KENYA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	50,585	9	11,972	+ 38,613
Violence	2	22,632	24	2,942	+ 19,690
Stroke	3	19,466	4	15,895	+ 3,571
Lung Disease	4	18,709	20	4,280	+ 14,429
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,655	1	22,571	- 9,917
Road Traffic Accidents	6	9,120	6	14,883	- 5,762
Kidney Disease	7	8,027	16	4,464	+ 3,563
Hypertension	8	7,517	17	4,418	+ 3,099
Stomach Cancer	9	7,179	28	2,010	+ 5,169
Lung Cancers	10	6,167	47	669	+ 5,498
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,906	14	5,651	+ 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,134	32	1,477	+ 3,657
Breast Cancer	13	4,310	25	2,658	+ 1,652
Prostate Cancer	14	4,210	37	1,292	+ 2,918
Other Neoplasms	15	3,764	67	60	+ 3,704
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,480	12	6,115	- 2,636
HIV/AIDS	17	3,152	2	20,885	- 17,733
Lymphomas	18	3,057	29	1,931	+ 1,126
Liver Disease	19	2,850	7	13,405	- 10,555
Cervical Cancer	20	2,662	22	3,389	- 727
Leukemia	21	2,594	35	1,327	+ 1,266
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	2,534	31	1,827	+ 707
Low Birth Weight	23	2,461	11	9,562	- 7,101
Liver Cancer	24	2,425	34	1,351	+ 1,075
Pancreas Cancer	25	2,375	46	716	+ 1,659
Suicide	26	2,308	23	3,214	- 906
Malnutrition	27	2,206	21	4,212	- 2,006
Other Injuries	28	1,870	19	4,336	- 2,465
Falls	29	1,783	33	1,465	+ 318
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,606	44	831	+ 775
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,561	40	1,121	+ 440
Tuberculosis	32	1,494	3	19,655	- 18,161
Ovary Cancer	33	1,318	45	795	+ 524
Skin Disease	34	1,294	51	455	+ 839
Skin Cancers	35	1,208	48	638	+ 570
Oesophagus Cancer	36	981	18	4,373	- 3,391
Oral Cancer	37	948	30	1,842	- 894
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	878	5	15,420	- 14,542
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	820	41	1,089	- 268
Drownings	40	809	39	1,200	- 391
Birth Trauma	41	762	10	9,957	- 9,195
Bladder Cancer	42	715	57	318	+ 398
Epilepsy	43	702	43	832	- 131
Drug Use	44	577	62	113	+ 464
Uterin Cancer	45	497	56	323	+ 174
Maternal Conditions	46	463	13	5,651	- 5,189
Parkinson's Disease	47	450	50	470	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	391	85	0	+ 391
War	49	305	65	89	+ 216
Meningitis	50	287	15	5,364	- 5,077
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	284	66	84	+ 200
Appendicitis	52	250	58	240	+ 9
Chagas disease	53	239	79	0	+ 239
Asthma	54	225	26	2,300	- 2,075
Dengue	55	157	73	0	+ 156
Fires	56	149	36	1,316	- 1,168
Anemia	57	118	82	0	+ 118
Osteoarthritis	58	79	84	0	+ 79
Hepatitis C	59	76	61	152	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	60	73	68	39	+ 35
Poisonings	61	71	38	1,269	- 1,197
Hepatitis B	62	59	49	522	- 463
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	45	53	408	- 363
Encephalitis	64	44	60	189	- 145
Syphilis	65	36	52	449	- 414
Upper Respiratory	66	31	64	95	- 63
Malaria	67	30	8	12,652	- 12,622
Alcohol	68	27	55	355	- 329
Pertussis	69	21	42	1,014	- 992
Schizophrenia	70	21	83	0	+ 21
Tetanus	71	17	27	2,129	- 2,112
Leprosy	72	10	76	0	+ 10
Otitis Media	73	9	72	7	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	9	59	194	- 186
Oral conditions	75	8	86	0	+ 8
Ascariasis	76	6	71	9	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	1	54	370	- 369
Measles	78	0	63	103	- 103
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	13	- 12
Chlamydia	81	0	70	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

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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.