COLOMBIA VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,723	1	43,066	+ 12,657
Stroke	2	49,694	3	16,573	+ 33,122
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	29,801	5	10,773	+ 19,027
Diabetes Mellitus	4	21,202	11	5,028	+ 16,174
HIV/AIDS	5	11,415	17	2,683	+ 8,732
Kidney Disease	6	11,395	7	6,834	+ 4,561
Hypertension	7	11,103	8	6,400	+ 4,703
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	10,714	38	747	+ 9,967
Low Birth Weight	9	10,614	23	2,095	+ 8,518
Liver Disease	10	10,231	19	2,426	+ 7,804
Lung Disease	11	9,848	4	15,928	- 6,080
Violence	12	9,828	2	19,268	- 9,440
Road Traffic Accidents	13	8,921	6	7,765	+ 1,156
Birth Trauma	14	8,861	41	648	+ 8,213
Congenital Anomalies	15	7,675	16	2,963	+ 4,713
Other Injuries	16	6,322	28	1,592	+ 4,730
Prostate Cancer	17	5,723	14	3,584	+ 2,138
Maternal Conditions	18	5,690	46	394	+ 5,296
Drownings	19	5,511	40	689	+ 4,822
Asthma	20	4,671	54	191	+ 4,480
Suicide	21	4,579	26	1,965	+ 2,614
Tuberculosis	22	4,250	32	1,272	+ 2,978
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	4,028	22	2,157	+ 1,871
Endocrine Disorders	24	4,014	30	1,367	+ 2,647
Inflammatory/Heart	25	3,970	31	1,329	+ 2,640
Stomach Cancer	26	3,641	9	6,112	- 2,471
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	3,435	63	38	+ 3,397
Meningitis	28	3,290	50	244	+ 3,046
Malnutrition	29	3,024	27	1,878	+ 1,146
Breast Cancer	30	2,973	13	3,669	- 696
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	2,971	39	698	+ 2,273
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	2,869	12	4,371	- 1,502
Liver Cancer	33	2,795	24	2,065	+ 730
Cervical Cancer	34	2,416	20	2,266	+ 150
Falls	35	2,316	29	1,518	+ 798
Lung Cancers	36	2,074	10	5,250	- 3,177
Fires	37	1,983	56	127	+ 1,856
Pertussis	38	1,883	69	18	+ 1,865
Alcohol	39	1,804	68	23	+ 1,781
Skin Disease	40	1,791	34	1,102	+ 689
Epilepsy	41	1,724	43	597	+ 1,126
Parkinson's Disease	42	1,390	47	383	+ 1,007
Leukemia	43	1,268	21	2,208	- 941
Pancreas Cancer	44	1,132	25	2,022	- 891
Oral Cancer	45	1,100	37	807	+ 293
Syphilis	46	1,060	65	30	+ 1,030
Lymphomas	47	993	18	2,603	- 1,610
Appendicitis	48	724	52	213	+ 511
Oesophagus Cancer	49	654	36	835	- 181
Poisonings	50	651	61	61	+ 590
Ovary Cancer	51	647	33	1,122	- 475
Drug Use	52	590	44	492	+ 99
Tetanus	53	501	71	14	+ 486
Encephalitis	54	496	64	38	+ 458
Bladder Cancer	55	388	42	609	- 221
Skin Cancers	56	238	35	1,028	- 791
Uterin Cancer	57	177	45	423	- 246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	157	51	242	- 85
Malaria	59	152	67	26	+ 126
Other Neoplasms	60	129	15	3,205	- 3,076
Multiple Sclerosis	61	120	60	62	+ 57
Hepatitis B	62	110	62	50	+ 59
Upper Respiratory	63	79	66	27	+ 53
Dengue	64	71	55	133	- 62
Hepatitis C	65	31	59	65	- 34
War	66	23	49	260	- 237
Ascariasis	67	22	76	5	+ 17
Chlamydia	68	19	81	0	+ 19
Diphtheria	69	13	80	0	+ 13
Otitis Media	70	5	73	7	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	72	8	- 8
Trichuriasis	72	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	48	333	- 333
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	18	- 18
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	57	101	- 101
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Haiti

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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.