COLOMBIA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	147,054	1	43,066	+ 103,988
Stroke	2	74,982	3	16,573	+ 58,410
Lung Cancers	3	33,958	10	5,250	+ 28,708
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	26,156	12	4,371	+ 21,785
Lung Disease	5	25,221	4	15,928	+ 9,293
Diabetes Mellitus	6	23,453	11	5,028	+ 18,425
Kidney Disease	7	16,635	7	6,834	+ 9,802
Hypertension	8	13,167	8	6,400	+ 6,767
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	12,741	22	2,157	+ 10,584
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	12,204	5	10,773	+ 1,430
Breast Cancer	11	12,170	13	3,669	+ 8,501
Falls	12	11,644	29	1,518	+ 10,126
Liver Disease	13	11,046	19	2,426	+ 8,620
Prostate Cancer	14	10,180	14	3,584	+ 6,596
Stomach Cancer	15	9,397	9	6,112	+ 3,285
Pancreas Cancer	16	9,012	25	2,022	+ 6,990
Suicide	17	8,079	26	1,965	+ 6,114
Lymphomas	18	6,648	18	2,603	+ 4,045
Liver Cancer	19	5,990	24	2,065	+ 3,925
Bladder Cancer	20	5,965	42	609	+ 5,356
Inflammatory/Heart	21	5,457	31	1,329	+ 4,127
Leukemia	22	5,201	21	2,208	+ 2,993
Other Injuries	23	5,111	28	1,592	+ 3,519
Parkinson's Disease	24	5,055	47	383	+ 4,672
Oral Cancer	25	4,037	37	807	+ 3,230
Skin Cancers	26	3,965	35	1,028	+ 2,937
Road Traffic Accidents	27	3,922	6	7,765	- 3,843
Ovary Cancer	28	3,685	33	1,122	+ 2,562
Other Neoplasms	29	3,383	15	3,205	+ 178
Alcohol	30	2,615	68	23	+ 2,592
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	2,471	39	698	+ 1,773
Uterin Cancer	32	2,382	45	423	+ 1,958
Oesophagus Cancer	33	2,261	36	835	+ 1,426
Cervical Cancer	34	1,858	20	2,266	- 408
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	1,633	63	38	+ 1,595
Epilepsy	36	1,129	43	597	+ 531
Congenital Anomalies	37	1,127	16	2,963	- 1,836
Drownings	38	1,025	40	689	+ 336
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	980	38	747	+ 232
Schizophrenia	40	946	70	18	+ 928
Asthma	41	880	54	191	+ 689
Endocrine Disorders	42	865	30	1,367	- 502
Drug Use	43	842	44	492	+ 350
Tuberculosis	44	735	32	1,272	- 537
Multiple Sclerosis	45	656	60	62	+ 593
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	561	51	242	+ 319
Hepatitis C	47	534	59	65	+ 469
Violence	48	533	2	19,268	- 18,735
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	511	48	333	+ 178
Fires	50	408	56	127	+ 282
Hepatitis B	51	205	62	50	+ 155
Meningitis	52	194	50	244	- 50
Anemia	53	189	57	101	+ 88
Poisonings	54	188	61	61	+ 128
Birth Trauma	55	132	41	648	- 516
Low Birth Weight	56	120	23	2,095	- 1,975
Appendicitis	57	103	52	213	- 110
Skin Disease	58	92	34	1,102	- 1,009
HIV/AIDS	59	90	17	2,683	- 2,593
Otitis Media	60	40	73	7	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	61	27	46	394	- 367
Iodine Deficiency	62	25	82	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	63	20	66	27	- 7
Oral conditions	64	20	75	7	+ 13
Encephalitis	65	9	64	38	- 29
Leishmaniasis	66	6	74	7	- 1
War	67	5	49	260	- 255
Tetanus	68	4	71	14	- 10
Pertussis	69	2	69	18	- 17
Malnutrition	70	1	27	1,878	- 1,877
Syphilis	71	0	65	30	- 30
Diphtheria	72	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	53	203	- 203
Malaria	77	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	8	- 8
Dengue	80	0	55	133	- 133
Trichuriasis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	76	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	67	- 67
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Croatia

Colombia

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.