Colombia Health Loss
This workbook compares how different metrics of disease burden tell different stories about the health of a country. In particular, we’ll be using data from Colombia.
Deaths
We’ll begin with a simple metric of disease burden, number of deaths. Using that metric, here are the 10 diseases that cause the most health loss in Colombia:
| Rank | Cause | Percentage of Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ischemic heart disease | 17.25 % |
| 2 | Interpersonal violence | 7.8 % |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular disease | 7.38 % |
| 4 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 6.1 % |
| 5 | Alzheimer disease and other dementias | 4.58 % |
| 6 | Lower respiratory infections | 3.74 % |
| 7 | Chronic kidney disease | 3.29 % |
| 8 | Road injuries | 3.09 % |
| 9 | Diabetes mellitus | 3.06 % |
| 10 | Stomach cancer | 2.44 % |
YLLs
As a more nuanced metric, we’ll consider Years of Life Lost. This measure incorporates the age at death to apply a higher burden to diseases that affect younger people. Below is a bar chart of the top 10 diseases as measured by YLLs.
YLDs
We can perform a similar analysis of Years Lived with Disability (YLDs).
| Rank | Cause | Percentage of Years Lived with Disability |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ischemic heart disease | 17.25 % |
| 2 | Interpersonal violence | 7.8 % |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular disease | 7.38 % |
| 4 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 6.1 % |
| 5 | Alzheimer disease and other dementias | 4.58 % |
| 6 | Lower respiratory infections | 3.74 % |
| 7 | Chronic kidney disease | 3.29 % |
| 8 | Road injuries | 3.09 % |
| 9 | Diabetes mellitus | 3.06 % |
| 10 | Stomach cancer | 2.44 % |
DALYs
Finally, we can see this breakdown for Disability-adjusted life years(DALYs):
| Rank | Cause | Percentage of Years Lived with Disability |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ischemic heart disease | 17.25 % |
| 2 | Interpersonal violence | 7.8 % |
| 3 | Cerebrovascular disease | 7.38 % |
| 4 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 6.1 % |
| 5 | Alzheimer disease and other dementias | 4.58 % |
| 6 | Lower respiratory infections | 3.74 % |
| 7 | Chronic kidney disease | 3.29 % |
| 8 | Road injuries | 3.09 % |
| 9 | Diabetes mellitus | 3.06 % |
| 10 | Stomach cancer | 2.44 % |
Comparison
The four bar charts below compares the top five causes under each metric(Deaths, Years of Life Lost, Years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life years)
