COLOMBIA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	67,414	1	43,066	+ 24,348
Stroke	2	45,166	3	16,573	+ 28,593
Diabetes Mellitus	3	38,832	11	5,028	+ 33,804
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	23,415	5	10,773	+ 12,641
Prostate Cancer	5	20,986	14	3,584	+ 17,402
Kidney Disease	6	17,370	7	6,834	+ 10,536
Endocrine Disorders	7	12,111	30	1,367	+ 10,744
Hypertension	8	11,674	8	6,400	+ 5,275
Breast Cancer	9	10,785	13	3,669	+ 7,115
Other Injuries	10	9,277	28	1,592	+ 7,685
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	8,620	12	4,371	+ 4,249
Skin Disease	12	7,823	34	1,102	+ 6,721
Lung Disease	13	6,769	4	15,928	- 9,159
Lung Cancers	14	6,498	10	5,250	+ 1,248
Uterin Cancer	15	5,231	45	423	+ 4,808
Pancreas Cancer	16	4,837	25	2,022	+ 2,815
Birth Trauma	17	4,657	41	648	+ 4,008
Liver Disease	18	4,609	19	2,426	+ 2,183
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	4,489	22	2,157	+ 2,331
Cervical Cancer	20	4,413	20	2,266	+ 2,147
Lymphomas	21	4,319	18	2,603	+ 1,716
Road Traffic Accidents	22	3,859	6	7,765	- 3,906
Stomach Cancer	23	3,516	9	6,112	- 2,596
Violence	24	3,197	2	19,268	- 16,072
Liver Cancer	25	3,031	24	2,065	+ 966
Congenital Anomalies	26	2,919	16	2,963	- 44
Low Birth Weight	27	2,918	23	2,095	+ 823
Oral Cancer	28	2,864	37	807	+ 2,057
Other Neoplasms	29	2,814	15	3,205	- 390
Oesophagus Cancer	30	2,574	36	835	+ 1,738
Alcohol	31	2,530	68	23	+ 2,507
Anemia	32	2,395	57	101	+ 2,294
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	2,030	39	698	+ 1,332
Falls	34	1,987	29	1,518	+ 470
Ovary Cancer	35	1,899	33	1,122	+ 777
Inflammatory/Heart	36	1,866	31	1,329	+ 537
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	1,839	48	333	+ 1,506
Leukemia	38	1,766	21	2,208	- 442
Drownings	39	1,758	40	689	+ 1,069
Malnutrition	40	1,548	27	1,878	- 331
Bladder Cancer	41	1,545	42	609	+ 936
HIV/AIDS	42	1,447	17	2,683	- 1,236
Asthma	43	1,280	54	191	+ 1,089
Parkinson's Disease	44	1,184	47	383	+ 801
Epilepsy	45	907	43	597	+ 310
Fires	46	801	56	127	+ 674
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	753	63	38	+ 715
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	690	38	747	- 57
Drug Use	49	542	44	492	+ 50
Osteoarthritis	50	452	58	67	+ 385
Tuberculosis	51	417	32	1,272	- 854
Suicide	52	318	26	1,965	- 1,647
Appendicitis	53	268	52	213	+ 55
Skin Cancers	54	268	35	1,028	- 761
Maternal Conditions	55	232	46	394	- 162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	190	51	242	- 52
Upper Respiratory	57	177	66	27	+ 151
Hepatitis B	58	132	62	50	+ 82
Syphilis	59	124	65	30	+ 94
Poisonings	60	37	61	61	- 24
War	61	6	49	260	- 254
Pertussis	62	0	69	18	- 18
Dengue	63	0	55	133	- 133
Ascariasis	64	0	76	5	- 4
Trichuriasis	65	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	81	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	50	244	- 244
Hepatitis C	69	0	59	65	- 65
Encephalitis	70	0	64	38	- 38
Malaria	71	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	77	1	- 1
Chagas disease	74	0	53	203	- 203
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	7	- 7
Diphtheria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	71	14	- 14
Measles	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	72	8	- 8
Otitis Media	81	0	73	7	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	60	62	- 62
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	70	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	75	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Grenada

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.