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The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) reported this Wednesday that a total of 88,854 deaths were registered in Colombia between July and September 2020.
Of that number, 58.3% were men and the remaining 41.7% were women.
The figure indicates an increase of 52.1% in relation to deaths in the same period of 2019, which is explained by the more than 40,000 deaths reported until this December 23 by COVID-19.
For this reason, deaths are also concentrated in the age groups between 80 and 84 years (12.7%), followed by the group of people between 75 and 79 years (11.1%).
Causes of natural death in Colombia
According to Dane, during the third quarter of 2020 there were 45,992 deaths from natural causes of men, 76.0% more than in the same period of the previous year. Similarly, the number of deaths from natural causes of women increased 41.9% in the same period of 2019.
| DISEASES | MENS | WOMEN |
| Infectious and parasitic | 41.9% | 30.7% |
| Ischemic heart | 14.5% | 14.8% |
Causes of natural death in men
| DEATH CAUSE | TOTAL | PERCENTAGE |
| Infections and parasitic | 19,258 | 41.9% |
| Ischemic heart | 6,685 | 14.5% |
| Cerebrovascular | 1,718 | 3.7% |
| Chronic lower respiratory tract | 1,376 | 3% |
| Hypertensive | 1,375 | 3% |
| Mellitus diabetes | 1,208 | 2.6% |
| Acute respiratory infections | 1,064 | 2.3% |
| Malignant tumor of the digestive organs and peritoneum (except stomach and colon) | 847 | 1.8% |
| Digestive system diseases | 844 | 1.8% |
| Malignant tumors of other unspecified sites | 789 | 1.7% |
| Other groups of natural causes | 10,828 | 23.5% |
| Total | 45,992 | 100% |
Causes of natural death in women
| DEATH CAUSE | TOTAL | PERCENTAGE |
| Infections and parasites | 11,044 | 30.7% |
| Ischemic heart | 5,321 | 14.8% |
| Cerebrovascular | 1,885 | 5.2% |
| Hypertensive | 1,383 | 3.9% |
| Mellitus diabetes | 1,363 | 3.8% |
| Chronic lower respiratory tract | 1,109 | 3.1% |
| Malignant tumor of the female breast | 884 | 2.5% |
| Rest of diseases | 868 | 2.4% |
| Malignant tumor of the digestive organs and peritoneum (except stomach and colon) | 866 | 2.4% |
| Digestive system diseases | 857 | 2.4% |
| Other groups of natural causes | 10,336 | 28.8% |
| Total | 35,916 | 100% |
Regarding deaths from external causes in men, a total of 5,829 were registered in the third quarter of 2020, which reflects an increase of 1.5% compared to the same period of the previous year.
This behavior is mainly explained by a 9.4% increase in homicide deaths.
In contrast, deaths from external causes in women (1,110) decreased 10% between July and September 2020 compared to the third quarter of 2019, since deaths from land transport accidents decreased by 36.4%.
Other data
- Fetal deaths decreased by 15.9% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
- The highest proportions of fetal deaths were found in the group of mothers between 20 and 24 years old (25.8%) and between 25 and 29 years old (22.8%).
- In the group aged 40 to 44 years there was a reduction of 22.5% in the number of fetal deaths, and in the group aged 15 to 19 these deaths were reduced by 19.7%.
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