CENTRAL AFRICA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,908	7	2,900	+ 2,008
Violence	2	2,196	17	1,009	+ 1,187
Stroke	3	1,889	5	3,284	- 1,395
Lung Disease	4	1,815	18	956	+ 859
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,228	1	5,231	- 4,004
Road Traffic Accidents	6	885	10	1,790	- 905
Kidney Disease	7	779	21	710	+ 69
Hypertension	8	729	12	1,252	- 523
Stomach Cancer	9	696	49	65	+ 631
Lung Cancers	10	598	55	47	+ 551
Diabetes Mellitus	11	573	15	1,141	- 568
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	498	45	116	+ 382
Breast Cancer	13	418	26	344	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	14	408	38	156	+ 252
Other Neoplasms	15	365	70	5	+ 360
Congenital Anomalies	16	338	19	776	- 438
HIV/AIDS	17	306	4	3,753	- 3,447
Lymphomas	18	297	42	119	+ 178
Liver Disease	19	276	14	1,153	- 877
Cervical Cancer	20	258	32	230	+ 28
Leukemia	21	252	47	88	+ 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	246	33	204	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	23	239	8	2,228	- 1,989
Liver Cancer	24	235	44	117	+ 119
Pancreas Cancer	25	230	60	37	+ 194
Suicide	26	224	24	585	- 361
Malnutrition	27	214	22	691	- 477
Other Injuries	28	181	23	621	- 439
Falls	29	173	36	181	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	30	156	25	423	- 267
Inflammatory/Heart	31	151	30	270	- 118
Tuberculosis	32	145	2	4,704	- 4,559
Ovary Cancer	33	128	50	64	+ 64
Skin Disease	34	126	54	48	+ 77
Skin Cancers	35	117	58	43	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	36	95	53	48	+ 47
Oral Cancer	37	92	46	91	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	85	3	4,684	- 4,599
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	80	27	317	- 238
Drownings	40	79	34	202	- 124
Birth Trauma	41	74	9	2,192	- 2,118
Bladder Cancer	42	69	64	23	+ 46
Epilepsy	43	68	43	119	- 51
Drug Use	44	56	57	44	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	45	48	65	20	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	46	45	13	1,174	- 1,129
Parkinson's Disease	47	44	48	67	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	38	80	0	+ 38
War	49	30	28	314	- 284
Meningitis	50	28	16	1,015	- 987
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	28	66	15	+ 13
Appendicitis	52	24	51	62	- 38
Chagas disease	53	23	79	0	+ 23
Asthma	54	22	20	761	- 739
Dengue	55	15	74	0	+ 15
Fires	56	14	39	142	- 127
Anemia	57	11	84	0	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	58	8	81	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	59	7	69	6	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	72	4	+ 3
Poisonings	61	7	40	134	- 127
Hepatitis B	62	6	61	33	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	35	194	- 190
Encephalitis	64	4	62	28	- 24
Syphilis	65	3	41	120	- 117
Upper Respiratory	66	3	63	24	- 21
Malaria	67	3	6	3,279	- 3,276
Alcohol	68	3	52	62	- 59
Pertussis	69	2	31	265	- 263
Schizophrenia	70	2	86	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	29	280	- 279
Leprosy	72	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	68	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	74	1	56	46	- 45
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	71	5	- 4
Schistosomiasis	77	0	37	169	- 169
Measles	78	0	11	1,625	- 1,625
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	11	- 11
Chlamydia	81	0	73	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	59	40	- 40
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Colombia

Central Africa

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.