COLOMBIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	55,575	3	16,573	+ 39,003
Coronary Heart Disease	2	43,891	1	43,066	+ 825
Diabetes Mellitus	3	41,209	11	5,028	+ 36,181
Kidney Disease	4	23,518	7	6,834	+ 16,684
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	19,381	5	10,773	+ 8,607
Prostate Cancer	6	16,606	14	3,584	+ 13,021
Road Traffic Accidents	7	16,097	6	7,765	+ 8,332
Lung Disease	8	15,590	4	15,928	- 338
Hypertension	9	15,482	8	6,400	+ 9,082
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	14,042	22	2,157	+ 11,885
Violence	11	10,919	2	19,268	- 8,349
Liver Disease	12	10,282	19	2,426	+ 7,856
Inflammatory/Heart	13	9,295	31	1,329	+ 7,965
Breast Cancer	14	7,511	13	3,669	+ 3,842
Stomach Cancer	15	6,465	9	6,112	+ 353
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,228	12	4,371	+ 1,856
Endocrine Disorders	17	5,953	30	1,367	+ 4,586
Lung Cancers	18	5,516	10	5,250	+ 266
Low Birth Weight	19	5,073	23	2,095	+ 2,977
Skin Disease	20	4,769	34	1,102	+ 3,667
Other Injuries	21	4,352	28	1,592	+ 2,760
Suicide	22	4,248	26	1,965	+ 2,283
Parkinson's Disease	23	4,093	47	383	+ 3,710
Lymphomas	24	3,861	18	2,603	+ 1,259
Cervical Cancer	25	3,500	20	2,266	+ 1,233
Falls	26	3,107	29	1,518	+ 1,589
Asthma	27	2,830	54	191	+ 2,638
Drownings	28	2,752	40	689	+ 2,062
Alcohol	29	2,727	68	23	+ 2,705
Congenital Anomalies	30	2,388	16	2,963	- 574
Pancreas Cancer	31	2,378	25	2,022	+ 356
Epilepsy	32	2,100	43	597	+ 1,503
Malnutrition	33	1,942	27	1,878	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	1,584	39	698	+ 885
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	1,351	38	747	+ 603
Leukemia	36	1,305	21	2,208	- 903
Liver Cancer	37	1,193	24	2,065	- 872
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	1,162	63	38	+ 1,124
Fires	39	978	56	127	+ 851
Oesophagus Cancer	40	926	36	835	+ 91
Ovary Cancer	41	923	33	1,122	- 199
Birth Trauma	42	913	41	648	+ 264
Oral Cancer	43	908	37	807	+ 101
Tuberculosis	44	861	32	1,272	- 411
Uterin Cancer	45	600	45	423	+ 177
Drug Use	46	565	44	492	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	47	544	46	394	+ 151
Other Neoplasms	48	536	15	3,205	- 2,669
Meningitis	49	431	50	244	+ 187
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	386	51	242	+ 144
Appendicitis	51	331	52	213	+ 119
Encephalitis	52	325	64	38	+ 287
Dengue	53	174	55	133	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	54	131	60	62	+ 69
Poisonings	55	77	61	61	+ 16
Tetanus	56	63	71	14	+ 49
Syphilis	57	55	65	30	+ 25
War	58	49	49	260	- 211
Upper Respiratory	59	37	66	27	+ 11
Hepatitis B	60	17	62	50	- 33
Schistosomiasis	61	15	77	1	+ 14
Chlamydia	62	13	81	0	+ 13
Pertussis	63	9	69	18	- 9
Ascariasis	64	3	76	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	59	65	- 63
Otitis Media	66	0	73	7	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	80	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	35	1,028	- 1,028
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	57	101	- 101
Depression	71	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	42	609	- 609
Schizophrenia	73	0	70	18	- 18
Oral conditions	74	0	75	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	75	0	58	67	- 67
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	48	333	- 333
Measles	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	67	26	- 26
Leishmaniasis	82	0	74	7	- 7
Leprosy	83	0	72	8	- 8
HIV/AIDS	84	0	17	2,683	- 2,683
Trichuriasis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Saint Lucia

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.