GUINEA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,147	6	5,665	+ 6,481
Violence	2	5,435	26	1,128	+ 4,306
Stroke	3	4,674	5	5,777	- 1,103
Lung Disease	4	4,492	20	1,373	+ 3,120
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,039	1	12,790	- 9,752
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,190	9	3,788	- 1,598
Kidney Disease	7	1,927	16	1,939	- 12
Hypertension	8	1,805	21	1,348	+ 457
Stomach Cancer	9	1,724	41	245	+ 1,479
Lung Cancers	10	1,481	50	128	+ 1,353
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,418	15	2,138	- 720
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,233	53	100	+ 1,133
Breast Cancer	13	1,035	38	345	+ 690
Prostate Cancer	14	1,011	32	525	+ 486
Other Neoplasms	15	904	68	16	+ 888
Congenital Anomalies	16	836	14	2,181	- 1,345
HIV/AIDS	17	757	10	3,020	- 2,263
Lymphomas	18	734	48	158	+ 576
Liver Disease	19	684	12	2,550	- 1,866
Cervical Cancer	20	639	19	1,491	- 852
Leukemia	21	623	67	17	+ 606
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	608	30	579	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	23	591	8	4,319	- 3,728
Liver Cancer	24	582	23	1,167	- 585
Pancreas Cancer	25	570	65	19	+ 551
Suicide	26	554	29	892	- 338
Malnutrition	27	530	28	1,032	- 502
Other Injuries	28	449	18	1,504	- 1,055
Falls	29	428	33	480	- 51
Endocrine Disorders	30	386	25	1,140	- 754
Inflammatory/Heart	31	375	35	439	- 64
Tuberculosis	32	359	13	2,369	- 2,010
Ovary Cancer	33	317	54	93	+ 224
Skin Disease	34	311	51	127	+ 184
Skin Cancers	35	290	49	152	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	36	236	63	20	+ 216
Oral Cancer	37	228	52	122	+ 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	211	3	6,788	- 6,577
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	197	34	448	- 251
Drownings	40	194	31	528	- 334
Birth Trauma	41	183	7	4,797	- 4,614
Bladder Cancer	42	172	60	32	+ 140
Epilepsy	43	168	37	350	- 181
Drug Use	44	139	46	169	- 30
Uterin Cancer	45	119	59	38	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	46	111	17	1,793	- 1,682
Parkinson's Disease	47	108	44	212	- 104
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	94	84	0	+ 94
War	49	73	64	20	+ 54
Meningitis	50	69	11	2,633	- 2,564
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	68	70	13	+ 56
Appendicitis	52	60	57	41	+ 19
Chagas disease	53	57	77	0	+ 57
Asthma	54	54	22	1,179	- 1,125
Dengue	55	38	73	0	+ 37
Fires	56	36	36	410	- 374
Anemia	57	28	83	0	+ 28
Osteoarthritis	58	19	85	0	+ 19
Hepatitis C	59	18	61	22	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	60	18	66	18	- 0
Poisonings	61	17	40	295	- 278
Hepatitis B	62	14	47	162	- 148
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	11	42	238	- 227
Encephalitis	64	11	56	81	- 70
Syphilis	65	9	39	328	- 319
Upper Respiratory	66	8	69	15	- 8
Malaria	67	7	2	8,180	- 8,173
Alcohol	68	6	55	83	- 77
Pertussis	69	5	24	1,165	- 1,160
Schizophrenia	70	5	81	0	+ 5
Tetanus	71	4	45	170	- 166
Leprosy	72	2	79	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	72	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	78	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	2	86	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	62	22	- 21
Schistosomiasis	77	0	43	232	- 232
Measles	78	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	58	40	- 39
Chlamydia	81	0	71	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Colombia

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.