CUBA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,843	1	22,079	- 12,236
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,187	3	8,564	- 1,377
Stroke	3	6,419	2	10,725	- 4,307
Kidney Disease	4	5,236	14	1,700	+ 3,536
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,388	13	1,791	+ 2,597
Liver Disease	6	3,551	11	1,873	+ 1,678
Lung Disease	7	3,327	6	5,492	- 2,165
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,208	5	5,841	- 3,633
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,164	19	1,007	+ 1,157
Hypertension	10	1,716	7	3,469	- 1,753
Other Injuries	11	1,139	12	1,869	- 730
Low Birth Weight	12	1,126	48	98	+ 1,028
Tuberculosis	13	1,057	60	45	+ 1,012
Violence	14	977	32	584	+ 393
Congenital Anomalies	15	962	37	368	+ 594
Cervical Cancer	16	954	29	666	+ 288
Falls	17	950	10	2,810	- 1,860
Malnutrition	18	918	55	64	+ 855
Birth Trauma	19	877	59	49	+ 828
Lung Cancers	20	803	4	5,985	- 5,182
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	786	43	206	+ 580
Parkinson's Disease	22	759	27	691	+ 68
Stomach Cancer	23	699	20	991	- 291
Chagas disease	24	672	79	0	+ 672
Liver Cancer	25	642	24	815	- 174
Suicide	26	637	16	1,638	- 1,001
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	604	35	420	+ 184
Prostate Cancer	28	490	8	3,365	- 2,876
Breast Cancer	29	429	15	1,673	- 1,244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	363	9	2,958	- 2,595
Drownings	31	362	42	231	+ 131
Endocrine Disorders	32	342	36	412	- 70
Alcohol	33	342	28	675	- 333
Leukemia	34	338	30	633	- 295
Inflammatory/Heart	35	333	17	1,156	- 823
Pancreas Cancer	36	295	21	905	- 609
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	260	44	162	+ 98
Asthma	38	230	40	301	- 71
Maternal Conditions	39	219	61	43	+ 175
Drug Use	40	217	51	82	+ 136
Lymphomas	41	195	18	1,089	- 894
Epilepsy	42	178	46	108	+ 69
Skin Cancers	43	169	33	514	- 345
Fires	44	161	58	55	+ 106
HIV/AIDS	45	155	34	471	- 316
Appendicitis	46	139	47	104	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	47	135	31	602	- 467
Oesophagus Cancer	48	119	22	879	- 761
Meningitis	49	114	50	83	+ 31
Pertussis	50	108	73	0	+ 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	99	49	87	+ 12
Encephalitis	52	98	66	6	+ 92
Syphilis	53	93	69	1	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	54	91	39	323	- 232
Skin Disease	55	90	41	258	- 169
Oral Cancer	56	81	23	876	- 795
Poisonings	57	58	62	17	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	58	38	25	769	- 730
Bladder Cancer	59	38	26	734	- 696
Tetanus	60	27	71	1	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	61	20	57	55	- 36
Upper Respiratory	62	14	65	6	+ 8
War	63	8	68	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	64	5	56	59	- 54
Leishmaniasis	65	5	83	0	+ 5
Dengue	66	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	2	45	112	- 110
Chlamydia	68	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	72	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	64	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	82	0	38	326	- 326
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	77	- 77
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	68	- 68
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Bolivia

Cuba

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.