EQU. GUINEA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,560	7	419	+ 1,141
Violence	2	698	33	45	+ 653
Stroke	3	600	6	437	+ 163
Lung Disease	4	577	20	120	+ 456
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	390	2	913	- 522
Road Traffic Accidents	6	281	8	368	- 87
Kidney Disease	7	247	14	198	+ 49
Hypertension	8	232	16	165	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	9	221	49	16	+ 206
Lung Cancers	10	190	41	27	+ 163
Diabetes Mellitus	11	182	11	299	- 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	158	40	29	+ 130
Breast Cancer	13	133	24	84	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	14	130	35	43	+ 87
Other Neoplasms	15	116	63	3	+ 113
Congenital Anomalies	16	107	12	249	- 142
HIV/AIDS	17	97	1	1,838	- 1,741
Lymphomas	18	94	45	19	+ 75
Liver Disease	19	88	13	199	- 111
Cervical Cancer	20	82	28	56	+ 26
Leukemia	21	80	61	4	+ 76
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	78	29	55	+ 23
Low Birth Weight	23	76	4	457	- 381
Liver Cancer	24	75	34	43	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	25	73	55	11	+ 62
Suicide	26	71	22	107	- 36
Malnutrition	27	68	31	48	+ 20
Other Injuries	28	58	23	105	- 47
Falls	29	55	32	46	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	30	50	25	73	- 24
Inflammatory/Heart	31	48	27	63	- 15
Tuberculosis	32	46	10	321	- 275
Ovary Cancer	33	41	52	13	+ 28
Skin Disease	34	40	51	13	+ 27
Skin Cancers	35	37	48	16	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	36	30	54	12	+ 18
Oral Cancer	37	29	37	35	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	27	9	349	- 322
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	25	43	22	+ 3
Drownings	40	25	36	39	- 15
Birth Trauma	41	23	5	441	- 417
Bladder Cancer	42	22	56	9	+ 14
Epilepsy	43	22	38	32	- 11
Drug Use	44	18	30	50	- 32
Uterin Cancer	45	15	58	8	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	46	14	17	139	- 124
Parkinson's Disease	47	14	46	18	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	12	82	0	+ 12
War	49	9	71	0	+ 9
Meningitis	50	9	19	127	- 118
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	62	4	+ 5
Appendicitis	52	8	59	6	+ 2
Chagas disease	53	7	77	0	+ 7
Asthma	54	7	26	65	- 58
Dengue	55	5	73	0	+ 5
Fires	56	5	39	30	- 26
Anemia	57	4	85	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	58	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	2	69	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	67	1	+ 1
Poisonings	61	2	44	21	- 19
Hepatitis B	62	2	65	3	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	50	14	- 13
Encephalitis	64	1	57	8	- 6
Syphilis	65	1	18	134	- 133
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	2	- 1
Malaria	67	1	3	668	- 667
Alcohol	68	1	53	12	- 11
Pertussis	69	1	21	109	- 108
Schizophrenia	70	1	86	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	42	23	- 23
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	78	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	4	- 4
Measles	78	0	15	181	- 181
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	47	16	- 16
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Colombia

Equ. Guinea

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.