COLOMBIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	73,216	1	43,066	+ 30,150
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	41,647	22	2,157	+ 39,490
Lung Disease	3	28,333	4	15,928	+ 12,405
Stroke	4	22,987	3	16,573	+ 6,414
Lung Cancers	5	22,554	10	5,250	+ 17,304
Kidney Disease	6	12,451	7	6,834	+ 5,617
Drug Use	7	10,794	44	492	+ 10,302
Hypertension	8	9,565	8	6,400	+ 3,165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	8,966	12	4,371	+ 4,595
Diabetes Mellitus	10	8,906	11	5,028	+ 3,878
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	8,747	5	10,773	- 2,027
Suicide	12	7,700	26	1,965	+ 5,735
Breast Cancer	13	7,058	13	3,669	+ 3,388
Endocrine Disorders	14	6,813	30	1,367	+ 5,446
Pancreas Cancer	15	6,423	25	2,022	+ 4,401
Liver Disease	16	6,294	19	2,426	+ 3,868
Road Traffic Accidents	17	6,046	6	7,765	- 1,719
Falls	18	5,861	29	1,518	+ 4,343
Lymphomas	19	5,841	18	2,603	+ 3,238
Prostate Cancer	20	5,164	14	3,584	+ 1,580
Parkinson's Disease	21	5,002	47	383	+ 4,619
Inflammatory/Heart	22	4,717	31	1,329	+ 3,388
Liver Cancer	23	3,925	24	2,065	+ 1,860
Leukemia	24	3,910	21	2,208	+ 1,702
Other Injuries	25	3,770	28	1,592	+ 2,178
Bladder Cancer	26	2,845	42	609	+ 2,237
Violence	27	2,752	2	19,268	- 16,517
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,585	36	835	+ 1,750
Other Neoplasms	29	2,573	15	3,205	- 632
Alcohol	30	2,126	68	23	+ 2,103
Ovary Cancer	31	2,116	33	1,122	+ 994
Skin Cancers	32	2,075	35	1,028	+ 1,047
Stomach Cancer	33	1,896	9	6,112	- 4,216
Congenital Anomalies	34	1,706	16	2,963	- 1,257
Oral Cancer	35	1,676	37	807	+ 869
Uterin Cancer	36	1,459	45	423	+ 1,036
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	1,444	38	747	+ 696
Cervical Cancer	38	1,013	20	2,266	- 1,253
Low Birth Weight	39	1,004	23	2,095	- 1,091
Malnutrition	40	981	27	1,878	- 898
Hepatitis C	41	824	59	65	+ 759
HIV/AIDS	42	821	17	2,683	- 1,862
Skin Disease	43	784	34	1,102	- 318
Multiple Sclerosis	44	734	60	62	+ 671
Drownings	45	590	40	689	- 99
Asthma	46	554	54	191	+ 362
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	529	63	38	+ 491
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	502	39	698	- 197
Fires	49	462	56	127	+ 335
Epilepsy	50	459	43	597	- 139
Anemia	51	452	57	101	+ 351
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	357	51	242	+ 115
Poisonings	53	243	61	61	+ 182
Birth Trauma	54	179	41	648	- 470
War	55	174	49	260	- 86
Maternal Conditions	56	113	46	394	- 281
Schizophrenia	57	105	70	18	+ 87
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	98	48	333	- 235
Hepatitis B	59	88	62	50	+ 38
Meningitis	60	88	50	244	- 156
Osteoarthritis	61	84	58	67	+ 17
Tuberculosis	62	79	32	1,272	- 1,193
Appendicitis	63	62	52	213	- 151
Oral conditions	64	41	75	7	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	65	33	66	27	+ 7
Syphilis	66	7	65	30	- 23
Otitis Media	67	5	73	7	- 2
Encephalitis	68	4	64	38	- 34
Pertussis	69	2	69	18	- 16
Chagas disease	70	1	53	203	- 203
Tetanus	71	0	71	14	- 14
Schistosomiasis	72	0	77	1	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	8	- 8
Diphtheria	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	133	- 133
Malaria	77	0	67	26	- 26
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	7	- 7
Measles	80	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	76	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

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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.