HONDURAS VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		HONDURAS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,276	1	8,063	+ 213
Violence	2	3,703	2	6,520	- 2,818
Stroke	3	3,185	3	5,667	- 2,483
Lung Disease	4	3,061	5	2,997	+ 64
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,070	9	1,335	+ 735
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,492	7	1,572	- 80
Kidney Disease	7	1,313	4	3,056	- 1,743
Hypertension	8	1,230	13	838	+ 392
Stomach Cancer	9	1,175	18	643	+ 532
Lung Cancers	10	1,009	27	369	+ 640
Diabetes Mellitus	11	966	10	1,075	- 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	840	29	354	+ 486
Breast Cancer	13	705	20	478	+ 227
Prostate Cancer	14	689	25	378	+ 311
Other Neoplasms	15	616	56	41	+ 575
Congenital Anomalies	16	569	15	793	- 224
HIV/AIDS	17	516	14	794	- 278
Lymphomas	18	500	24	390	+ 110
Liver Disease	19	466	6	2,721	- 2,255
Cervical Cancer	20	435	19	493	- 57
Leukemia	21	424	21	475	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	415	8	1,413	- 998
Low Birth Weight	23	403	16	755	- 352
Liver Cancer	24	397	26	376	+ 21
Pancreas Cancer	25	389	32	325	+ 63
Suicide	26	378	37	201	+ 177
Malnutrition	27	361	39	181	+ 179
Other Injuries	28	306	12	845	- 539
Falls	29	292	35	289	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	30	263	31	334	- 72
Inflammatory/Heart	31	255	28	366	- 111
Tuberculosis	32	244	22	453	- 208
Ovary Cancer	33	216	45	98	+ 118
Skin Disease	34	212	40	167	+ 44
Skin Cancers	35	198	52	68	+ 130
Oesophagus Cancer	36	161	50	81	+ 79
Oral Cancer	37	155	44	99	+ 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	144	11	923	- 779
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	134	17	657	- 522
Drownings	40	132	38	183	- 51
Birth Trauma	41	125	33	310	- 186
Bladder Cancer	42	117	49	82	+ 35
Epilepsy	43	115	36	201	- 87
Drug Use	44	94	42	129	- 34
Uterin Cancer	45	81	60	23	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	46	76	48	90	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	47	74	23	429	- 355
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	64	82	0	+ 64
War	49	50	65	4	+ 46
Meningitis	50	47	46	92	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	47	47	91	- 45
Appendicitis	52	41	41	139	- 98
Chagas disease	53	39	58	27	+ 12
Asthma	54	37	30	346	- 309
Dengue	55	26	43	120	- 95
Fires	56	24	57	40	- 16
Anemia	57	19	85	0	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	58	13	81	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	59	12	66	3	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	12	62	11	+ 1
Poisonings	61	12	55	45	- 33
Hepatitis B	62	10	64	5	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	7	54	47	- 39
Encephalitis	64	7	51	79	- 71
Syphilis	65	6	61	18	- 12
Upper Respiratory	66	5	63	9	- 4
Malaria	67	5	71	0	+ 5
Alcohol	68	4	34	308	- 304
Pertussis	69	3	53	58	- 54
Schizophrenia	70	3	86	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	59	26	- 23
Leprosy	72	2	73	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	69	1	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	80	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	67	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HONDURAS

Colombia

Honduras

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.