NAMIBIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,435	5	1,221	+ 1,214
Violence	2	1,089	11	450	+ 640
Stroke	3	937	4	1,333	- 396
Lung Disease	4	901	10	461	+ 439
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	609	2	1,464	- 855
Road Traffic Accidents	6	439	6	868	- 429
Kidney Disease	7	386	15	322	+ 65
Hypertension	8	362	12	428	- 66
Stomach Cancer	9	346	45	33	+ 313
Lung Cancers	10	297	35	59	+ 238
Diabetes Mellitus	11	284	7	724	- 440
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	247	36	54	+ 193
Breast Cancer	13	207	24	121	+ 86
Prostate Cancer	14	203	31	94	+ 108
Other Neoplasms	15	181	60	8	+ 173
Congenital Anomalies	16	168	16	283	- 116
HIV/AIDS	17	152	1	2,928	- 2,777
Lymphomas	18	147	40	46	+ 101
Liver Disease	19	137	14	336	- 198
Cervical Cancer	20	128	23	133	- 5
Leukemia	21	125	49	24	+ 101
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	122	21	176	- 54
Low Birth Weight	23	118	9	516	- 397
Liver Cancer	24	117	41	45	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	25	114	53	18	+ 97
Suicide	26	111	17	243	- 132
Malnutrition	27	106	18	224	- 117
Other Injuries	28	90	19	207	- 117
Falls	29	86	34	62	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	30	77	33	73	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	31	75	22	162	- 87
Tuberculosis	32	72	3	1,416	- 1,344
Ovary Cancer	33	63	50	23	+ 40
Skin Disease	34	62	47	31	+ 31
Skin Cancers	35	58	29	108	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	36	47	52	21	+ 26
Oral Cancer	37	46	30	100	- 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	42	8	645	- 603
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	39	32	76	- 36
Drownings	40	39	26	110	- 71
Birth Trauma	41	37	13	345	- 308
Bladder Cancer	42	34	54	16	+ 19
Epilepsy	43	34	38	49	- 15
Drug Use	44	28	46	32	- 4
Uterin Cancer	45	24	56	11	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	46	22	25	110	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	47	22	42	43	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	19	82	0	+ 19
War	49	15	67	0	+ 14
Meningitis	50	14	27	109	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	57	9	+ 4
Appendicitis	52	12	58	9	+ 3
Chagas disease	53	11	78	0	+ 11
Asthma	54	11	20	200	- 190
Dengue	55	8	74	0	+ 8
Fires	56	7	28	109	- 102
Anemia	57	6	83	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	58	4	81	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	59	4	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	64	2	+ 1
Poisonings	61	3	39	46	- 43
Hepatitis B	62	3	63	4	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	44	33	- 31
Encephalitis	64	2	59	8	- 6
Syphilis	65	2	43	35	- 33
Upper Respiratory	66	2	61	6	- 5
Malaria	67	1	51	22	- 20
Alcohol	68	1	48	28	- 27
Pertussis	69	1	37	54	- 53
Schizophrenia	70	1	86	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	62	6	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	55	14	- 14
Measles	78	0	65	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Colombia

Namibia

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.