NEPAL VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,029	2	19,677	+ 7,352
Violence	2	12,093	35	704	+ 11,389
Stroke	3	10,401	4	12,909	- 2,507
Lung Disease	4	9,997	1	27,027	- 17,030
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,762	6	6,237	+ 524
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,873	9	4,654	+ 219
Kidney Disease	7	4,289	10	4,284	+ 5
Hypertension	8	4,016	18	2,092	+ 1,925
Stomach Cancer	9	3,836	25	1,379	+ 2,457
Lung Cancers	10	3,295	12	3,586	- 291
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,156	14	2,929	+ 227
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,743	26	1,167	+ 1,576
Breast Cancer	13	2,303	27	1,038	+ 1,265
Prostate Cancer	14	2,250	58	85	+ 2,164
Other Neoplasms	15	2,011	61	50	+ 1,962
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,859	21	1,949	- 89
HIV/AIDS	17	1,684	34	737	+ 947
Lymphomas	18	1,634	32	768	+ 866
Liver Disease	19	1,523	5	6,383	- 4,860
Cervical Cancer	20	1,422	20	1,969	- 547
Leukemia	21	1,386	36	668	+ 718
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,354	19	2,022	- 668
Low Birth Weight	23	1,315	11	3,822	- 2,507
Liver Cancer	24	1,296	46	256	+ 1,040
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,269	41	445	+ 824
Suicide	26	1,233	16	2,571	- 1,338
Malnutrition	27	1,179	31	845	+ 334
Other Injuries	28	999	22	1,655	- 655
Falls	29	953	13	3,321	- 2,369
Endocrine Disorders	30	858	45	257	+ 601
Inflammatory/Heart	31	834	48	217	+ 617
Tuberculosis	32	798	3	16,535	- 15,736
Ovary Cancer	33	704	37	585	+ 120
Skin Disease	34	692	67	17	+ 675
Skin Cancers	35	645	42	400	+ 246
Oesophagus Cancer	36	524	38	491	+ 33
Oral Cancer	37	506	24	1,389	- 882
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	469	7	6,071	- 5,602
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	438	49	191	+ 247
Drownings	40	432	23	1,505	- 1,073
Birth Trauma	41	407	15	2,676	- 2,269
Bladder Cancer	42	382	44	325	+ 57
Epilepsy	43	375	30	874	- 499
Drug Use	44	309	57	93	+ 215
Uterin Cancer	45	266	60	56	+ 209
Maternal Conditions	46	247	28	977	- 730
Parkinson's Disease	47	240	33	760	- 519
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	209	80	0	+ 209
War	49	163	65	24	+ 139
Meningitis	50	153	43	377	- 224
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	152	51	173	- 21
Appendicitis	52	134	47	220	- 87
Chagas disease	53	128	74	0	+ 128
Asthma	54	120	8	5,930	- 5,810
Dengue	55	84	55	120	- 36
Fires	56	79	50	184	- 104
Anemia	57	63	86	0	+ 63
Osteoarthritis	58	42	81	0	+ 42
Hepatitis C	59	41	64	29	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	60	39	63	38	+ 1
Poisonings	61	38	39	474	- 435
Hepatitis B	62	32	56	117	- 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	24	17	2,320	- 2,296
Encephalitis	64	24	29	882	- 858
Syphilis	65	19	54	134	- 115
Upper Respiratory	66	17	66	24	- 7
Malaria	67	16	72	0	+ 16
Alcohol	68	14	52	168	- 153
Pertussis	69	11	40	453	- 441
Schizophrenia	70	11	84	0	+ 11
Tetanus	71	9	53	134	- 126
Leprosy	72	5	76	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	73	5	70	4	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	5	62	39	- 34
Oral conditions	75	4	82	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	76	3	69	4	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	59	60	- 60
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	81	0	68	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Colombia

Nepal

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.