CONGO VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,473	4	2,494	+ 2,979
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,996	3	2,576	+ 1,420
Stroke	3	3,569	5	2,267	+ 1,303
Kidney Disease	4	2,911	15	613	+ 2,299
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,440	10	1,050	+ 1,390
Liver Disease	6	1,975	13	931	+ 1,044
Lung Disease	7	1,850	17	541	+ 1,309
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,228	25	230	+ 998
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,203	7	1,598	- 395
Hypertension	10	954	12	933	+ 22
Other Injuries	11	634	20	333	+ 300
Low Birth Weight	12	626	9	1,283	- 657
Tuberculosis	13	588	2	2,781	- 2,193
Violence	14	543	18	539	+ 4
Congenital Anomalies	15	535	14	729	- 194
Cervical Cancer	16	530	29	196	+ 334
Falls	17	528	33	149	+ 379
Malnutrition	18	511	24	272	+ 239
Birth Trauma	19	487	11	997	- 510
Lung Cancers	20	446	47	54	+ 393
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	437	8	1,304	- 867
Parkinson's Disease	22	422	42	69	+ 353
Stomach Cancer	23	389	39	88	+ 301
Chagas disease	24	374	79	0	+ 374
Liver Cancer	25	357	30	169	+ 187
Suicide	26	354	19	349	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	336	35	105	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	28	272	28	198	+ 74
Breast Cancer	29	239	32	159	+ 80
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	202	38	89	+ 113
Drownings	31	201	36	104	+ 97
Endocrine Disorders	32	190	27	208	- 18
Alcohol	33	190	49	46	+ 144
Leukemia	34	188	46	57	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	35	185	26	220	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	36	164	52	42	+ 122
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	145	43	67	+ 78
Asthma	38	128	23	291	- 163
Maternal Conditions	39	122	16	578	- 456
Drug Use	40	121	44	65	+ 55
Lymphomas	41	109	45	61	+ 48
Epilepsy	42	99	40	76	+ 23
Skin Cancers	43	94	53	36	+ 58
Fires	44	90	37	90	- 0
HIV/AIDS	45	86	1	4,509	- 4,423
Appendicitis	46	77	58	18	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	47	75	60	15	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	48	66	57	19	+ 47
Meningitis	49	63	22	299	- 236
Pertussis	50	60	21	329	- 269
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	55	59	15	+ 40
Encephalitis	52	54	56	20	+ 34
Syphilis	53	52	34	107	- 55
Ovary Cancer	54	51	48	49	+ 1
Skin Disease	55	50	50	46	+ 4
Oral Cancer	56	45	54	33	+ 12
Poisonings	57	32	41	71	- 38
Other Neoplasms	58	21	63	8	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	59	21	61	15	+ 7
Tetanus	60	15	55	23	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	66	4	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	62	8	64	7	+ 1
War	63	4	72	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	64	3	62	14	- 12
Leishmaniasis	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Dengue	66	2	73	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	67	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	70	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	1	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	31	159	- 159
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	45	- 45
Malaria	76	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Bolivia

Congo

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.