ESTONIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,037	1	3,009	- 1,972
Violence	2	464	42	28	+ 435
Stroke	3	399	3	1,116	- 717
Lung Disease	4	383	13	229	+ 155
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	259	6	349	- 89
Road Traffic Accidents	6	187	35	59	+ 128
Kidney Disease	7	165	17	176	- 12
Hypertension	8	154	2	2,700	- 2,546
Stomach Cancer	9	147	9	290	- 143
Lung Cancers	10	126	4	657	- 531
Diabetes Mellitus	11	121	19	146	- 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	105	5	527	- 422
Breast Cancer	13	88	11	260	- 172
Prostate Cancer	14	86	8	298	- 212
Other Neoplasms	15	77	23	123	- 46
Congenital Anomalies	16	71	43	25	+ 46
HIV/AIDS	17	65	39	40	+ 24
Lymphomas	18	63	15	213	- 150
Liver Disease	19	58	7	328	- 270
Cervical Cancer	20	55	32	68	- 13
Leukemia	21	53	22	126	- 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	52	12	229	- 177
Low Birth Weight	23	50	55	7	+ 44
Liver Cancer	24	50	26	107	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	25	49	10	268	- 220
Suicide	26	47	16	197	- 150
Malnutrition	27	45	79	0	+ 45
Other Injuries	28	38	20	141	- 103
Falls	29	37	24	119	- 82
Endocrine Disorders	30	33	33	66	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	31	32	14	217	- 185
Tuberculosis	32	31	47	16	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	33	27	28	87	- 60
Skin Disease	34	27	41	29	- 2
Skin Cancers	35	25	30	79	- 54
Oesophagus Cancer	36	20	27	99	- 78
Oral Cancer	37	19	25	110	- 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	18	53	8	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	17	36	55	- 38
Drownings	40	17	40	30	- 13
Birth Trauma	41	16	57	5	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	42	15	21	126	- 111
Epilepsy	43	14	37	45	- 30
Drug Use	44	12	31	75	- 63
Uterin Cancer	45	10	34	60	- 50
Maternal Conditions	46	9	61	1	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	47	9	29	82	- 73
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	8	49	12	- 4
War	49	6	64	0	+ 6
Meningitis	50	6	54	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	46	17	- 11
Appendicitis	52	5	59	2	+ 3
Chagas disease	53	5	71	0	+ 5
Asthma	54	5	44	24	- 19
Dengue	55	3	75	0	+ 3
Fires	56	3	38	41	- 38
Anemia	57	2	51	9	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	2	50	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	59	2	58	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	48	16	- 15
Poisonings	61	1	52	8	- 7
Hepatitis B	62	1	65	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	45	22	- 21
Encephalitis	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Syphilis	65	1	62	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	18	148	- 148
Pertussis	69	0	83	0	+ 0
Schizophrenia	70	0	56	6	- 6
Tetanus	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	67	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	60	2	- 2
Ascariasis	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Colombia

Estonia

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.