SOMALIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,305	7	7,233	+ 4,072
Violence	2	5,058	29	828	+ 4,230
Stroke	3	4,350	6	8,595	- 4,245
Lung Disease	4	4,181	19	2,442	+ 1,739
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,828	1	21,712	- 18,884
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,038	11	4,231	- 2,193
Kidney Disease	7	1,794	21	2,051	- 257
Hypertension	8	1,680	18	2,643	- 963
Stomach Cancer	9	1,604	49	310	+ 1,295
Lung Cancers	10	1,378	54	233	+ 1,145
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,320	16	2,888	- 1,568
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,147	38	546	+ 601
Breast Cancer	13	963	26	1,232	- 268
Prostate Cancer	14	941	52	285	+ 656
Other Neoplasms	15	841	70	12	+ 829
Congenital Anomalies	16	778	15	3,410	- 2,632
HIV/AIDS	17	704	33	610	+ 95
Lymphomas	18	683	34	605	+ 79
Liver Disease	19	637	13	3,917	- 3,280
Cervical Cancer	20	595	28	883	- 288
Leukemia	21	580	35	562	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	566	32	647	- 81
Low Birth Weight	23	550	8	6,250	- 5,700
Liver Cancer	24	542	53	256	+ 286
Pancreas Cancer	25	531	62	108	+ 423
Suicide	26	516	27	1,219	- 703
Malnutrition	27	493	10	4,825	- 4,332
Other Injuries	28	418	14	3,602	- 3,184
Falls	29	398	37	548	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	30	359	44	406	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	31	349	39	521	- 172
Tuberculosis	32	334	4	10,261	- 9,927
Ovary Cancer	33	295	50	295	- 0
Skin Disease	34	289	58	151	+ 138
Skin Cancers	35	270	57	164	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	36	219	40	516	- 297
Oral Cancer	37	212	46	328	- 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	196	2	15,363	- 15,166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	183	36	559	- 376
Drownings	40	181	25	1,272	- 1,091
Birth Trauma	41	170	5	9,573	- 9,403
Bladder Cancer	42	160	61	149	+ 11
Epilepsy	43	157	43	419	- 262
Drug Use	44	129	65	54	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	45	111	64	78	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	46	103	12	4,127	- 4,023
Parkinson's Disease	47	101	56	184	- 83
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	87	84	0	+ 87
War	49	68	24	1,318	- 1,250
Meningitis	50	64	9	5,381	- 5,317
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	64	66	35	+ 28
Appendicitis	52	56	55	188	- 132
Chagas disease	53	53	79	0	+ 53
Asthma	54	50	23	1,878	- 1,828
Dengue	55	35	73	1	+ 34
Fires	56	33	30	810	- 777
Anemia	57	26	83	0	+ 26
Osteoarthritis	58	18	85	0	+ 18
Hepatitis C	59	17	67	34	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	60	16	71	8	+ 8
Poisonings	61	16	31	758	- 742
Hepatitis B	62	13	48	315	- 301
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	10	41	446	- 436
Encephalitis	64	10	63	91	- 81
Syphilis	65	8	45	378	- 370
Upper Respiratory	66	7	47	326	- 319
Malaria	67	7	22	1,942	- 1,935
Alcohol	68	6	59	151	- 145
Pertussis	69	5	20	2,054	- 2,049
Schizophrenia	70	5	81	0	+ 5
Tetanus	71	4	17	2,648	- 2,644
Leprosy	72	2	77	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	68	32	- 30
Leishmaniasis	74	2	51	290	- 288
Oral conditions	75	2	86	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	69	30	- 28
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	435	- 435
Measles	78	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	60	150	- 150
Chlamydia	81	0	72	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Colombia

Somalia

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.