MADAGASCAR VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,579	3	12,388	+ 13,191
Violence	2	11,444	23	1,749	+ 9,695
Stroke	3	9,843	1	17,964	- 8,121
Lung Disease	4	9,460	14	3,957	+ 5,503
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,399	2	14,605	- 8,206
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,612	7	7,880	- 3,268
Kidney Disease	7	4,059	22	2,202	+ 1,857
Hypertension	8	3,801	8	6,208	- 2,407
Stomach Cancer	9	3,630	47	368	+ 3,263
Lung Cancers	10	3,118	55	147	+ 2,971
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,987	16	3,278	- 291
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,596	39	606	+ 1,991
Breast Cancer	13	2,179	37	629	+ 1,550
Prostate Cancer	14	2,129	29	996	+ 1,133
Other Neoplasms	15	1,903	65	24	+ 1,879
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,760	15	3,380	- 1,621
HIV/AIDS	17	1,594	25	1,341	+ 252
Lymphomas	18	1,546	34	675	+ 871
Liver Disease	19	1,441	12	4,803	- 3,362
Cervical Cancer	20	1,346	17	3,028	- 1,682
Leukemia	21	1,312	45	401	+ 911
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,281	26	1,120	+ 161
Low Birth Weight	23	1,244	10	5,353	- 4,108
Liver Cancer	24	1,226	30	933	+ 293
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,201	61	80	+ 1,121
Suicide	26	1,167	24	1,476	- 308
Malnutrition	27	1,115	13	4,236	- 3,120
Other Injuries	28	946	21	2,359	- 1,413
Falls	29	901	36	653	+ 248
Endocrine Disorders	30	812	44	463	+ 349
Inflammatory/Heart	31	790	28	1,046	- 257
Tuberculosis	32	755	4	11,606	- 10,850
Ovary Cancer	33	667	57	135	+ 532
Skin Disease	34	654	51	187	+ 467
Skin Cancers	35	611	43	467	+ 144
Oesophagus Cancer	36	496	27	1,080	- 584
Oral Cancer	37	479	32	697	- 217
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	444	5	11,085	- 10,641
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	415	42	495	- 80
Drownings	40	409	31	825	- 415
Birth Trauma	41	385	11	5,347	- 4,962
Bladder Cancer	42	362	48	286	+ 76
Epilepsy	43	355	46	385	- 30
Drug Use	44	292	62	58	+ 234
Uterin Cancer	45	251	59	95	+ 157
Maternal Conditions	46	234	18	2,776	- 2,542
Parkinson's Disease	47	227	49	266	- 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	198	84	0	+ 198
War	49	154	54	155	- 0
Meningitis	50	145	20	2,391	- 2,246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	144	64	47	+ 97
Appendicitis	52	126	56	147	- 20
Chagas disease	53	121	76	0	+ 121
Asthma	54	114	19	2,507	- 2,393
Dengue	55	79	72	0	+ 79
Fires	56	75	35	661	- 586
Anemia	57	60	83	0	+ 60
Osteoarthritis	58	40	85	0	+ 40
Hepatitis C	59	39	67	16	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	60	37	66	18	+ 19
Poisonings	61	36	40	571	- 535
Hepatitis B	62	30	58	98	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	23	38	627	- 605
Encephalitis	64	22	60	94	- 71
Syphilis	65	18	33	680	- 662
Upper Respiratory	66	16	63	49	- 33
Malaria	67	15	9	5,507	- 5,491
Alcohol	68	14	53	161	- 147
Pertussis	69	11	41	519	- 508
Schizophrenia	70	10	81	0	+ 10
Tetanus	71	8	52	186	- 178
Leprosy	72	5	75	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	73	4	68	10	- 6
Leishmaniasis	74	4	78	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	75	4	86	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	3	70	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	77	0	50	260	- 260
Measles	78	0	6	9,172	- 9,172
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	69	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Colombia

Madagascar

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.