GEORGIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,256	1	16,014	- 11,758
Violence	2	1,904	40	90	+ 1,814
Stroke	3	1,638	2	11,969	- 10,331
Lung Disease	4	1,574	7	1,158	+ 416
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,065	9	886	+ 179
Road Traffic Accidents	6	767	13	496	+ 271
Kidney Disease	7	675	10	826	- 150
Hypertension	8	632	3	4,387	- 3,755
Stomach Cancer	9	604	12	533	+ 71
Lung Cancers	10	519	8	1,152	- 633
Diabetes Mellitus	11	497	6	1,621	- 1,124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	432	14	444	- 12
Breast Cancer	13	363	11	613	- 250
Prostate Cancer	14	354	22	290	+ 64
Other Neoplasms	15	317	52	15	+ 302
Congenital Anomalies	16	293	28	174	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	17	265	42	89	+ 176
Lymphomas	18	257	25	208	+ 49
Liver Disease	19	240	4	1,871	- 1,631
Cervical Cancer	20	224	27	187	+ 37
Leukemia	21	218	30	171	+ 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	213	5	1,826	- 1,613
Low Birth Weight	23	207	37	114	+ 93
Liver Cancer	24	204	17	385	- 181
Pancreas Cancer	25	200	23	227	- 27
Suicide	26	194	18	367	- 173
Malnutrition	27	186	59	5	+ 181
Other Injuries	28	157	20	346	- 189
Falls	29	150	16	420	- 270
Endocrine Disorders	30	135	38	109	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	31	131	21	346	- 215
Tuberculosis	32	126	32	153	- 27
Ovary Cancer	33	111	29	174	- 63
Skin Disease	34	109	51	17	+ 92
Skin Cancers	35	102	33	149	- 47
Oesophagus Cancer	36	83	43	75	+ 7
Oral Cancer	37	80	31	167	- 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	74	50	19	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	69	24	226	- 157
Drownings	40	68	39	95	- 27
Birth Trauma	41	64	46	39	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	42	60	26	205	- 145
Epilepsy	43	59	44	51	+ 8
Drug Use	44	49	41	90	- 41
Uterin Cancer	45	42	36	115	- 73
Maternal Conditions	46	39	53	13	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	47	38	19	354	- 316
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	33	81	0	+ 33
War	49	26	61	0	+ 25
Meningitis	50	24	47	25	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	24	57	8	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	21	55	10	+ 11
Chagas disease	53	20	72	0	+ 20
Asthma	54	19	35	136	- 117
Dengue	55	13	76	0	+ 13
Fires	56	13	34	140	- 127
Anemia	57	10	85	0	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	58	7	80	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	59	6	64	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	54	12	- 6
Poisonings	61	6	49	23	- 17
Hepatitis B	62	5	58	7	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	15	426	- 423
Encephalitis	64	4	48	24	- 20
Syphilis	65	3	63	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	1	+ 2
Malaria	67	3	71	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	2	45	49	- 47
Pertussis	69	2	67	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	1	62	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	66	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	56	8	- 7
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Colombia

Georgia

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.