AUSTRALIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,028	1	21,548	+ 2,479
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	17,544	8	4,446	+ 13,097
Stroke	3	15,668	3	10,331	+ 5,337
Kidney Disease	4	12,781	12	3,139	+ 9,642
Diabetes Mellitus	5	10,712	7	4,471	+ 6,241
Liver Disease	6	8,669	26	1,421	+ 7,248
Lung Disease	7	8,121	5	8,487	- 366
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	5,391	2	15,588	- 10,198
Road Traffic Accidents	9	5,283	29	1,245	+ 4,038
Hypertension	10	4,189	23	1,631	+ 2,557
Other Injuries	11	2,781	22	1,642	+ 1,139
Low Birth Weight	12	2,750	43	248	+ 2,502
Tuberculosis	13	2,580	56	53	+ 2,528
Violence	14	2,385	44	243	+ 2,141
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,349	33	711	+ 1,638
Cervical Cancer	16	2,329	39	342	+ 1,987
Falls	17	2,319	14	3,116	- 797
Malnutrition	18	2,241	51	117	+ 2,125
Birth Trauma	19	2,140	50	140	+ 2,000
Lung Cancers	20	1,960	4	8,769	- 6,809
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,920	40	296	+ 1,624
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,853	19	2,036	- 183
Stomach Cancer	23	1,707	27	1,288	+ 419
Chagas disease	24	1,641	80	0	+ 1,641
Liver Cancer	25	1,566	20	2,036	- 470
Suicide	26	1,555	11	3,150	- 1,595
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,474	42	276	+ 1,198
Prostate Cancer	28	1,195	9	3,766	- 2,571
Breast Cancer	29	1,048	10	3,405	- 2,358
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	886	6	6,209	- 5,323
Drownings	31	882	47	177	+ 705
Endocrine Disorders	32	835	16	2,328	- 1,493
Alcohol	33	835	37	380	+ 455
Leukemia	34	825	18	2,126	- 1,301
Inflammatory/Heart	35	814	24	1,571	- 757
Pancreas Cancer	36	721	13	3,118	- 2,397
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	635	38	379	+ 256
Asthma	38	562	36	455	+ 107
Maternal Conditions	39	534	63	20	+ 513
Drug Use	40	531	21	1,783	- 1,252
Lymphomas	41	477	15	3,039	- 2,562
Epilepsy	42	434	41	285	+ 149
Skin Cancers	43	414	17	2,319	- 1,905
Fires	44	394	55	55	+ 340
HIV/AIDS	45	379	57	50	+ 329
Appendicitis	46	339	62	26	+ 313
Uterin Cancer	47	329	35	524	- 195
Oesophagus Cancer	48	290	25	1,494	- 1,204
Meningitis	49	277	60	37	+ 240
Pertussis	50	263	69	1	+ 261
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	241	45	229	+ 12
Encephalitis	52	238	68	3	+ 235
Syphilis	53	228	67	3	+ 225
Ovary Cancer	54	222	31	1,003	- 781
Skin Disease	55	219	34	594	- 376
Oral Cancer	56	198	32	972	- 774
Poisonings	57	143	61	35	+ 108
Other Neoplasms	58	94	28	1,252	- 1,159
Bladder Cancer	59	93	30	1,187	- 1,094
Tetanus	60	67	70	1	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	61	48	46	188	- 139
Upper Respiratory	62	33	64	17	+ 16
War	63	20	65	8	+ 12
Hepatitis B	64	12	58	41	- 29
Leishmaniasis	65	12	81	0	+ 12
Dengue	66	10	72	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	67	6	48	173	- 167
Chlamydia	68	4	77	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	4	75	0	+ 4
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	59	40	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	82	0	52	114	- 114
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	157	- 157
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	64	- 64
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Bolivia

Australia

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.