IRELAND VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,545	1	4,762	- 217
Violence	2	2,034	47	38	+ 1,995
Stroke	3	1,749	5	1,770	- 21
Lung Disease	4	1,681	4	1,915	- 234
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,137	6	1,298	- 161
Road Traffic Accidents	6	819	33	153	+ 666
Kidney Disease	7	721	10	566	+ 155
Hypertension	8	675	29	175	+ 501
Stomach Cancer	9	645	17	357	+ 288
Lung Cancers	10	554	3	1,916	- 1,362
Diabetes Mellitus	11	531	16	414	+ 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	461	7	1,095	- 634
Breast Cancer	13	387	8	760	- 372
Prostate Cancer	14	378	9	585	- 207
Other Neoplasms	15	338	27	218	+ 120
Congenital Anomalies	16	313	32	153	+ 160
HIV/AIDS	17	283	57	9	+ 275
Lymphomas	18	275	13	513	- 238
Liver Disease	19	256	19	279	- 23
Cervical Cancer	20	239	35	103	+ 136
Leukemia	21	233	20	274	- 41
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	228	2	3,209	- 2,982
Low Birth Weight	23	221	44	56	+ 165
Liver Cancer	24	218	18	318	- 100
Pancreas Cancer	25	213	11	530	- 317
Suicide	26	207	14	470	- 263
Malnutrition	27	198	63	2	+ 196
Other Injuries	28	168	30	171	- 3
Falls	29	160	25	247	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	30	144	24	249	- 105
Inflammatory/Heart	31	140	26	240	- 100
Tuberculosis	32	134	50	23	+ 111
Ovary Cancer	33	118	21	273	- 154
Skin Disease	34	116	42	58	+ 59
Skin Cancers	35	109	23	252	- 143
Oesophagus Cancer	36	88	15	419	- 330
Oral Cancer	37	85	28	183	- 98
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	79	45	53	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	74	38	67	+ 7
Drownings	40	73	43	57	+ 16
Birth Trauma	41	68	56	10	+ 58
Bladder Cancer	42	64	22	256	- 192
Epilepsy	43	63	36	85	- 22
Drug Use	44	52	31	167	- 115
Uterin Cancer	45	45	34	126	- 82
Maternal Conditions	46	42	61	3	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	47	40	12	530	- 489
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	35	54	14	+ 21
War	49	27	65	0	+ 27
Meningitis	50	26	58	7	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	26	40	59	- 33
Appendicitis	52	22	60	3	+ 19
Chagas disease	53	21	73	0	+ 21
Asthma	54	20	41	58	- 38
Dengue	55	14	78	0	+ 14
Fires	56	13	48	30	- 17
Anemia	57	11	49	29	- 18
Osteoarthritis	58	7	51	20	- 13
Hepatitis C	59	7	52	19	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	37	83	- 76
Poisonings	61	6	53	14	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	5	59	6	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	46	50	- 46
Encephalitis	64	4	66	0	+ 4
Syphilis	65	3	68	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	1	+ 2
Malaria	67	3	75	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	2	39	64	- 62
Pertussis	69	2	67	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	70	2	55	12	- 10
Tetanus	71	1	81	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	62	2	- 2
Ascariasis	76	0	77	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Colombia

Ireland

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.