ZAMBIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,063	10	4,432	+ 13,632
Violence	2	8,082	23	1,153	+ 6,929
Stroke	3	6,951	3	7,948	- 997
Lung Disease	4	6,681	21	1,273	+ 5,408
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,519	2	9,517	- 4,998
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,257	11	3,654	- 397
Kidney Disease	7	2,866	18	1,760	+ 1,106
Hypertension	8	2,684	13	2,616	+ 68
Stomach Cancer	9	2,564	42	206	+ 2,357
Lung Cancers	10	2,202	41	226	+ 1,976
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,109	14	2,395	- 286
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,833	43	203	+ 1,631
Breast Cancer	13	1,539	35	366	+ 1,173
Prostate Cancer	14	1,503	30	561	+ 942
Other Neoplasms	15	1,344	65	20	+ 1,324
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,243	12	3,146	- 1,903
HIV/AIDS	17	1,125	1	17,234	- 16,109
Lymphomas	18	1,092	31	548	+ 544
Liver Disease	19	1,018	9	4,501	- 3,483
Cervical Cancer	20	951	17	1,799	- 848
Leukemia	21	926	39	261	+ 665
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	905	29	590	+ 315
Low Birth Weight	23	879	8	4,857	- 3,978
Liver Cancer	24	866	46	177	+ 689
Pancreas Cancer	25	848	62	42	+ 806
Suicide	26	824	20	1,303	- 478
Malnutrition	27	788	15	2,303	- 1,515
Other Injuries	28	668	19	1,729	- 1,061
Falls	29	637	28	596	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	30	573	37	354	+ 220
Inflammatory/Heart	31	558	33	501	+ 56
Tuberculosis	32	533	6	5,941	- 5,408
Ovary Cancer	33	471	57	82	+ 388
Skin Disease	34	462	52	126	+ 336
Skin Cancers	35	431	54	108	+ 323
Oesophagus Cancer	36	350	36	359	- 8
Oral Cancer	37	338	48	155	+ 183
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	314	5	6,275	- 5,962
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	293	40	246	+ 47
Drownings	40	289	27	689	- 400
Birth Trauma	41	272	7	5,062	- 4,790
Bladder Cancer	42	255	50	132	+ 124
Epilepsy	43	251	38	332	- 81
Drug Use	44	206	53	122	+ 84
Uterin Cancer	45	177	64	30	+ 148
Maternal Conditions	46	165	22	1,188	- 1,023
Parkinson's Disease	47	161	47	164	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	140	84	0	+ 140
War	49	109	69	6	+ 103
Meningitis	50	102	16	1,976	- 1,874
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	102	63	30	+ 72
Appendicitis	52	89	56	84	+ 5
Chagas disease	53	85	79	0	+ 85
Asthma	54	80	26	741	- 661
Dengue	55	56	74	1	+ 55
Fires	56	53	32	546	- 493
Anemia	57	42	83	0	+ 42
Osteoarthritis	58	28	85	0	+ 28
Hepatitis C	59	27	66	18	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	60	26	67	13	+ 13
Poisonings	61	26	34	456	- 431
Hepatitis B	62	21	55	104	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	16	45	190	- 174
Encephalitis	64	16	59	70	- 54
Syphilis	65	13	24	885	- 872
Upper Respiratory	66	11	60	68	- 57
Malaria	67	11	4	7,882	- 7,871
Alcohol	68	10	49	140	- 130
Pertussis	69	8	25	743	- 735
Schizophrenia	70	7	81	0	+ 7
Tetanus	71	6	44	190	- 184
Leprosy	72	3	77	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	3	70	5	- 2
Leishmaniasis	74	3	58	72	- 69
Oral conditions	75	3	86	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	2	68	9	- 7
Schistosomiasis	77	0	51	128	- 128
Measles	78	0	61	48	- 48
Hookworm Disease	79	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	73	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	71	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	72	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Colombia

Zambia

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.