SINGAPORE VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,236	1	5,292	- 56
Violence	2	2,342	46	15	+ 2,328
Stroke	3	2,015	3	1,559	+ 456
Lung Disease	4	1,936	14	383	+ 1,553
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,310	2	5,189	- 3,879
Road Traffic Accidents	6	944	26	121	+ 823
Kidney Disease	7	831	6	1,028	- 198
Hypertension	8	778	8	732	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	9	743	12	405	+ 338
Lung Cancers	10	638	4	1,540	- 902
Diabetes Mellitus	11	611	28	108	+ 504
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	531	5	1,203	- 671
Breast Cancer	13	446	10	605	- 159
Prostate Cancer	14	436	16	303	+ 133
Other Neoplasms	15	390	22	195	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	16	360	31	80	+ 281
HIV/AIDS	17	326	45	18	+ 308
Lymphomas	18	316	13	397	- 80
Liver Disease	19	295	20	209	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	20	276	30	85	+ 190
Leukemia	21	268	17	249	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	262	36	32	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	23	255	41	25	+ 229
Liver Cancer	24	251	7	746	- 495
Pancreas Cancer	25	246	11	537	- 291
Suicide	26	239	9	650	- 412
Malnutrition	27	228	63	0	+ 228
Other Injuries	28	194	32	79	+ 115
Falls	29	185	18	218	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	30	166	37	30	+ 136
Inflammatory/Heart	31	162	19	215	- 54
Tuberculosis	32	155	40	26	+ 129
Ovary Cancer	33	136	21	204	- 67
Skin Disease	34	134	25	136	- 2
Skin Cancers	35	125	34	56	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	36	102	24	137	- 35
Oral Cancer	37	98	15	317	- 219
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	91	39	28	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	85	33	69	+ 16
Drownings	40	84	38	29	+ 55
Birth Trauma	41	79	55	3	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	42	74	27	120	- 46
Epilepsy	43	73	42	25	+ 48
Drug Use	44	60	44	19	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	45	51	23	147	- 96
Maternal Conditions	46	48	53	3	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	47	47	29	90	- 43
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	40	51	6	+ 35
War	49	32	59	2	+ 29
Meningitis	50	30	48	8	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	29	58	2	+ 27
Appendicitis	52	26	50	6	+ 20
Chagas disease	53	25	74	0	+ 25
Asthma	54	23	35	37	- 14
Dengue	55	16	66	0	+ 16
Fires	56	15	49	7	+ 8
Anemia	57	12	85	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	58	8	82	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	59	8	56	3	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	57	3	+ 5
Poisonings	61	7	60	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	6	52	4	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	5	43	22	- 18
Encephalitis	64	5	61	0	+ 5
Syphilis	65	4	65	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	3	54	3	+ 0
Malaria	67	3	75	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	3	47	10	- 7
Pertussis	69	2	62	0	+ 2
Schizophrenia	70	2	84	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	73	0	+ 2
Leprosy	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	76	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	67	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Colombia

Singapore

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.