YEMEN VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,913	1	30,158	- 2,245
Violence	2	12,489	14	2,839	+ 9,649
Stroke	3	10,741	2	13,570	- 2,828
Lung Disease	4	10,324	11	3,196	+ 7,128
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	6,983	4	11,978	- 4,996
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,033	6	8,561	- 3,528
Kidney Disease	7	4,429	15	2,679	+ 1,751
Hypertension	8	4,148	8	5,293	- 1,146
Stomach Cancer	9	3,961	31	902	+ 3,059
Lung Cancers	10	3,403	41	569	+ 2,834
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,259	19	1,794	+ 1,465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,833	30	913	+ 1,920
Breast Cancer	13	2,378	26	1,134	+ 1,245
Prostate Cancer	14	2,323	63	39	+ 2,284
Other Neoplasms	15	2,077	64	21	+ 2,056
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,920	10	4,291	- 2,371
HIV/AIDS	17	1,739	46	396	+ 1,343
Lymphomas	18	1,687	45	433	+ 1,254
Liver Disease	19	1,573	13	2,891	- 1,319
Cervical Cancer	20	1,469	57	119	+ 1,350
Leukemia	21	1,431	34	776	+ 655
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,398	22	1,405	- 7
Low Birth Weight	23	1,358	5	8,810	- 7,452
Liver Cancer	24	1,338	39	609	+ 729
Pancreas Cancer	25	1,311	51	283	+ 1,028
Suicide	26	1,274	21	1,699	- 425
Malnutrition	27	1,217	27	1,058	+ 159
Other Injuries	28	1,032	16	2,225	- 1,193
Falls	29	984	24	1,170	- 186
Endocrine Disorders	30	886	36	738	+ 149
Inflammatory/Heart	31	862	40	585	+ 277
Tuberculosis	32	824	18	1,899	- 1,075
Ovary Cancer	33	727	52	188	+ 539
Skin Disease	34	714	61	44	+ 670
Skin Cancers	35	667	58	100	+ 567
Oesophagus Cancer	36	541	35	765	- 223
Oral Cancer	37	523	42	547	- 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	484	9	4,372	- 3,887
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	453	33	833	- 381
Drownings	40	447	25	1,142	- 696
Birth Trauma	41	420	7	5,939	- 5,519
Bladder Cancer	42	395	55	160	+ 234
Epilepsy	43	387	43	539	- 152
Drug Use	44	319	38	613	- 294
Uterin Cancer	45	274	69	5	+ 269
Maternal Conditions	46	255	32	890	- 635
Parkinson's Disease	47	248	49	362	- 113
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	216	80	0	+ 216
War	49	168	3	12,915	- 12,746
Meningitis	50	158	28	1,018	- 860
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	157	66	14	+ 143
Appendicitis	52	138	54	162	- 24
Chagas disease	53	132	75	0	+ 132
Asthma	54	124	17	2,106	- 1,982
Dengue	55	86	60	71	+ 15
Fires	56	82	29	991	- 909
Anemia	57	65	84	0	+ 65
Osteoarthritis	58	43	81	0	+ 43
Hepatitis C	59	42	68	8	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	60	40	62	42	- 1
Poisonings	61	39	44	532	- 492
Hepatitis B	62	33	50	299	- 267
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	25	37	707	- 682
Encephalitis	64	25	48	369	- 344
Syphilis	65	20	53	175	- 156
Upper Respiratory	66	17	70	5	+ 12
Malaria	67	17	20	1,719	- 1,702
Alcohol	68	15	59	78	- 64
Pertussis	69	12	23	1,239	- 1,227
Schizophrenia	70	11	86	0	+ 11
Tetanus	71	9	47	395	- 385
Leprosy	72	5	74	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	73	5	73	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	74	5	71	2	+ 2
Oral conditions	75	5	82	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	76	3	65	17	- 14
Schistosomiasis	77	0	56	124	- 123
Measles	78	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Hookworm Disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	14	- 14
Chlamydia	81	0	72	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Colombia

Yemen

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.