TANZANIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	58,589	9	13,215	+ 45,374
Violence	2	26,213	18	4,713	+ 21,501
Stroke	3	22,546	7	16,894	+ 5,652
Lung Disease	4	21,669	22	3,051	+ 18,618
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	14,657	2	26,028	- 11,371
Road Traffic Accidents	6	10,563	5	18,054	- 7,490
Kidney Disease	7	9,297	19	4,547	+ 4,750
Hypertension	8	8,706	17	5,209	+ 3,498
Stomach Cancer	9	8,315	39	1,190	+ 7,125
Lung Cancers	10	7,143	61	159	+ 6,984
Diabetes Mellitus	11	6,841	15	6,247	+ 594
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,947	33	1,567	+ 4,380
Breast Cancer	13	4,992	37	1,285	+ 3,707
Prostate Cancer	14	4,876	28	1,819	+ 3,057
Other Neoplasms	15	4,360	64	58	+ 4,302
Congenital Anomalies	16	4,030	11	9,791	- 5,760
HIV/AIDS	17	3,650	1	27,402	- 23,751
Lymphomas	18	3,541	41	805	+ 2,736
Liver Disease	19	3,301	13	6,586	- 3,285
Cervical Cancer	20	3,083	14	6,424	- 3,341
Leukemia	21	3,004	47	416	+ 2,588
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	2,935	27	2,048	+ 887
Low Birth Weight	23	2,850	10	12,173	- 9,322
Liver Cancer	24	2,809	36	1,413	+ 1,396
Pancreas Cancer	25	2,751	62	158	+ 2,593
Suicide	26	2,673	24	2,474	+ 199
Malnutrition	27	2,555	16	5,574	- 3,019
Other Injuries	28	2,166	20	4,270	- 2,104
Falls	29	2,065	34	1,533	+ 532
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,860	29	1,778	+ 82
Inflammatory/Heart	31	1,809	38	1,227	+ 581
Tuberculosis	32	1,730	4	20,269	- 18,539
Ovary Cancer	33	1,527	53	337	+ 1,190
Skin Disease	34	1,499	52	359	+ 1,140
Skin Cancers	35	1,399	42	744	+ 655
Oesophagus Cancer	36	1,136	25	2,247	- 1,111
Oral Cancer	37	1,098	31	1,646	- 548
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	1,017	6	17,587	- 16,570
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	950	46	462	+ 488
Drownings	40	937	32	1,642	- 704
Birth Trauma	41	882	8	15,086	- 14,204
Bladder Cancer	42	828	44	667	+ 161
Epilepsy	43	813	43	707	+ 106
Drug Use	44	669	48	404	+ 265
Uterin Cancer	45	576	57	218	+ 357
Maternal Conditions	46	536	12	6,835	- 6,299
Parkinson's Disease	47	521	45	513	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	453	86	0	+ 453
War	49	354	67	30	+ 324
Meningitis	50	332	21	3,188	- 2,856
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	329	63	81	+ 248
Appendicitis	52	289	58	218	+ 72
Chagas disease	53	277	78	0	+ 277
Asthma	54	260	30	1,700	- 1,440
Dengue	55	181	73	2	+ 179
Fires	56	172	35	1,424	- 1,252
Anemia	57	137	82	0	+ 137
Osteoarthritis	58	91	85	0	+ 91
Hepatitis C	59	88	66	40	+ 48
Multiple Sclerosis	60	85	68	27	+ 58
Poisonings	61	83	40	1,170	- 1,087
Hepatitis B	62	69	60	168	- 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	52	50	401	- 349
Encephalitis	64	51	59	199	- 147
Syphilis	65	41	26	2,115	- 2,074
Upper Respiratory	66	36	54	299	- 262
Malaria	67	35	3	21,758	- 21,723
Alcohol	68	31	56	270	- 239
Pertussis	69	25	23	2,774	- 2,749
Schizophrenia	70	24	80	0	+ 24
Tetanus	71	19	49	402	- 382
Leprosy	72	11	76	0	+ 11
Otitis Media	73	10	69	17	- 7
Leishmaniasis	74	10	77	0	+ 10
Oral conditions	75	10	84	0	+ 10
Ascariasis	76	6	65	56	- 49
Schistosomiasis	77	1	51	371	- 370
Measles	78	0	55	295	- 294
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	11	- 10
Chlamydia	81	0	71	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	72	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Colombia

Tanzania

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.