DENMARK VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,187	1	5,341	- 154
Violence	2	2,321	47	63	+ 2,258
Stroke	3	1,996	5	3,662	- 1,666
Lung Disease	4	1,919	3	4,387	- 2,468
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,298	6	2,244	- 946
Road Traffic Accidents	6	935	33	213	+ 722
Kidney Disease	7	823	12	911	- 88
Hypertension	8	771	15	642	+ 128
Stomach Cancer	9	736	23	484	+ 252
Lung Cancers	10	632	4	3,721	- 3,089
Diabetes Mellitus	11	606	10	1,284	- 678
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	527	7	2,147	- 1,620
Breast Cancer	13	442	9	1,299	- 857
Prostate Cancer	14	432	8	1,480	- 1,048
Other Neoplasms	15	386	27	378	+ 8
Congenital Anomalies	16	357	36	153	+ 204
HIV/AIDS	17	323	55	23	+ 301
Lymphomas	18	314	13	730	- 416
Liver Disease	19	292	14	692	- 400
Cervical Cancer	20	273	37	153	+ 120
Leukemia	21	266	20	558	- 292
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	260	2	5,218	- 4,958
Low Birth Weight	23	252	41	116	+ 136
Liver Cancer	24	249	25	464	- 216
Pancreas Cancer	25	244	11	1,096	- 852
Suicide	26	237	16	617	- 381
Malnutrition	27	226	59	14	+ 212
Other Injuries	28	192	30	347	- 155
Falls	29	183	22	541	- 358
Endocrine Disorders	30	165	19	575	- 410
Inflammatory/Heart	31	160	31	284	- 124
Tuberculosis	32	153	57	16	+ 138
Ovary Cancer	33	135	29	367	- 232
Skin Disease	34	133	45	79	+ 54
Skin Cancers	35	124	26	388	- 265
Oesophagus Cancer	36	101	24	477	- 376
Oral Cancer	37	97	28	371	- 273
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	90	38	145	- 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	84	32	216	- 132
Drownings	40	83	50	37	+ 46
Birth Trauma	41	78	56	21	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	42	73	21	545	- 472
Epilepsy	43	72	40	125	- 53
Drug Use	44	59	34	197	- 138
Uterin Cancer	45	51	35	156	- 105
Maternal Conditions	46	47	64	2	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	47	46	17	600	- 554
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	40	53	25	+ 16
War	49	31	66	1	+ 31
Meningitis	50	29	52	25	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	29	43	84	- 55
Appendicitis	52	26	54	23	+ 3
Chagas disease	53	24	77	0	+ 24
Asthma	54	23	44	82	- 59
Dengue	55	16	83	0	+ 16
Fires	56	15	49	53	- 38
Anemia	57	12	46	73	- 61
Osteoarthritis	58	8	51	25	- 17
Hepatitis C	59	8	60	9	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	39	132	- 124
Poisonings	61	7	62	6	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	6	61	6	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	42	96	- 92
Encephalitis	64	5	67	1	+ 4
Syphilis	65	4	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	58	15	- 12
Malaria	67	3	79	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	3	18	598	- 596
Pertussis	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	70	2	48	57	- 55
Tetanus	71	2	68	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	65	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	63	4	- 3
Ascariasis	76	1	81	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	82	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Colombia

Denmark

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.