ERITREA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,510	4	2,154	+ 3,356
Violence	2	2,465	20	384	+ 2,081
Stroke	3	2,120	2	2,564	- 444
Lung Disease	4	2,038	9	662	+ 1,376
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,378	1	3,277	- 1,898
Road Traffic Accidents	6	993	5	1,326	- 333
Kidney Disease	7	874	12	578	+ 297
Hypertension	8	819	8	926	- 107
Stomach Cancer	9	782	48	48	+ 734
Lung Cancers	10	672	46	62	+ 610
Diabetes Mellitus	11	643	7	944	- 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	559	35	113	+ 446
Breast Cancer	13	469	23	311	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	14	459	47	54	+ 404
Other Neoplasms	15	410	66	6	+ 404
Congenital Anomalies	16	379	18	432	- 53
HIV/AIDS	17	343	25	308	+ 36
Lymphomas	18	333	28	147	+ 186
Liver Disease	19	310	6	1,215	- 904
Cervical Cancer	20	290	30	132	+ 157
Leukemia	21	283	29	144	+ 138
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	276	24	310	- 34
Low Birth Weight	23	268	16	531	- 263
Liver Cancer	24	264	45	69	+ 195
Pancreas Cancer	25	259	58	20	+ 239
Suicide	26	251	21	382	- 130
Malnutrition	27	240	10	660	- 419
Other Injuries	28	204	15	540	- 336
Falls	29	194	26	168	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	30	175	43	71	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	31	170	32	123	+ 47
Tuberculosis	32	163	14	543	- 381
Ovary Cancer	33	144	40	79	+ 64
Skin Disease	34	141	50	45	+ 96
Skin Cancers	35	132	56	30	+ 102
Oesophagus Cancer	36	107	39	81	+ 26
Oral Cancer	37	103	44	71	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	96	3	2,292	- 2,196
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	89	27	147	- 58
Drownings	40	88	33	118	- 30
Birth Trauma	41	83	11	616	- 533
Bladder Cancer	42	78	51	42	+ 36
Epilepsy	43	76	38	81	- 5
Drug Use	44	63	53	36	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	45	54	61	18	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	46	50	13	544	- 493
Parkinson's Disease	47	49	37	85	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	43	84	0	+ 43
War	49	33	71	0	+ 33
Meningitis	50	31	19	404	- 373
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	31	64	12	+ 19
Appendicitis	52	27	55	31	- 4
Chagas disease	53	26	77	0	+ 26
Asthma	54	24	22	326	- 302
Dengue	55	17	73	0	+ 17
Fires	56	16	31	132	- 116
Anemia	57	13	81	0	+ 13
Osteoarthritis	58	9	85	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	59	8	65	6	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	67	4	+ 4
Poisonings	61	8	34	114	- 106
Hepatitis B	62	6	57	28	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	41	77	- 72
Encephalitis	64	5	62	16	- 11
Syphilis	65	4	54	35	- 31
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	18	- 14
Malaria	67	3	17	437	- 434
Alcohol	68	3	49	45	- 43
Pertussis	69	2	36	90	- 87
Schizophrenia	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	52	37	- 36
Leprosy	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	69	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	59	19	- 18
Oral conditions	75	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	68	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	73	- 73
Measles	78	0	63	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Colombia

Eritrea

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.