BOTSWANA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,200	3	1,632	+ 568
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,606	2	1,674	- 67
Stroke	3	1,434	4	1,588	- 154
Kidney Disease	4	1,170	9	506	+ 664
Diabetes Mellitus	5	981	5	1,273	- 292
Liver Disease	6	794	12	459	+ 335
Lung Disease	7	744	10	482	+ 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	494	23	164	+ 330
Road Traffic Accidents	9	484	7	608	- 125
Hypertension	10	383	11	471	- 87
Other Injuries	11	255	19	216	+ 38
Low Birth Weight	12	252	13	447	- 195
Tuberculosis	13	236	6	649	- 413
Violence	14	218	14	389	- 171
Congenital Anomalies	15	215	16	287	- 72
Cervical Cancer	16	213	22	164	+ 49
Falls	17	212	34	62	+ 151
Malnutrition	18	205	21	171	+ 34
Birth Trauma	19	196	17	261	- 66
Lung Cancers	20	179	39	45	+ 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	176	8	527	- 351
Parkinson's Disease	22	170	38	47	+ 122
Stomach Cancer	23	156	53	10	+ 146
Chagas disease	24	150	77	0	+ 150
Liver Cancer	25	143	35	57	+ 86
Suicide	26	142	15	370	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	135	29	90	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	28	109	41	45	+ 65
Breast Cancer	29	96	33	68	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	81	47	28	+ 54
Drownings	31	81	30	83	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	32	76	27	103	- 26
Alcohol	33	76	45	31	+ 46
Leukemia	34	76	51	13	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	35	74	20	177	- 102
Pancreas Cancer	36	66	50	16	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	58	43	37	+ 21
Asthma	38	51	18	232	- 181
Maternal Conditions	39	49	24	118	- 69
Drug Use	40	49	48	26	+ 23
Lymphomas	41	44	31	77	- 33
Epilepsy	42	40	36	56	- 16
Skin Cancers	43	38	37	52	- 14
Fires	44	36	26	108	- 72
HIV/AIDS	45	35	1	4,950	- 4,915
Appendicitis	46	31	57	8	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	47	30	56	9	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	48	27	28	103	- 76
Meningitis	49	25	25	108	- 83
Pertussis	50	24	40	45	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	22	52	11	+ 12
Encephalitis	52	22	59	7	+ 15
Syphilis	53	21	44	36	- 16
Ovary Cancer	54	20	49	19	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	20	46	30	- 10
Oral Cancer	56	18	32	70	- 52
Poisonings	57	13	42	42	- 29
Other Neoplasms	58	9	55	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	59	9	60	6	+ 2
Tetanus	60	6	61	6	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	3	58	7	- 4
War	63	2	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	62	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Bolivia

Botswana

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.