NORWAY VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,785	1	5,321	- 536
Violence	2	2,141	50	32	+ 2,109
Stroke	3	1,841	4	2,475	- 634
Lung Disease	4	1,770	3	2,723	- 953
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,197	6	1,797	- 600
Road Traffic Accidents	6	863	42	114	+ 749
Kidney Disease	7	759	14	611	+ 149
Hypertension	8	711	28	230	+ 481
Stomach Cancer	9	679	22	343	+ 336
Lung Cancers	10	583	5	2,320	- 1,737
Diabetes Mellitus	11	559	16	560	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	486	7	1,787	- 1,301
Breast Cancer	13	408	11	698	- 290
Prostate Cancer	14	398	8	1,172	- 774
Other Neoplasms	15	356	23	324	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	16	329	34	136	+ 193
HIV/AIDS	17	298	61	10	+ 288
Lymphomas	18	289	12	646	- 356
Liver Disease	19	270	30	214	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	20	252	39	125	+ 127
Leukemia	21	245	21	354	- 108
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	240	2	4,464	- 4,225
Low Birth Weight	23	233	52	23	+ 209
Liver Cancer	24	229	26	259	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	25	225	10	770	- 545
Suicide	26	218	13	633	- 415
Malnutrition	27	209	35	135	+ 74
Other Injuries	28	177	15	583	- 406
Falls	29	169	9	777	- 609
Endocrine Disorders	30	152	19	359	- 207
Inflammatory/Heart	31	148	29	221	- 73
Tuberculosis	32	141	56	15	+ 126
Ovary Cancer	33	125	24	309	- 184
Skin Disease	34	122	38	128	- 5
Skin Cancers	35	114	18	407	- 293
Oesophagus Cancer	36	93	27	248	- 155
Oral Cancer	37	90	32	168	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	83	37	128	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	78	33	160	- 82
Drownings	40	77	45	65	+ 12
Birth Trauma	41	72	54	17	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	42	68	20	356	- 288
Epilepsy	43	66	40	119	- 53
Drug Use	44	55	25	264	- 209
Uterin Cancer	45	47	36	134	- 87
Maternal Conditions	46	44	66	1	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	47	43	17	554	- 512
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	37	49	32	+ 5
War	49	29	68	1	+ 28
Meningitis	50	27	58	14	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	27	47	60	- 34
Appendicitis	52	24	59	12	+ 12
Chagas disease	53	23	80	0	+ 23
Asthma	54	21	43	85	- 63
Dengue	55	15	75	0	+ 15
Fires	56	14	48	45	- 31
Anemia	57	11	44	75	- 63
Osteoarthritis	58	7	51	27	- 20
Hepatitis C	59	7	55	17	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	41	119	- 112
Poisonings	61	7	57	14	- 8
Hepatitis B	62	6	63	3	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	46	61	- 57
Encephalitis	64	4	70	0	+ 4
Syphilis	65	3	67	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	60	12	- 9
Malaria	67	3	84	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	3	31	205	- 202
Pertussis	69	2	64	1	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	2	53	23	- 21
Tetanus	71	2	69	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	65	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	1	81	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	62	9	- 8
Ascariasis	76	1	76	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	83	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Colombia

Norway

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.