QATAR VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		QATAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,216	1	1,082	+ 1,135
Violence	2	992	34	14	+ 978
Stroke	3	853	3	255	+ 598
Lung Disease	4	820	15	68	+ 751
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	554	10	108	+ 447
Road Traffic Accidents	6	400	4	206	+ 194
Kidney Disease	7	352	6	179	+ 173
Hypertension	8	329	28	26	+ 303
Stomach Cancer	9	315	23	42	+ 273
Lung Cancers	10	270	13	73	+ 197
Diabetes Mellitus	11	259	2	459	- 200
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	225	11	83	+ 142
Breast Cancer	13	189	17	53	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	14	184	31	18	+ 167
Other Neoplasms	15	165	51	3	+ 162
Congenital Anomalies	16	152	14	70	+ 82
HIV/AIDS	17	138	71	0	+ 138
Lymphomas	18	134	18	48	+ 86
Liver Disease	19	125	5	202	- 78
Cervical Cancer	20	117	36	13	+ 104
Leukemia	21	114	16	57	+ 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	111	12	75	+ 36
Low Birth Weight	23	108	20	45	+ 63
Liver Cancer	24	106	21	44	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	25	104	30	25	+ 79
Suicide	26	101	7	165	- 64
Malnutrition	27	97	58	1	+ 96
Other Injuries	28	82	9	115	- 33
Falls	29	78	8	129	- 50
Endocrine Disorders	30	70	24	39	+ 31
Inflammatory/Heart	31	68	25	32	+ 36
Tuberculosis	32	65	44	8	+ 57
Ovary Cancer	33	58	32	17	+ 41
Skin Disease	34	57	33	16	+ 41
Skin Cancers	35	53	43	8	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	36	43	37	13	+ 30
Oral Cancer	37	42	29	25	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	38	41	10	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	36	46	7	+ 29
Drownings	40	35	19	45	- 10
Birth Trauma	41	33	38	13	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	42	31	27	27	+ 4
Epilepsy	43	31	35	13	+ 17
Drug Use	44	25	39	12	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	45	22	49	6	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	46	20	52	3	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	47	20	26	28	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	17	80	0	+ 17
War	49	13	61	0	+ 13
Meningitis	50	13	47	7	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	59	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	52	11	57	1	+ 10
Chagas disease	53	10	79	0	+ 10
Asthma	54	10	40	10	- 0
Dengue	55	7	62	0	+ 7
Fires	56	7	22	42	- 36
Anemia	57	5	85	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	63	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	55	2	+ 1
Poisonings	61	3	42	9	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	3	56	2	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	45	8	- 6
Encephalitis	64	2	50	5	- 3
Syphilis	65	2	53	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	48	7	- 6
Pertussis	69	1	54	2	- 1
Schizophrenia	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	60	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	64	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to QATAR

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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.