BOLIVIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,334	1	11,051	+ 1,283
War	2	7,862	63	9	+ 7,853
Stroke	3	5,849	3	7,206	- 1,357
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,495	2	8,069	- 3,574
Low Birth Weight	5	3,876	12	1,265	+ 2,611
Birth Trauma	6	3,290	19	984	+ 2,306
Tuberculosis	7	3,019	13	1,187	+ 1,832
Hypertension	8	2,453	10	1,927	+ 527
Maternal Conditions	9	2,396	39	245	+ 2,150
Kidney Disease	10	2,022	4	5,879	- 3,856
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,851	9	2,430	- 579
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,764	5	4,927	- 3,162
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,705	21	883	+ 822
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,535	15	1,080	+ 454
Lung Disease	15	1,427	7	3,735	- 2,308
Liver Disease	16	1,412	6	3,987	- 2,576
Asthma	17	1,044	38	258	+ 786
Other Injuries	18	995	11	1,279	- 285
Violence	19	987	14	1,097	- 110
Meningitis	20	806	49	128	+ 678
Pertussis	21	647	50	121	+ 526
Breast Cancer	22	559	29	482	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	542	8	2,479	- 1,938
Suicide	24	483	26	715	- 233
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	462	27	678	- 216
Stomach Cancer	26	460	23	785	- 325
Oral Cancer	27	450	56	91	+ 359
Endocrine Disorders	28	419	32	384	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	29	403	48	133	+ 270
Tetanus	30	385	60	31	+ 354
Encephalitis	31	365	52	110	+ 256
Lung Cancers	32	330	20	901	- 571
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	319	37	292	+ 27
Drownings	34	306	31	406	- 100
Epilepsy	35	305	42	199	+ 105
Lymphomas	36	290	41	219	+ 71
Falls	37	278	17	1,066	- 789
Hepatitis B	38	265	64	6	+ 259
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	227	30	407	- 180
Liver Cancer	40	202	25	720	- 519
Parkinson's Disease	41	193	22	852	- 660
Leukemia	42	187	34	380	- 192
Malnutrition	43	181	18	1,031	- 850
Cervical Cancer	44	166	16	1,071	- 905
Inflammatory/Heart	45	162	35	374	- 213
HIV/AIDS	46	142	45	174	- 32
Poisonings	47	118	57	66	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	48	113	54	102	+ 11
Measles	49	108	73	0	+ 108
Fires	50	107	44	181	- 75
Drug Use	51	101	40	244	- 143
Appendicitis	52	92	46	156	- 64
Uterin Cancer	53	89	47	151	- 63
Bladder Cancer	54	83	59	43	+ 41
Prostate Cancer	55	79	28	550	- 471
Pancreas Cancer	56	70	36	332	- 261
Malaria	57	57	76	0	+ 57
Alcohol	58	46	33	384	- 338
Skin Cancers	59	44	43	190	- 146
Syphilis	60	29	53	105	- 76
Skin Disease	61	29	55	101	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	62	26	61	22	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	9	58	43	- 34
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	8	51	111	- 103
Ascariasis	66	5	69	2	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	5	70	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	68	3	62	15	- 13
Chlamydia	69	0	68	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	65	5	- 5
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Afghanistan

Bolivia

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.