JORDAN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,704	1	4,856	+ 4,848
Violence	2	4,342	21	269	+ 4,073
Stroke	3	3,734	2	2,908	+ 826
Lung Disease	4	3,589	15	444	+ 3,145
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,428	8	937	+ 1,490
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,750	3	1,717	+ 33
Kidney Disease	7	1,540	6	1,494	+ 46
Hypertension	8	1,442	5	1,532	- 90
Stomach Cancer	9	1,377	17	365	+ 1,012
Lung Cancers	10	1,183	7	1,059	+ 124
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,133	4	1,684	- 551
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	985	13	616	+ 369
Breast Cancer	13	827	12	686	+ 141
Prostate Cancer	14	808	33	131	+ 677
Other Neoplasms	15	722	57	9	+ 713
Congenital Anomalies	16	668	9	934	- 267
HIV/AIDS	17	605	63	2	+ 603
Lymphomas	18	587	18	323	+ 263
Liver Disease	19	547	14	494	+ 53
Cervical Cancer	20	511	41	64	+ 447
Leukemia	21	498	16	370	+ 128
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	486	11	706	- 220
Low Birth Weight	23	472	10	857	- 385
Liver Cancer	24	465	25	186	+ 279
Pancreas Cancer	25	456	22	245	+ 210
Suicide	26	443	28	165	+ 278
Malnutrition	27	423	51	15	+ 408
Other Injuries	28	359	19	294	+ 65
Falls	29	342	24	191	+ 151
Endocrine Disorders	30	308	26	180	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	31	300	38	74	+ 225
Tuberculosis	32	287	53	12	+ 274
Ovary Cancer	33	253	32	139	+ 114
Skin Disease	34	248	48	42	+ 206
Skin Cancers	35	232	49	38	+ 194
Oesophagus Cancer	36	188	42	63	+ 125
Oral Cancer	37	182	31	143	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	168	30	152	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	157	40	67	+ 91
Drownings	40	155	36	107	+ 48
Birth Trauma	41	146	20	271	- 125
Bladder Cancer	42	137	23	213	- 75
Epilepsy	43	135	46	49	+ 86
Drug Use	44	111	34	115	- 4
Uterin Cancer	45	95	39	74	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	46	89	44	53	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	47	86	27	169	- 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	75	85	0	+ 75
War	49	59	59	6	+ 52
Meningitis	50	55	37	78	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	55	61	4	+ 51
Appendicitis	52	48	58	8	+ 40
Chagas disease	53	46	78	0	+ 46
Asthma	54	43	35	114	- 71
Dengue	55	30	72	0	+ 30
Fires	56	29	29	153	- 124
Anemia	57	23	82	0	+ 23
Osteoarthritis	58	15	84	0	+ 15
Hepatitis C	59	15	64	1	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	60	14	54	12	+ 2
Poisonings	61	14	47	47	- 33
Hepatitis B	62	11	60	4	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	9	50	22	- 14
Encephalitis	64	9	52	14	- 5
Syphilis	65	7	45	52	- 45
Upper Respiratory	66	6	69	0	+ 6
Malaria	67	6	77	0	+ 6
Alcohol	68	5	55	11	- 5
Pertussis	69	4	43	55	- 51
Schizophrenia	70	4	81	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	3	56	11	- 7
Leprosy	72	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	66	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	2	86	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	68	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	62	3	- 2
Measles	78	0	65	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Colombia

Jordan

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.