MONTENEGRO VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Colombia COLOMBIA MONTENEGRO Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 521 2 1,748 - 1,227
Violence 2 233 29 18 + 216
Stroke 3 200 1 2,208 - 2,007
Lung Disease 4 193 11 90 + 102
Influenza and Pneumonia 5 130 12 81 + 49
Road Traffic Accidents 6 94 21 48 + 46
Kidney Disease 7 83 7 147 - 65
Hypertension 8 77 18 55 + 22
Stomach Cancer 9 74 19 50 + 23
Lung Cancers 10 64 3 340 - 276
Diabetes Mellitus 11 61 6 174 - 113
Colon-Rectum Cancers 12 53 10 113 - 60
Breast Cancer 13 44 9 127 - 82
Prostate Cancer 14 43 13 75 - 32
Other Neoplasms 15 39 47 2 + 37
Congenital Anomalies 16 36 45 4 + 32
HIV/AIDS 17 32 73 0 + 32
Lymphomas 18 31 24 27 + 5
Liver Disease 19 29 17 57 - 27
Cervical Cancer 20 27 27 20 + 7
Leukemia 21 27 25 23 + 3
Alzheimers & Dementia 22 26 5 227 - 201
Low Birth Weight 23 25 43 5 + 20
Liver Cancer 24 25 20 50 - 25
Pancreas Cancer 25 24 16 64 - 39
Suicide 26 24 8 132 - 108
Malnutrition 27 23 53 1 + 22
Other Injuries 28 19 23 29 - 10
Falls 29 18 14 67 - 49
Endocrine Disorders 30 17 40 7 + 10
Inflammatory/Heart 31 16 4 311 - 295
Tuberculosis 32 15 51 1 + 14
Ovary Cancer 33 14 28 19 - 5
Skin Disease 34 13 54 1 + 13
Skin Cancers 35 12 35 12 + 1
Oesophagus Cancer 36 10 30 17 - 7
Oral Cancer 37 10 37 10 + 0
Diarrhoeal diseases 38 9 56 1 + 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease 39 8 26 21 - 12
Drownings 40 8 36 11 - 2
Birth Trauma 41 8 41 6 + 2
Bladder Cancer 42 7 22 35 - 28
Epilepsy 43 7 42 6 + 1
Drug Use 44 6 31 14 - 8
Uterin Cancer 45 5 33 14 - 9
Maternal Conditions 46 5 58 0 + 4
Parkinson's Disease 47 5 15 66 - 62
Prostatic Hypertrophy 48 4 81 0 + 4
War 49 3 63 0 + 3
Meningitis 50 3 49 1 + 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis 51 3 48 2 + 1
Appendicitis 52 3 52 1 + 2
Chagas disease 53 2 72 0 + 2
Asthma 54 2 46 4 - 1
Dengue 55 2 77 0 + 2
Fires 56 2 32 14 - 12
Anemia 57 1 85 0 + 1
Osteoarthritis 58 1 80 0 + 1
Hepatitis C 59 1 65 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 60 1 39 8 - 7
Poisonings 61 1 44 4 - 3
Hepatitis B 62 1 61 0 + 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease 63 0 34 13 - 13
Encephalitis 64 0 50 1 - 1
Syphilis 65 0 59 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 66 0 60 0 + 0
Malaria 67 0 70 0 + 0
Alcohol 68 0 38 9 - 9
Pertussis 69 0 55 1 - 1
Schizophrenia 70 0 84 0 + 0
Tetanus 71 0 62 0 + 0
Leprosy 72 0 75 0 + 0
Otitis Media 73 0 74 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 74 0 57 1 - 0
Oral conditions 75 0 82 0 + 0
Ascariasis 76 0 79 0 + 0
Schistosomiasis 77 0 69 0 + 0
Measles 78 0 67 0 + 0
Hookworm Disease 79 0 76 0 + 0
Diphtheria 80 0 66 0 - 0
Chlamydia 81 0 64 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 82 0 68 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 83 0 78 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 84 0 71 0 - 0
Depression 85 0 83 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 86 0 86 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

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Montenegro

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020