SWITZERLAND VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,695	1	10,713	- 3,018
Violence	2	3,443	51	42	+ 3,401
Stroke	3	2,961	3	3,918	- 956
Lung Disease	4	2,846	5	2,902	- 56
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,925	8	1,949	- 24
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,387	34	193	+ 1,194
Kidney Disease	7	1,221	13	1,261	- 40
Hypertension	8	1,143	6	2,471	- 1,328
Stomach Cancer	9	1,092	24	614	+ 478
Lung Cancers	10	938	4	3,520	- 2,581
Diabetes Mellitus	11	898	17	1,022	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	781	7	1,995	- 1,214
Breast Cancer	13	656	11	1,577	- 921
Prostate Cancer	14	640	10	1,579	- 939
Other Neoplasms	15	573	20	681	- 109
Congenital Anomalies	16	529	31	305	+ 224
HIV/AIDS	17	479	54	29	+ 450
Lymphomas	18	465	15	1,131	- 666
Liver Disease	19	434	21	677	- 244
Cervical Cancer	20	405	42	105	+ 300
Leukemia	21	395	22	671	- 277
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	385	2	7,192	- 6,807
Low Birth Weight	23	374	43	105	+ 269
Liver Cancer	24	369	19	805	- 436
Pancreas Cancer	25	361	12	1,486	- 1,125
Suicide	26	351	14	1,249	- 898
Malnutrition	27	336	47	84	+ 251
Other Injuries	28	285	30	410	- 125
Falls	29	271	9	1,919	- 1,648
Endocrine Disorders	30	244	25	593	- 349
Inflammatory/Heart	31	238	16	1,027	- 789
Tuberculosis	32	227	56	21	+ 206
Ovary Cancer	33	201	29	457	- 257
Skin Disease	34	197	40	129	+ 68
Skin Cancers	35	184	27	493	- 309
Oesophagus Cancer	36	149	28	491	- 342
Oral Cancer	37	144	26	500	- 356
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	134	35	186	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	125	41	122	+ 3
Drownings	40	123	50	49	+ 74
Birth Trauma	41	116	52	32	+ 84
Bladder Cancer	42	109	23	669	- 561
Epilepsy	43	107	39	159	- 52
Drug Use	44	88	36	176	- 88
Uterin Cancer	45	76	33	224	- 148
Maternal Conditions	46	70	64	4	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	47	68	18	857	- 789
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	59	53	32	+ 28
War	49	46	67	1	+ 46
Meningitis	50	44	57	20	+ 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	43	49	68	- 25
Appendicitis	52	38	59	15	+ 23
Chagas disease	53	36	76	0	+ 36
Asthma	54	34	46	95	- 61
Dengue	55	24	81	0	+ 24
Fires	56	23	55	21	+ 1
Anemia	57	18	44	102	- 84
Osteoarthritis	58	12	37	170	- 158
Hepatitis C	59	12	58	15	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	38	160	- 149
Poisonings	61	11	60	13	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	9	63	5	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	7	48	78	- 71
Encephalitis	64	7	68	1	+ 6
Syphilis	65	5	65	2	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	5	61	11	- 6
Malaria	67	5	77	0	+ 5
Alcohol	68	4	32	229	- 225
Pertussis	69	3	73	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	70	3	45	96	- 93
Tetanus	71	3	70	0	+ 2
Leprosy	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	71	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	62	8	- 7
Ascariasis	76	1	82	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	66	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Colombia

Switzerland

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.