BELGIUM VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,751	1	15,281	- 4,529
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,850	6	5,677	+ 2,173
Stroke	3	7,011	3	7,408	- 397
Kidney Disease	4	5,719	8	2,952	+ 2,767
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,793	20	1,269	+ 3,524
Liver Disease	6	3,879	17	1,433	+ 2,446
Lung Disease	7	3,634	5	6,438	- 2,804
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,412	2	9,416	- 7,004
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,364	29	666	+ 1,698
Hypertension	10	1,874	27	740	+ 1,135
Other Injuries	11	1,245	11	2,006	- 762
Low Birth Weight	12	1,230	50	70	+ 1,161
Tuberculosis	13	1,155	54	46	+ 1,109
Violence	14	1,067	44	149	+ 917
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,051	40	282	+ 769
Cervical Cancer	16	1,042	41	243	+ 799
Falls	17	1,037	15	1,756	- 718
Malnutrition	18	1,003	38	291	+ 712
Birth Trauma	19	958	53	47	+ 911
Lung Cancers	20	877	4	6,777	- 5,900
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	859	33	418	+ 441
Parkinson's Disease	22	829	19	1,378	- 548
Stomach Cancer	23	764	26	863	- 99
Chagas disease	24	734	77	0	+ 734
Liver Cancer	25	701	24	976	- 275
Suicide	26	696	10	2,111	- 1,415
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	660	42	213	+ 447
Prostate Cancer	28	535	13	1,824	- 1,290
Breast Cancer	29	469	9	2,587	- 2,118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	396	7	3,329	- 2,932
Drownings	31	395	47	79	+ 316
Endocrine Disorders	32	374	18	1,432	- 1,058
Alcohol	33	374	32	500	- 126
Leukemia	34	369	21	1,199	- 830
Inflammatory/Heart	35	364	23	1,060	- 696
Pancreas Cancer	36	323	14	1,809	- 1,487
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	284	37	293	- 9
Asthma	38	251	46	128	+ 124
Maternal Conditions	39	239	64	6	+ 233
Drug Use	40	237	39	287	- 50
Lymphomas	41	213	16	1,552	- 1,339
Epilepsy	42	194	36	348	- 154
Skin Cancers	43	185	31	522	- 337
Fires	44	176	48	75	+ 101
HIV/AIDS	45	169	57	36	+ 133
Appendicitis	46	152	62	17	+ 135
Uterin Cancer	47	147	34	384	- 237
Oesophagus Cancer	48	130	25	898	- 768
Meningitis	49	124	58	28	+ 96
Pertussis	50	117	68	1	+ 117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	108	49	73	+ 35
Encephalitis	52	107	66	1	+ 105
Syphilis	53	102	70	0	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	54	99	30	653	- 553
Skin Disease	55	98	35	380	- 282
Oral Cancer	56	88	28	675	- 586
Poisonings	57	64	55	41	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	58	42	12	1,828	- 1,786
Bladder Cancer	59	42	22	1,078	- 1,037
Tetanus	60	30	78	0	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	45	147	- 125
Upper Respiratory	62	15	59	22	- 7
War	63	9	67	1	+ 8
Hepatitis B	64	5	63	17	- 11
Leishmaniasis	65	5	73	0	+ 5
Dengue	66	4	83	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	3	52	53	- 50
Chlamydia	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	82	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	19	- 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	59	- 59
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	43	199	- 199
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	40	- 40
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Bolivia

Belgium

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.