SUDAN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,829	1	43,966	- 137
Violence	2	19,610	21	2,478	+ 17,132
Stroke	3	16,866	2	20,582	- 3,716
Lung Disease	4	16,210	13	4,382	+ 11,829
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	10,964	4	12,619	- 1,655
Road Traffic Accidents	6	7,902	5	11,459	- 3,556
Kidney Disease	7	6,955	12	5,095	+ 1,860
Hypertension	8	6,513	8	7,287	- 774
Stomach Cancer	9	6,220	51	478	+ 5,743
Lung Cancers	10	5,343	48	545	+ 4,798
Diabetes Mellitus	11	5,117	17	3,070	+ 2,047
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	4,449	35	1,049	+ 3,400
Breast Cancer	13	3,734	16	3,071	+ 664
Prostate Cancer	14	3,648	49	523	+ 3,125
Other Neoplasms	15	3,261	65	35	+ 3,227
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,015	11	5,507	- 2,492
HIV/AIDS	17	2,731	22	2,331	+ 399
Lymphomas	18	2,649	29	1,533	+ 1,116
Liver Disease	19	2,469	14	4,348	- 1,879
Cervical Cancer	20	2,306	41	770	+ 1,537
Leukemia	21	2,247	25	1,828	+ 419
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	2,195	20	2,584	- 389
Low Birth Weight	23	2,132	3	16,036	- 13,904
Liver Cancer	24	2,101	37	946	+ 1,155
Pancreas Cancer	25	2,058	58	272	+ 1,786
Suicide	26	2,000	27	1,644	+ 356
Malnutrition	27	1,911	34	1,089	+ 822
Other Injuries	28	1,621	18	2,912	- 1,291
Falls	29	1,545	28	1,559	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,391	30	1,459	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,353	38	839	+ 514
Tuberculosis	32	1,294	15	4,250	- 2,955
Ovary Cancer	33	1,142	39	794	+ 348
Skin Disease	34	1,121	60	112	+ 1,009
Skin Cancers	35	1,047	55	356	+ 690
Oesophagus Cancer	36	850	32	1,126	- 276
Oral Cancer	37	821	50	493	+ 329
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	761	9	6,277	- 5,516
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	711	40	775	- 64
Drownings	40	701	26	1,684	- 983
Birth Trauma	41	660	7	8,526	- 7,866
Bladder Cancer	42	620	54	369	+ 251
Epilepsy	43	608	43	735	- 127
Drug Use	44	500	36	1,036	- 536
Uterin Cancer	45	431	62	71	+ 359
Maternal Conditions	46	401	23	1,961	- 1,560
Parkinson's Disease	47	390	45	705	- 315
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	339	80	0	+ 339
War	49	265	56	336	- 72
Meningitis	50	248	33	1,092	- 844
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	246	67	20	+ 227
Appendicitis	52	217	59	155	+ 62
Chagas disease	53	207	78	0	+ 207
Asthma	54	195	19	2,636	- 2,441
Dengue	55	136	72	0	+ 135
Fires	56	129	31	1,310	- 1,181
Anemia	57	102	84	0	+ 102
Osteoarthritis	58	68	81	0	+ 68
Hepatitis C	59	66	68	17	+ 49
Multiple Sclerosis	60	63	64	54	+ 10
Poisonings	61	62	42	744	- 682
Hepatitis B	62	51	44	730	- 679
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	39	46	684	- 646
Encephalitis	64	39	57	303	- 265
Syphilis	65	31	47	603	- 573
Upper Respiratory	66	27	70	5	+ 22
Malaria	67	26	10	5,614	- 5,588
Alcohol	68	23	61	84	- 61
Pertussis	69	18	24	1,899	- 1,880
Schizophrenia	70	18	86	0	+ 18
Tetanus	71	14	53	378	- 363
Leprosy	72	8	74	0	+ 8
Otitis Media	73	8	73	0	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	74	7	52	448	- 441
Oral conditions	75	7	82	0	+ 7
Ascariasis	76	5	66	21	- 16
Schistosomiasis	77	1	63	68	- 68
Measles	78	0	6	9,301	- 9,301
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	11	- 11
Chlamydia	81	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SUDAN

Colombia

Sudan

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.