COLOMBIA VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	41,957	1	43,066	- 1,109
Violence	2	33,931	2	19,268	+ 14,663
Stroke	3	29,491	3	16,573	+ 12,919
Kidney Disease	4	15,903	7	6,834	+ 9,069
Lung Disease	5	15,594	4	15,928	- 334
Liver Disease	6	14,162	19	2,426	+ 11,735
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,181	6	7,765	+ 416
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	7,351	22	2,157	+ 5,194
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	6,950	5	10,773	- 3,824
Diabetes Mellitus	10	5,595	11	5,028	+ 567
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	4,801	38	747	+ 4,053
Other Injuries	12	4,399	28	1,592	+ 2,807
Hypertension	13	4,361	8	6,400	- 2,038
HIV/AIDS	14	4,131	17	2,683	+ 1,448
Congenital Anomalies	15	4,127	16	2,963	+ 1,164
Low Birth Weight	16	3,928	23	2,095	+ 1,833
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	3,417	39	698	+ 2,719
Stomach Cancer	18	3,344	9	6,112	- 2,768
Cervical Cancer	19	2,564	20	2,266	+ 298
Breast Cancer	20	2,487	13	3,669	- 1,182
Leukemia	21	2,472	21	2,208	+ 263
Tuberculosis	22	2,355	32	1,272	+ 1,083
Parkinson's Disease	23	2,232	47	383	+ 1,850
Lymphomas	24	2,030	18	2,603	- 572
Prostate Cancer	25	1,967	14	3,584	- 1,617
Liver Cancer	26	1,955	24	2,065	- 110
Lung Cancers	27	1,921	10	5,250	- 3,329
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,906	31	1,329	+ 577
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	1,840	12	4,371	- 2,531
Asthma	30	1,801	54	191	+ 1,610
Endocrine Disorders	31	1,740	30	1,367	+ 373
Pancreas Cancer	32	1,692	25	2,022	- 330
Birth Trauma	33	1,615	41	648	+ 966
Alcohol	34	1,604	68	23	+ 1,581
Falls	35	1,506	29	1,518	- 12
Epilepsy	36	1,049	43	597	+ 451
Suicide	37	1,045	26	1,965	- 920
Drownings	38	952	40	689	+ 263
Malnutrition	39	944	27	1,878	- 934
Skin Disease	40	871	34	1,102	- 230
Appendicitis	41	725	52	213	+ 513
Drug Use	42	670	44	492	+ 178
Dengue	43	626	55	133	+ 492
Oral Cancer	44	514	37	807	- 293
Ovary Cancer	45	507	33	1,122	- 615
Meningitis	46	477	50	244	+ 233
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	475	51	242	+ 233
Maternal Conditions	48	468	46	394	+ 74
Bladder Cancer	49	425	42	609	- 184
Oesophagus Cancer	50	422	36	835	- 413
Encephalitis	51	409	64	38	+ 371
Skin Cancers	52	353	35	1,028	- 675
Pertussis	53	300	69	18	+ 282
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	242	63	38	+ 205
Poisonings	55	233	61	61	+ 172
Other Neoplasms	56	212	15	3,205	- 2,992
Fires	57	208	56	127	+ 82
Chagas disease	58	140	53	203	- 64
Tetanus	59	134	71	14	+ 120
Uterin Cancer	60	119	45	423	- 304
Syphilis	61	95	65	30	+ 65
Multiple Sclerosis	62	55	60	62	- 7
Upper Respiratory	63	47	66	27	+ 21
Hepatitis B	64	26	62	50	- 25
War	65	21	49	260	- 239
Hepatitis C	66	17	59	65	- 48
Ascariasis	67	9	76	5	+ 4
Chlamydia	68	5	81	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	69	4	74	7	- 3
Diphtheria	70	1	80	0	+ 1
Malaria	71	1	67	26	- 25
Otitis Media	72	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	73	0	72	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	75	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	48	333	- 333
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	57	101	- 101
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Honduras

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.