NEW ZEALAND VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,482	1	5,095	- 613
Violence	2	2,005	42	57	+ 1,948
Stroke	3	1,725	3	2,378	- 653
Lung Disease	4	1,658	5	1,815	- 157
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,121	7	920	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	6	808	16	458	+ 350
Kidney Disease	7	711	17	432	+ 279
Hypertension	8	666	20	327	+ 339
Stomach Cancer	9	636	22	323	+ 313
Lung Cancers	10	546	4	1,873	- 1,327
Diabetes Mellitus	11	523	8	769	- 245
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	455	6	1,495	- 1,040
Breast Cancer	13	382	10	737	- 355
Prostate Cancer	14	373	9	739	- 366
Other Neoplasms	15	334	27	245	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	16	308	30	176	+ 133
HIV/AIDS	17	279	57	10	+ 269
Lymphomas	18	271	13	608	- 337
Liver Disease	19	253	32	158	+ 95
Cervical Cancer	20	236	41	61	+ 175
Leukemia	21	230	18	391	- 161
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	225	2	3,032	- 2,807
Low Birth Weight	23	218	38	78	+ 140
Liver Cancer	24	215	24	288	- 73
Pancreas Cancer	25	210	14	543	- 332
Suicide	26	205	15	528	- 324
Malnutrition	27	195	55	14	+ 181
Other Injuries	28	166	28	218	- 52
Falls	29	158	11	627	- 469
Endocrine Disorders	30	142	21	325	- 182
Inflammatory/Heart	31	138	23	313	- 175
Tuberculosis	32	132	52	17	+ 115
Ovary Cancer	33	117	29	207	- 90
Skin Disease	34	115	34	118	- 3
Skin Cancers	35	107	12	612	- 504
Oesophagus Cancer	36	87	25	279	- 192
Oral Cancer	37	84	31	164	- 80
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	78	37	81	- 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	73	39	70	+ 2
Drownings	40	72	44	54	+ 17
Birth Trauma	41	67	54	15	+ 53
Bladder Cancer	42	63	26	267	- 203
Epilepsy	43	62	43	55	+ 7
Drug Use	44	51	40	69	- 18
Uterin Cancer	45	44	33	145	- 100
Maternal Conditions	46	41	63	5	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	47	40	19	353	- 313
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	35	50	22	+ 13
War	49	27	68	1	+ 26
Meningitis	50	25	59	9	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	46	47	- 22
Appendicitis	52	22	62	6	+ 16
Chagas disease	53	21	79	0	+ 21
Asthma	54	20	36	91	- 71
Dengue	55	14	75	0	+ 14
Fires	56	13	53	17	- 4
Anemia	57	10	51	17	- 7
Osteoarthritis	58	7	49	24	- 17
Hepatitis C	59	7	48	30	- 23
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	47	43	- 37
Poisonings	61	6	58	9	- 3
Hepatitis B	62	5	56	14	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	35	113	- 109
Encephalitis	64	4	66	1	+ 3
Syphilis	65	3	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	4	- 1
Malaria	67	3	78	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	2	45	51	- 49
Pertussis	69	2	65	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	2	60	8	- 6
Tetanus	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	67	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	1	80	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	61	8	- 7
Ascariasis	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Colombia

New Zealand

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.