FINLAND VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,050	2	9,831	- 4,781
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,687	21	436	+ 3,251
Stroke	3	3,293	3	4,115	- 822
Kidney Disease	4	2,686	26	342	+ 2,345
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,251	22	418	+ 1,834
Liver Disease	6	1,822	10	1,068	+ 754
Lung Disease	7	1,707	8	1,289	+ 418
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,133	1	11,120	- 9,987
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,110	33	215	+ 895
Hypertension	10	880	5	2,030	- 1,150
Other Injuries	11	585	20	437	+ 148
Low Birth Weight	12	578	48	26	+ 552
Tuberculosis	13	542	46	32	+ 510
Violence	14	501	43	64	+ 437
Congenital Anomalies	15	494	35	192	+ 302
Cervical Cancer	16	489	44	62	+ 427
Falls	17	487	7	1,325	- 838
Malnutrition	18	471	57	7	+ 465
Birth Trauma	19	450	56	8	+ 442
Lung Cancers	20	412	4	2,312	- 1,900
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	403	52	15	+ 388
Parkinson's Disease	22	389	13	853	- 463
Stomach Cancer	23	359	19	447	- 88
Chagas disease	24	345	76	0	+ 345
Liver Cancer	25	329	16	545	- 216
Suicide	26	327	15	846	- 519
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	310	36	151	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	28	251	11	970	- 719
Breast Cancer	29	220	12	948	- 728
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	186	6	1,433	- 1,247
Drownings	31	185	37	106	+ 80
Endocrine Disorders	32	176	31	257	- 81
Alcohol	33	175	18	464	- 289
Leukemia	34	174	24	371	- 198
Inflammatory/Heart	35	171	17	518	- 347
Pancreas Cancer	36	152	9	1,247	- 1,096
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	133	50	19	+ 114
Asthma	38	118	40	85	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	39	112	64	2	+ 111
Drug Use	40	112	30	269	- 158
Lymphomas	41	100	14	851	- 751
Epilepsy	42	91	38	104	- 13
Skin Cancers	43	87	29	297	- 210
Fires	44	83	45	62	+ 21
HIV/AIDS	45	80	59	6	+ 74
Appendicitis	46	71	54	10	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	47	69	32	225	- 156
Oesophagus Cancer	48	61	27	320	- 259
Meningitis	49	58	55	9	+ 49
Pertussis	50	55	69	0	+ 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	51	41	83	- 32
Encephalitis	52	50	66	0	+ 50
Syphilis	53	48	67	0	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	54	47	25	344	- 298
Skin Disease	55	46	47	27	+ 19
Oral Cancer	56	42	34	207	- 166
Poisonings	57	30	49	25	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	58	20	23	377	- 357
Bladder Cancer	59	20	28	308	- 289
Tetanus	60	14	70	0	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	42	80	- 70
Upper Respiratory	62	7	62	2	+ 5
War	63	4	65	1	+ 4
Hepatitis B	64	3	63	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Dengue	66	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	60	5	- 3
Chlamydia	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	85	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Bolivia

Finland

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.