	- 8,703
Violence	2	1,613	48	45	+ 1,568
Stroke	3	1,387	2	6,275	- 4,888
Lung Disease	4	1,333	5	2,111	- 778
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	902	10	1,021	- 120
Road Traffic Accidents	6	650	27	328	+ 322
Kidney Disease	7	572	7	1,392	- 820
Hypertension	8	536	8	1,102	- 566
Stomach Cancer	9	512	15	786	- 275
Lung Cancers	10	439	3	2,842	- 2,403
Diabetes Mellitus	11	421	6	1,963	- 1,542
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	366	4	2,189	- 1,823
Breast Cancer	13	307	11	1,019	- 711
Prostate Cancer	14	300	14	852	- 552
Other Neoplasms	15	268	29	283	- 15
Congenital Anomalies	16	248	37	94	+ 154
HIV/AIDS	17	225	59	8	+ 217
Lymphomas	18	218	18	556	- 339
Liver Disease	19	203	13	924	- 721
Cervical Cancer	20	190	34	156	+ 34
Leukemia	21	185	22	435	- 251
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	181	9	1,066	- 886
Low Birth Weight	23	175	56	10	+ 165
Liver Cancer	24	173	19	501	- 328
Pancreas Cancer	25	169	16	754	- 585
Suicide	26	164	17	676	- 512
Malnutrition	27	157	70	0	+ 157
Other Injuries	28	133	23	428	- 294
Falls	29	127	12	974	- 847
Endocrine Disorders	30	114	42	72	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	31	111	21	457	- 345
Tuberculosis	32	106	44	61	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	33	94	28	308	- 214
Skin Disease	34	92	58	8	+ 84
Skin Cancers	35	86	26	332	- 246
Oesophagus Cancer	36	70	33	189	- 119
Oral Cancer	37	68	25	338	- 270
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	63	39	82	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	58	31	207	- 148
Drownings	40	58	38	86	- 28
Birth Trauma	41	54	55	11	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	42	51	20	499	- 448
Epilepsy	43	50	36	94	- 44
Drug Use	44	41	43	70	- 29
Uterin Cancer	45	35	32	199	- 164
Maternal Conditions	46	33	61	2	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	47	32	24	423	- 391
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	28	49	43	- 15
War	49	22	67	0	+ 21
Meningitis	50	20	52	16	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	20	46	47	- 27
Appendicitis	52	18	57	9	+ 9
Chagas disease	53	17	76	0	+ 17
Asthma	54	16	41	74	- 58
Dengue	55	11	80	0	+ 11
Fires	56	11	50	34	- 24
Anemia	57	8	53	16	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	6	84	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	59	5	47	45	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	60	5	45	55	- 50
Poisonings	61	5	54	16	- 11
Hepatitis B	62	4	51	17	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	3	35	137	- 134
Encephalitis	64	3	65	1	+ 2
Syphilis	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	2	+ 1
Malaria	67	2	77	0	+ 2
Alcohol	68	2	30	219	- 217
Pertussis	69	2	69	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	40	79	- 78
Tetanus	71	1	68	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	60	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	74	1	66	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	1	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	62	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

Colombia

Croatia

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.