GABON VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,204	3	1,019	+ 1,185
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,609	4	966	+ 643
Stroke	3	1,437	5	896	+ 541
Kidney Disease	4	1,172	12	384	+ 789
Diabetes Mellitus	5	982	6	643	+ 340
Liver Disease	6	795	10	416	+ 379
Lung Disease	7	745	16	215	+ 530
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	494	19	152	+ 343
Road Traffic Accidents	9	485	8	518	- 34
Hypertension	10	384	11	412	- 28
Other Injuries	11	255	22	140	+ 115
Low Birth Weight	12	252	9	494	- 242
Tuberculosis	13	237	1	1,819	- 1,582
Violence	14	219	17	184	+ 35
Congenital Anomalies	15	215	15	285	- 70
Cervical Cancer	16	214	26	96	+ 117
Falls	17	213	30	84	+ 128
Malnutrition	18	206	33	78	+ 128
Birth Trauma	19	196	13	362	- 166
Lung Cancers	20	180	29	87	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	176	14	318	- 142
Parkinson's Disease	22	170	36	47	+ 123
Stomach Cancer	23	157	48	32	+ 124
Chagas disease	24	150	77	0	+ 150
Liver Cancer	25	144	35	53	+ 91
Suicide	26	143	18	183	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	135	41	36	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	28	110	32	80	+ 30
Breast Cancer	29	96	27	92	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	81	37	43	+ 38
Drownings	31	81	38	42	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	32	77	25	98	- 21
Alcohol	33	77	56	19	+ 57
Leukemia	34	76	57	17	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	35	75	24	101	- 27
Pancreas Cancer	36	66	53	21	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	58	54	20	+ 38
Asthma	38	52	28	90	- 39
Maternal Conditions	39	49	21	145	- 96
Drug Use	40	49	45	34	+ 15
Lymphomas	41	44	49	32	+ 12
Epilepsy	42	40	40	37	+ 3
Skin Cancers	43	38	46	34	+ 4
Fires	44	36	39	39	- 2
HIV/AIDS	45	35	2	1,128	- 1,093
Appendicitis	46	31	61	7	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	47	30	55	19	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	48	27	44	35	- 8
Meningitis	49	25	23	113	- 88
Pertussis	50	24	31	81	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	22	63	6	+ 16
Encephalitis	52	22	60	7	+ 15
Syphilis	53	21	47	33	- 12
Ovary Cancer	54	20	51	27	- 6
Skin Disease	55	20	52	22	- 2
Oral Cancer	56	18	34	69	- 51
Poisonings	57	13	50	28	- 15
Other Neoplasms	58	9	64	5	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	59	9	43	35	- 26
Tetanus	60	6	59	8	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	67	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	66	3	+ 0
War	63	2	65	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	62	7	- 5
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	20	146	- 146
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	58	14	- 14
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	86	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 GABON

Bolivia

Gabon

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.