DR CONGO VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	103,586	7	34,713	+ 68,873
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	75,632	1	73,546	+ 2,087
Stroke	3	67,547	6	36,596	+ 30,951
Kidney Disease	4	55,102	20	9,077	+ 46,025
Diabetes Mellitus	5	46,180	16	12,902	+ 33,278
Liver Disease	6	37,373	13	15,044	+ 22,329
Lung Disease	7	35,012	14	13,527	+ 21,486
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	23,240	28	4,548	+ 18,692
Road Traffic Accidents	9	22,776	10	30,256	- 7,481
Hypertension	10	18,058	12	15,743	+ 2,316
Other Injuries	11	11,991	22	8,272	+ 3,719
Low Birth Weight	12	11,854	8	34,668	- 22,814
Tuberculosis	13	11,125	2	43,759	- 32,635
Violence	14	10,280	18	11,120	- 840
Congenital Anomalies	15	10,126	11	16,256	- 6,130
Cervical Cancer	16	10,039	27	4,823	+ 5,216
Falls	17	9,996	33	3,483	+ 6,513
Malnutrition	18	9,663	21	8,910	+ 753
Birth Trauma	19	9,226	9	33,075	- 23,850
Lung Cancers	20	8,450	47	1,158	+ 7,292
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	8,276	5	41,301	- 33,025
Parkinson's Disease	22	7,988	49	1,035	+ 6,954
Stomach Cancer	23	7,359	37	2,579	+ 4,780
Chagas disease	24	7,073	79	0	+ 7,073
Liver Cancer	25	6,752	31	3,840	+ 2,912
Suicide	26	6,703	26	5,812	+ 891
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	6,356	40	1,923	+ 4,433
Prostate Cancer	28	5,153	30	3,948	+ 1,205
Breast Cancer	29	4,517	35	3,416	+ 1,102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	3,819	36	2,966	+ 852
Drownings	31	3,804	34	3,454	+ 351
Endocrine Disorders	32	3,601	25	7,380	- 3,779
Alcohol	33	3,599	60	635	+ 2,964
Leukemia	34	3,559	41	1,871	+ 1,687
Inflammatory/Heart	35	3,508	29	4,045	- 537
Pancreas Cancer	36	3,108	50	1,017	+ 2,091
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	2,736	43	1,728	+ 1,009
Asthma	38	2,422	24	7,733	- 5,311
Maternal Conditions	39	2,300	19	10,513	- 8,213
Drug Use	40	2,287	59	638	+ 1,649
Lymphomas	41	2,057	38	2,061	- 4
Epilepsy	42	1,869	44	1,727	+ 143
Skin Cancers	43	1,783	55	765	+ 1,018
Fires	44	1,700	39	2,007	- 308
HIV/AIDS	45	1,632	15	13,286	- 11,654
Appendicitis	46	1,462	56	703	+ 759
Uterin Cancer	47	1,419	63	352	+ 1,067
Oesophagus Cancer	48	1,250	53	790	+ 459
Meningitis	49	1,195	17	11,568	- 10,373
Pertussis	50	1,132	23	7,921	- 6,789
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	1,040	66	217	+ 823
Encephalitis	52	1,027	57	680	+ 347
Syphilis	53	984	32	3,751	- 2,767
Ovary Cancer	54	956	58	656	+ 300
Skin Disease	55	942	54	781	+ 161
Oral Cancer	56	852	51	1,003	- 150
Poisonings	57	614	42	1,729	- 1,114
Other Neoplasms	58	403	67	88	+ 316
Bladder Cancer	59	401	65	270	+ 131
Tetanus	60	289	46	1,166	- 877
Multiple Sclerosis	61	208	71	44	+ 165
Upper Respiratory	62	144	62	370	- 226
War	63	84	45	1,658	- 1,574
Hepatitis B	64	53	61	456	- 403
Leishmaniasis	65	51	52	869	- 818
Dengue	66	42	74	1	+ 41
Hepatitis C	67	26	69	69	- 43
Chlamydia	68	18	73	15	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	17	68	80	- 63
Diphtheria	70	4	70	47	- 43
Otitis Media	71	1	72	38	- 37
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	48	1,071	- 1,071
Malaria	76	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	64	347	- 347
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Bolivia

DR 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.