HAITI VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,208	1	13,208	- 3,000
Violence	2	4,567	12	2,330	+ 2,238
Stroke	3	3,928	2	11,779	- 7,851
Lung Disease	4	3,775	11	2,334	+ 1,441
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,554	3	7,064	- 4,510
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,840	13	2,115	- 274
Kidney Disease	7	1,620	6	2,701	- 1,081
Hypertension	8	1,517	7	2,632	- 1,115
Stomach Cancer	9	1,449	26	863	+ 586
Lung Cancers	10	1,244	36	492	+ 753
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,192	4	5,026	- 3,834
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,036	32	680	+ 356
Breast Cancer	13	870	30	705	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	14	850	17	1,356	- 507
Other Neoplasms	15	760	60	31	+ 729
Congenital Anomalies	16	702	15	1,819	- 1,117
HIV/AIDS	17	636	5	2,706	- 2,070
Lymphomas	18	617	47	235	+ 382
Liver Disease	19	575	10	2,425	- 1,850
Cervical Cancer	20	537	34	573	- 35
Leukemia	21	523	43	300	+ 223
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	511	23	955	- 444
Low Birth Weight	23	497	9	2,516	- 2,019
Liver Cancer	24	489	33	662	- 173
Pancreas Cancer	25	479	44	268	+ 211
Suicide	26	466	21	1,085	- 620
Malnutrition	27	445	29	717	- 272
Other Injuries	28	377	16	1,499	- 1,121
Falls	29	360	35	549	- 189
Endocrine Disorders	30	324	24	951	- 627
Inflammatory/Heart	31	315	25	941	- 626
Tuberculosis	32	301	22	1,007	- 706
Ovary Cancer	33	266	51	153	+ 113
Skin Disease	34	261	40	425	- 163
Skin Cancers	35	244	56	56	+ 187
Oesophagus Cancer	36	198	49	155	+ 43
Oral Cancer	37	191	45	261	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	177	8	2,540	- 2,362
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	166	31	704	- 539
Drownings	40	163	19	1,306	- 1,143
Birth Trauma	41	154	14	2,100	- 1,947
Bladder Cancer	42	144	55	92	+ 52
Epilepsy	43	142	41	409	- 267
Drug Use	44	117	52	140	- 23
Uterin Cancer	45	100	57	42	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	46	93	18	1,349	- 1,255
Parkinson's Disease	47	91	42	329	- 239
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	79	81	0	+ 79
War	49	62	66	5	+ 56
Meningitis	50	58	28	780	- 722
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	57	58	37	+ 20
Appendicitis	52	50	48	172	- 121
Chagas disease	53	48	77	0	+ 48
Asthma	54	45	20	1,107	- 1,062
Dengue	55	32	64	17	+ 15
Fires	56	30	37	470	- 440
Anemia	57	24	86	0	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	58	16	80	0	+ 16
Hepatitis C	59	15	65	7	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	61	28	- 14
Poisonings	61	14	50	154	- 140
Hepatitis B	62	12	62	26	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	9	27	814	- 805
Encephalitis	64	9	54	118	- 109
Syphilis	65	7	46	251	- 244
Upper Respiratory	66	6	63	19	- 12
Malaria	67	6	59	36	- 30
Alcohol	68	5	39	428	- 422
Pertussis	69	4	38	446	- 442
Schizophrenia	70	4	83	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	3	53	119	- 115
Leprosy	72	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	70	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	2	79	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	2	82	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	67	5	- 4
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	68	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Colombia

Haiti

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.