IRELAND VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,698	1	4,762	- 64
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,430	6	1,298	+ 2,132
Stroke	3	3,063	5	1,770	+ 1,294
Kidney Disease	4	2,499	10	566	+ 1,932
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,094	16	414	+ 1,681
Liver Disease	6	1,695	19	279	+ 1,416
Lung Disease	7	1,588	4	1,915	- 328
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,054	2	3,209	- 2,155
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,033	33	153	+ 880
Hypertension	10	819	29	175	+ 644
Other Injuries	11	544	30	171	+ 373
Low Birth Weight	12	538	44	56	+ 482
Tuberculosis	13	504	50	23	+ 481
Violence	14	466	47	38	+ 428
Congenital Anomalies	15	459	32	153	+ 306
Cervical Cancer	16	455	35	103	+ 352
Falls	17	453	25	247	+ 206
Malnutrition	18	438	63	2	+ 436
Birth Trauma	19	418	56	10	+ 408
Lung Cancers	20	383	3	1,916	- 1,533
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	375	45	53	+ 323
Parkinson's Disease	22	362	12	530	- 167
Stomach Cancer	23	334	17	357	- 23
Chagas disease	24	321	73	0	+ 321
Liver Cancer	25	306	18	318	- 12
Suicide	26	304	14	470	- 166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	288	38	67	+ 221
Prostate Cancer	28	234	9	585	- 351
Breast Cancer	29	205	8	760	- 555
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	173	7	1,095	- 922
Drownings	31	173	43	57	+ 115
Endocrine Disorders	32	163	24	249	- 86
Alcohol	33	163	39	64	+ 99
Leukemia	34	161	20	274	- 112
Inflammatory/Heart	35	159	26	240	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	36	141	11	530	- 390
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	124	46	50	+ 74
Asthma	38	110	41	58	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	39	104	61	3	+ 101
Drug Use	40	104	31	167	- 63
Lymphomas	41	93	13	513	- 420
Epilepsy	42	85	36	85	- 0
Skin Cancers	43	81	23	252	- 171
Fires	44	77	48	30	+ 47
HIV/AIDS	45	74	57	9	+ 65
Appendicitis	46	66	60	3	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	47	64	34	126	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	48	57	15	419	- 362
Meningitis	49	54	58	7	+ 47
Pertussis	50	51	67	0	+ 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	47	40	59	- 12
Encephalitis	52	47	66	0	+ 46
Syphilis	53	45	68	0	+ 45
Ovary Cancer	54	43	21	273	- 230
Skin Disease	55	43	42	58	- 15
Oral Cancer	56	39	28	183	- 144
Poisonings	57	28	53	14	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	58	18	27	218	- 200
Bladder Cancer	59	18	22	256	- 238
Tetanus	60	13	81	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	37	83	- 74
Upper Respiratory	62	7	64	1	+ 6
War	63	4	65	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	2	59	6	- 3
Leishmaniasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Dengue	66	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	52	19	- 18
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	20	- 20
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Schizophrenia	85	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Bolivia

Ireland

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.