GREECE VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,390	1	21,124	- 11,734
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,856	3	8,282	- 1,426
Stroke	3	6,123	2	14,077	- 7,954
Kidney Disease	4	4,995	6	4,759	+ 236
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,186	20	1,266	+ 2,921
Liver Disease	6	3,388	23	809	+ 2,579
Lung Disease	7	3,174	5	5,526	- 2,352
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,107	7	3,940	- 1,833
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,065	22	870	+ 1,194
Hypertension	10	1,637	9	2,922	- 1,285
Other Injuries	11	1,087	17	1,453	- 366
Low Birth Weight	12	1,075	41	127	+ 947
Tuberculosis	13	1,008	46	66	+ 942
Violence	14	932	42	104	+ 828
Congenital Anomalies	15	918	38	174	+ 744
Cervical Cancer	16	910	36	243	+ 667
Falls	17	906	21	1,245	- 339
Malnutrition	18	876	66	1	+ 875
Birth Trauma	19	836	57	17	+ 819
Lung Cancers	20	766	4	7,355	- 6,590
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	750	44	95	+ 655
Parkinson's Disease	22	724	10	2,646	- 1,922
Stomach Cancer	23	667	16	1,535	- 868
Chagas disease	24	641	77	0	+ 641
Liver Cancer	25	612	14	1,566	- 953
Suicide	26	608	28	533	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	576	26	611	- 34
Prostate Cancer	28	467	12	2,023	- 1,556
Breast Cancer	29	409	11	2,520	- 2,111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	346	8	3,264	- 2,917
Drownings	31	345	32	435	- 90
Endocrine Disorders	32	326	29	526	- 200
Alcohol	33	326	49	50	+ 276
Leukemia	34	323	18	1,354	- 1,031
Inflammatory/Heart	35	318	24	725	- 407
Pancreas Cancer	36	282	13	1,904	- 1,622
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	248	43	100	+ 148
Asthma	38	220	55	27	+ 192
Maternal Conditions	39	209	61	2	+ 206
Drug Use	40	207	37	193	+ 14
Lymphomas	41	186	19	1,268	- 1,082
Epilepsy	42	169	34	249	- 80
Skin Cancers	43	162	31	438	- 277
Fires	44	154	39	146	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	45	148	50	47	+ 101
Appendicitis	46	133	58	9	+ 123
Uterin Cancer	47	129	33	373	- 244
Oesophagus Cancer	48	113	35	246	- 132
Meningitis	49	108	53	33	+ 75
Pertussis	50	103	69	0	+ 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	94	45	67	+ 28
Encephalitis	52	93	67	1	+ 92
Syphilis	53	89	65	1	+ 88
Ovary Cancer	54	87	27	557	- 471
Skin Disease	55	85	47	56	+ 29
Oral Cancer	56	77	30	440	- 363
Poisonings	57	56	56	19	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	58	37	25	679	- 642
Bladder Cancer	59	36	15	1,551	- 1,514
Tetanus	60	26	62	2	+ 24
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	40	135	- 116
Upper Respiratory	62	13	59	8	+ 5
War	63	8	64	1	+ 7
Hepatitis B	64	5	48	56	- 51
Leishmaniasis	65	5	60	4	+ 1
Dengue	66	4	71	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	2	52	38	- 36
Chlamydia	68	2	80	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	73	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	63	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	47	- 47
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	27	- 27
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

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Greece

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.