COLOMBIA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	150,635	1	43,066	+ 107,569
Stroke	2	41,841	3	16,573	+ 25,269
Lung Cancers	3	32,995	10	5,250	+ 27,744
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	25,594	5	10,773	+ 14,821
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	18,699	12	4,371	+ 14,328
Lung Disease	6	17,504	4	15,928	+ 1,575
Other Neoplasms	7	11,847	15	3,205	+ 8,642
Diabetes Mellitus	8	11,451	11	5,028	+ 6,423
Breast Cancer	9	10,196	13	3,669	+ 6,527
Liver Disease	10	10,126	19	2,426	+ 7,700
Prostate Cancer	11	8,305	14	3,584	+ 4,720
Stomach Cancer	12	7,564	9	6,112	+ 1,452
Pancreas Cancer	13	6,949	25	2,022	+ 4,927
Alcohol	14	6,704	68	23	+ 6,681
Hypertension	15	6,318	8	6,400	- 81
Falls	16	6,030	29	1,518	+ 4,512
Bladder Cancer	17	6,016	42	609	+ 5,407
Suicide	18	5,480	26	1,965	+ 3,515
Lymphomas	19	5,300	18	2,603	+ 2,697
Kidney Disease	20	5,202	7	6,834	- 1,631
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	4,737	22	2,157	+ 2,580
Road Traffic Accidents	22	4,549	6	7,765	- 3,215
Inflammatory/Heart	23	4,473	31	1,329	+ 3,143
Leukemia	24	4,422	21	2,208	+ 2,214
Oral Cancer	25	4,321	37	807	+ 3,514
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	3,956	39	698	+ 3,257
Ovary Cancer	27	3,749	33	1,122	+ 2,626
Other Injuries	28	3,234	28	1,592	+ 1,641
Liver Cancer	29	2,931	24	2,065	+ 866
Uterin Cancer	30	2,768	45	423	+ 2,345
Skin Cancers	31	2,758	35	1,028	+ 1,729
Cervical Cancer	32	2,440	20	2,266	+ 174
Oesophagus Cancer	33	2,307	36	835	+ 1,472
Parkinson's Disease	34	1,920	47	383	+ 1,537
Epilepsy	35	1,466	43	597	+ 868
Congenital Anomalies	36	1,173	16	2,963	- 1,790
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,074	38	747	+ 326
Endocrine Disorders	38	1,064	30	1,367	- 304
Drownings	39	815	40	689	+ 125
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	783	63	38	+ 745
Tuberculosis	41	764	32	1,272	- 508
Low Birth Weight	42	741	23	2,095	- 1,355
Asthma	43	691	54	191	+ 500
Multiple Sclerosis	44	643	60	62	+ 581
Fires	45	607	56	127	+ 480
Skin Disease	46	600	34	1,102	- 502
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	472	51	242	+ 230
Drug Use	48	411	44	492	- 81
Violence	49	376	2	19,268	- 18,892
Malnutrition	50	372	27	1,878	- 1,506
Poisonings	51	262	61	61	+ 201
Hepatitis C	52	241	59	65	+ 176
Meningitis	53	218	50	244	- 26
HIV/AIDS	54	147	17	2,683	- 2,536
Appendicitis	55	88	52	213	- 125
Hepatitis B	56	67	62	50	+ 16
Birth Trauma	57	66	41	648	- 582
Schizophrenia	58	38	70	18	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	37	48	333	- 296
Upper Respiratory	60	24	66	27	- 2
Osteoarthritis	61	23	58	67	- 44
Anemia	62	16	57	101	- 85
Maternal Conditions	63	12	46	394	- 382
Encephalitis	64	8	64	38	- 30
Oral conditions	65	5	75	7	- 2
War	66	5	49	260	- 255
Tetanus	67	2	71	14	- 12
Otitis Media	68	1	73	7	- 6
Syphilis	69	1	65	30	- 30
Diphtheria	70	1	80	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	69	18	- 18
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	74	7	- 7
Schistosomiasis	76	0	77	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	53	203	- 203
Malaria	78	0	67	26	- 26
Leprosy	79	0	72	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	76	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	55	133	- 133
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Poland

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.