ROMANIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,761	1	71,810	- 56,049
Violence	2	7,052	44	255	+ 6,796
Stroke	3	6,065	2	49,707	- 43,642
Lung Disease	4	5,829	7	7,359	- 1,530
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,943	5	9,357	- 5,414
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,842	20	1,992	+ 850
Kidney Disease	7	2,501	9	5,175	- 2,674
Hypertension	8	2,342	3	11,007	- 8,665
Stomach Cancer	9	2,237	12	3,457	- 1,220
Lung Cancers	10	1,921	4	10,113	- 8,192
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,840	18	2,230	- 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,600	8	6,835	- 5,236
Breast Cancer	13	1,343	11	3,851	- 2,508
Prostate Cancer	14	1,312	16	2,449	- 1,137
Other Neoplasms	15	1,173	43	289	+ 884
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,084	38	367	+ 718
HIV/AIDS	17	982	47	219	+ 763
Lymphomas	18	953	25	1,385	- 432
Liver Disease	19	888	6	8,920	- 8,032
Cervical Cancer	20	829	22	1,870	- 1,041
Leukemia	21	808	26	1,342	- 534
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	789	15	2,839	- 2,050
Low Birth Weight	23	767	41	317	+ 450
Liver Cancer	24	756	13	3,114	- 2,358
Pancreas Cancer	25	740	14	2,935	- 2,195
Suicide	26	719	21	1,886	- 1,167
Malnutrition	27	687	50	142	+ 546
Other Injuries	28	583	19	2,139	- 1,556
Falls	29	555	24	1,504	- 949
Endocrine Disorders	30	500	48	193	+ 308
Inflammatory/Heart	31	487	10	4,433	- 3,946
Tuberculosis	32	465	28	1,015	- 550
Ovary Cancer	33	411	27	1,109	- 698
Skin Disease	34	403	53	97	+ 306
Skin Cancers	35	376	29	1,003	- 627
Oesophagus Cancer	36	306	30	755	- 449
Oral Cancer	37	295	17	2,290	- 1,994
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	274	46	223	+ 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	256	33	531	- 276
Drownings	40	252	32	596	- 344
Birth Trauma	41	237	57	38	+ 199
Bladder Cancer	42	223	23	1,715	- 1,492
Epilepsy	43	219	42	314	- 96
Drug Use	44	180	40	346	- 166
Uterin Cancer	45	155	34	522	- 367
Maternal Conditions	46	144	58	35	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	47	140	31	741	- 601
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	122	49	143	- 22
War	49	95	65	2	+ 93
Meningitis	50	89	54	76	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	89	85	0	+ 89
Appendicitis	52	78	60	21	+ 57
Chagas disease	53	74	76	0	+ 74
Asthma	54	70	45	225	- 155
Dengue	55	49	81	0	+ 49
Fires	56	46	36	421	- 375
Anemia	57	37	56	59	- 22
Osteoarthritis	58	24	86	0	+ 24
Hepatitis C	59	24	52	98	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	60	23	55	66	- 43
Poisonings	61	22	39	366	- 344
Hepatitis B	62	18	59	30	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	14	35	440	- 427
Encephalitis	64	14	62	6	+ 8
Syphilis	65	11	66	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	66	10	63	3	+ 7
Malaria	67	9	75	0	+ 9
Alcohol	68	8	37	409	- 401
Pertussis	69	7	69	0	+ 6
Schizophrenia	70	6	51	103	- 96
Tetanus	71	5	67	1	+ 4
Leprosy	72	3	72	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	3	68	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	3	70	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	75	3	64	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	2	82	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	61	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	79	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Colombia

Romania

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.