SOUTH AFRICA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,493	3	32,739	+ 19,754
Violence	2	23,486	7	21,000	+ 2,486
Stroke	3	20,200	4	30,693	- 10,493
Lung Disease	4	19,415	13	11,895	+ 7,520
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	13,132	2	39,341	- 26,209
Road Traffic Accidents	6	9,464	11	13,014	- 3,550
Kidney Disease	7	8,330	9	15,302	- 6,972
Hypertension	8	7,800	12	12,789	- 4,988
Stomach Cancer	9	7,450	39	1,535	+ 5,915
Lung Cancers	10	6,399	15	7,705	- 1,306
Diabetes Mellitus	11	6,129	5	30,188	- 24,059
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,328	28	3,587	+ 1,741
Breast Cancer	13	4,472	23	4,533	- 61
Prostate Cancer	14	4,369	24	4,374	- 5
Other Neoplasms	15	3,906	58	267	+ 3,639
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,611	25	4,351	- 739
HIV/AIDS	17	3,270	1	71,996	- 68,725
Lymphomas	18	3,173	31	2,818	+ 355
Liver Disease	19	2,957	14	9,013	- 6,056
Cervical Cancer	20	2,762	20	5,555	- 2,793
Leukemia	21	2,692	40	1,464	+ 1,228
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	2,629	22	4,676	- 2,047
Low Birth Weight	23	2,554	16	6,250	- 3,696
Liver Cancer	24	2,517	33	2,383	+ 133
Pancreas Cancer	25	2,465	35	2,007	+ 458
Suicide	26	2,395	10	13,774	- 11,379
Malnutrition	27	2,289	34	2,381	- 91
Other Injuries	28	1,941	17	6,014	- 4,073
Falls	29	1,850	42	1,399	+ 451
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,666	19	5,890	- 4,224
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,620	21	5,408	- 3,788
Tuberculosis	32	1,550	6	21,965	- 20,415
Ovary Cancer	33	1,368	51	951	+ 417
Skin Disease	34	1,343	45	1,101	+ 242
Skin Cancers	35	1,254	48	993	+ 261
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,018	29	3,486	- 2,468
Oral Cancer	37	984	41	1,406	- 422
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	911	8	15,843	- 14,932
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	851	36	1,894	- 1,043
Drownings	40	840	32	2,403	- 1,563
Birth Trauma	41	790	30	3,004	- 2,213
Bladder Cancer	42	742	52	829	- 87
Epilepsy	43	728	37	1,870	- 1,142
Drug Use	44	599	53	770	- 171
Uterin Cancer	45	516	54	512	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	46	480	38	1,700	- 1,219
Parkinson's Disease	47	467	46	1,077	- 610
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	406	86	0	+ 406
War	49	317	64	66	+ 251
Meningitis	50	297	26	3,660	- 3,363
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	295	55	376	- 81
Appendicitis	52	259	56	274	- 14
Chagas disease	53	248	78	0	+ 248
Asthma	54	233	18	5,966	- 5,733
Dengue	55	162	73	0	+ 162
Fires	56	154	27	3,618	- 3,463
Anemia	57	123	82	0	+ 123
Osteoarthritis	58	81	85	0	+ 81
Hepatitis C	59	79	70	8	+ 71
Multiple Sclerosis	60	76	62	113	- 37
Poisonings	61	74	50	975	- 901
Hepatitis B	62	62	61	139	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	46	47	1,015	- 968
Encephalitis	64	46	59	234	- 188
Syphilis	65	37	44	1,130	- 1,093
Upper Respiratory	66	32	60	223	- 191
Malaria	67	32	63	83	- 51
Alcohol	68	28	49	987	- 959
Pertussis	69	22	43	1,142	- 1,120
Schizophrenia	70	21	80	0	+ 21
Tetanus	71	17	65	38	- 21
Leprosy	72	10	75	0	+ 10
Otitis Media	73	9	67	19	- 10
Leishmaniasis	74	9	77	0	+ 9
Oral conditions	75	9	84	0	+ 9
Ascariasis	76	6	71	3	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	77	1	66	35	- 34
Measles	78	0	57	270	- 270
Hookworm Disease	79	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	16	- 16
Chlamydia	81	0	68	18	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Colombia

South Africa

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.