BARBADOS VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Bolivia BOLIVIA BARBADOS Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 273 2 358 - 85
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 199 4 221 - 22
Stroke 3 178 1 384 - 206
Kidney Disease 4 145 10 92 + 53
Diabetes Mellitus 5 122 3 260 - 138
Liver Disease 6 98 26 23 + 76
Lung Disease 7 92 12 74 + 18
Alzheimers & Dementia 8 61 7 114 - 53
Road Traffic Accidents 9 60 25 23 + 37
Hypertension 10 48 13 72 - 24
Other Injuries 11 32 11 79 - 47
Low Birth Weight 12 31 42 5 + 26
Tuberculosis 13 29 60 1 + 28
Violence 14 27 19 32 - 5
Congenital Anomalies 15 27 29 18 + 9
Cervical Cancer 16 26 23 28 - 1
Falls 17 26 41 7 + 20
Malnutrition 18 25 49 2 + 23
Birth Trauma 19 24 43 5 + 19
Lung Cancers 20 22 16 43 - 20
Diarrhoeal diseases 21 22 40 7 + 15
Parkinson's Disease 22 21 31 16 + 5
Stomach Cancer 23 19 22 28 - 8
Chagas disease 24 19 80 0 + 19
Liver Cancer 25 18 33 14 + 3
Suicide 26 18 51 2 + 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease 27 17 34 14 + 3
Prostate Cancer 28 14 5 165 - 151
Breast Cancer 29 12 8 95 - 83
Colon-Rectum Cancers 30 10 6 115 - 105
Drownings 31 10 57 1 + 9
Endocrine Disorders 32 9 9 93 - 84
Alcohol 33 9 46 4 + 5
Leukemia 34 9 20 29 - 20
Inflammatory/Heart 35 9 17 39 - 30
Pancreas Cancer 36 8 18 39 - 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease 37 7 55 1 + 6
Asthma 38 6 35 13 - 7
Maternal Conditions 39 6 56 1 + 5
Drug Use 40 6 53 1 + 5
Lymphomas 41 5 15 51 - 45
Epilepsy 42 5 38 9 - 4
Skin Cancers 43 5 47 4 + 1
Fires 44 4 62 1 + 4
HIV/AIDS 45 4 21 28 - 24
Appendicitis 46 4 65 0 + 4
Uterin Cancer 47 4 27 21 - 17
Oesophagus Cancer 48 3 36 12 - 8
Meningitis 49 3 45 4 - 1
Pertussis 50 3 67 0 + 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis 51 3 44 5 - 2
Encephalitis 52 3 82 0 + 3
Syphilis 53 3 64 0 + 2
Ovary Cancer 54 3 32 16 - 13
Skin Disease 55 2 14 62 - 60
Oral Cancer 56 2 28 18 - 16
Poisonings 57 2 48 2 - 0
Other Neoplasms 58 1 24 26 - 25
Bladder Cancer 59 1 39 9 - 8
Tetanus 60 1 70 0 + 1
Multiple Sclerosis 61 1 61 1 - 0
Upper Respiratory 62 0 58 1 - 1
War 63 0 66 0 + 0
Hepatitis B 64 0 52 2 - 1
Leishmaniasis 65 0 79 0 + 0
Dengue 66 0 54 1 - 1
Hepatitis C 67 0 83 0 + 0
Chlamydia 68 0 81 0 + 0
Ascariasis 69 0 75 0 + 0
Diphtheria 70 0 69 0 + 0
Otitis Media 71 0 72 0 + 0
Leprosy 72 0 71 0 - 0
Measles 73 0 68 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 74 0 84 0 - 0
Schistosomiasis 75 0 77 0 - 0
Malaria 76 0 76 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 77 0 78 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 78 0 73 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 79 0 74 0 - 0
Oral conditions 80 0 63 1 - 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy 81 0 30 17 - 17
Osteoarthritis 82 0 50 2 - 2
Vitamin A Deficiency 83 0 85 0 - 0
Anemia 84 0 37 11 - 11
Schizophrenia 85 0 59 1 - 1
Depression 86 0 86 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

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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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020