GHANA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,047	3	14,103	+ 16,945
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	22,669	1	16,262	+ 6,407
Stroke	3	20,246	2	15,163	+ 5,083
Kidney Disease	4	16,515	13	4,161	+ 12,354
Diabetes Mellitus	5	13,841	12	5,929	+ 7,912
Liver Disease	6	11,202	11	6,053	+ 5,148
Lung Disease	7	10,494	15	3,120	+ 7,374
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	6,966	29	1,294	+ 5,672
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,826	7	7,808	- 981
Hypertension	10	5,413	19	2,231	+ 3,182
Other Injuries	11	3,594	18	2,433	+ 1,161
Low Birth Weight	12	3,553	8	6,662	- 3,109
Tuberculosis	13	3,334	6	10,214	- 6,880
Violence	14	3,081	27	1,857	+ 1,224
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,035	14	3,935	- 900
Cervical Cancer	16	3,009	20	2,161	+ 848
Falls	17	2,996	30	1,168	+ 1,828
Malnutrition	18	2,896	26	1,868	+ 1,028
Birth Trauma	19	2,765	10	6,194	- 3,429
Lung Cancers	20	2,533	55	237	+ 2,295
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,480	9	6,538	- 4,058
Parkinson's Disease	22	2,394	43	387	+ 2,008
Stomach Cancer	23	2,206	33	870	+ 1,336
Chagas disease	24	2,120	76	0	+ 2,120
Liver Cancer	25	2,024	17	2,851	- 827
Suicide	26	2,009	21	1,993	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,905	48	321	+ 1,585
Prostate Cancer	28	1,545	31	1,031	+ 514
Breast Cancer	29	1,354	25	1,937	- 583
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,145	34	803	+ 342
Drownings	31	1,140	36	740	+ 400
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,079	24	1,965	- 886
Alcohol	33	1,079	54	244	+ 835
Leukemia	34	1,067	45	340	+ 727
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,051	28	1,615	- 563
Pancreas Cancer	36	932	46	334	+ 597
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	820	52	256	+ 565
Asthma	38	726	23	1,979	- 1,253
Maternal Conditions	39	689	22	1,991	- 1,301
Drug Use	40	686	39	630	+ 55
Lymphomas	41	617	32	875	- 258
Epilepsy	42	560	47	329	+ 231
Skin Cancers	43	534	58	214	+ 320
Fires	44	509	37	729	- 220
HIV/AIDS	45	489	4	13,565	- 13,076
Appendicitis	46	438	59	146	+ 292
Uterin Cancer	47	425	57	219	+ 206
Oesophagus Cancer	48	375	49	285	+ 89
Meningitis	49	358	16	2,983	- 2,625
Pertussis	50	339	35	744	- 405
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	312	67	16	+ 296
Encephalitis	52	308	44	357	- 49
Syphilis	53	295	41	483	- 188
Ovary Cancer	54	287	38	698	- 412
Skin Disease	55	282	50	264	+ 18
Oral Cancer	56	255	42	483	- 227
Poisonings	57	184	40	522	- 337
Other Neoplasms	58	121	63	48	+ 73
Bladder Cancer	59	120	53	245	- 125
Tetanus	60	87	56	220	- 133
Multiple Sclerosis	61	62	61	113	- 50
Upper Respiratory	62	43	66	16	+ 27
War	63	25	64	29	- 4
Hepatitis B	64	16	62	101	- 85
Leishmaniasis	65	15	77	0	+ 15
Dengue	66	12	71	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	67	8	65	28	- 20
Chlamydia	68	5	70	3	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	5	68	12	- 7
Diphtheria	70	1	69	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	60	135	- 135
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	257	- 257
Malaria	76	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Bolivia

Ghana

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.