TRINIDAD/TOB. VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,224	1	1,476	- 252
Violence	2	547	4	549	- 2
Stroke	3	471	3	822	- 351
Lung Disease	4	453	16	129	+ 323
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	306	10	205	+ 101
Road Traffic Accidents	6	221	15	130	+ 90
Kidney Disease	7	194	5	439	- 245
Hypertension	8	182	11	201	- 19
Stomach Cancer	9	174	26	69	+ 105
Lung Cancers	10	149	8	217	- 68
Diabetes Mellitus	11	143	2	1,275	- 1,132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	124	13	196	- 71
Breast Cancer	13	104	7	258	- 154
Prostate Cancer	14	102	6	330	- 228
Other Neoplasms	15	91	51	10	+ 81
Congenital Anomalies	16	84	22	93	- 9
HIV/AIDS	17	76	12	196	- 120
Lymphomas	18	74	20	111	- 37
Liver Disease	19	69	14	136	- 67
Cervical Cancer	20	64	21	97	- 33
Leukemia	21	63	29	62	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	61	9	215	- 154
Low Birth Weight	23	60	23	83	- 23
Liver Cancer	24	59	28	66	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	25	57	19	114	- 56
Suicide	26	56	17	121	- 65
Malnutrition	27	53	47	17	+ 37
Other Injuries	28	45	30	61	- 16
Falls	29	43	33	43	+ 0
Endocrine Disorders	30	39	18	119	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	31	38	25	72	- 34
Tuberculosis	32	36	43	22	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	33	32	24	80	- 48
Skin Disease	34	31	36	39	- 8
Skin Cancers	35	29	57	4	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	36	24	41	24	- 1
Oral Cancer	37	23	38	31	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	21	45	18	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	20	31	52	- 32
Drownings	40	20	39	31	- 11
Birth Trauma	41	18	40	25	- 7
Bladder Cancer	42	17	34	41	- 23
Epilepsy	43	17	37	32	- 15
Drug Use	44	14	44	19	- 5
Uterin Cancer	45	12	27	68	- 56
Maternal Conditions	46	11	50	10	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	47	11	32	51	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	9	82	0	+ 9
War	49	7	46	17	- 9
Meningitis	50	7	52	9	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	7	53	8	- 1
Appendicitis	52	6	56	4	+ 2
Chagas disease	53	6	74	0	+ 6
Asthma	54	5	35	40	- 35
Dengue	55	4	55	5	- 1
Fires	56	4	48	16	- 13
Anemia	57	3	85	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	58	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	2	62	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	2	- 0
Poisonings	61	2	59	1	+ 0
Hepatitis B	62	1	60	0	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	49	11	- 10
Encephalitis	64	1	54	6	- 5
Syphilis	65	1	61	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	42	23	- 22
Pertussis	69	1	67	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	70	0	86	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	65	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	63	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Colombia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.