ITALY VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		ITALY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,722	1	97,116	- 42,394
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	39,955	9	16,339	+ 23,616
Stroke	3	35,684	2	62,633	- 26,950
Kidney Disease	4	29,109	11	12,726	+ 16,383
Diabetes Mellitus	5	24,396	8	19,836	+ 4,560
Liver Disease	6	19,744	23	5,559	+ 14,184
Lung Disease	7	18,496	5	32,382	- 13,886
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	12,277	3	41,445	- 29,167
Road Traffic Accidents	9	12,032	30	3,221	+ 8,811
Hypertension	10	9,540	6	29,931	- 20,391
Other Injuries	11	6,335	12	12,112	- 5,778
Low Birth Weight	12	6,262	51	357	+ 5,905
Tuberculosis	13	5,877	53	336	+ 5,541
Violence	14	5,431	50	409	+ 5,022
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,349	37	1,443	+ 3,906
Cervical Cancer	16	5,303	40	1,154	+ 4,150
Falls	17	5,281	25	4,222	+ 1,058
Malnutrition	18	5,105	41	775	+ 4,329
Birth Trauma	19	4,874	59	140	+ 4,733
Lung Cancers	20	4,464	4	34,152	- 29,689
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	4,372	36	1,622	+ 2,750
Parkinson's Disease	22	4,220	19	8,428	- 4,208
Stomach Cancer	23	3,888	14	10,252	- 6,365
Chagas disease	24	3,737	72	1	+ 3,736
Liver Cancer	25	3,567	17	9,620	- 6,053
Suicide	26	3,541	26	4,042	- 501
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	3,358	43	690	+ 2,668
Prostate Cancer	28	2,722	20	8,409	- 5,687
Breast Cancer	29	2,386	10	13,868	- 11,482
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,017	7	21,254	- 19,236
Drownings	31	2,010	52	344	+ 1,666
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,902	18	8,431	- 6,528
Alcohol	33	1,901	55	277	+ 1,624
Leukemia	34	1,880	21	6,728	- 4,848
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,853	24	5,531	- 3,678
Pancreas Cancer	36	1,642	13	12,095	- 10,453
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	1,446	32	2,216	- 770
Asthma	38	1,280	47	494	+ 786
Maternal Conditions	39	1,215	67	6	+ 1,209
Drug Use	40	1,208	45	654	+ 554
Lymphomas	41	1,087	16	9,670	- 8,584
Epilepsy	42	987	39	1,337	- 349
Skin Cancers	43	942	29	3,239	- 2,297
Fires	44	898	56	271	+ 627
HIV/AIDS	45	862	46	520	+ 342
Appendicitis	46	772	61	49	+ 724
Uterin Cancer	47	749	33	2,198	- 1,448
Oesophagus Cancer	48	660	34	2,045	- 1,385
Meningitis	49	631	60	128	+ 504
Pertussis	50	598	73	1	+ 597
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	549	42	701	- 152
Encephalitis	52	542	68	5	+ 538
Syphilis	53	520	69	4	+ 516
Ovary Cancer	54	505	28	3,282	- 2,776
Skin Disease	55	498	38	1,440	- 942
Oral Cancer	56	450	27	3,343	- 2,893
Poisonings	57	325	58	154	+ 171
Other Neoplasms	58	213	15	9,984	- 9,771
Bladder Cancer	59	212	22	6,711	- 6,499
Tetanus	60	153	63	22	+ 131
Multiple Sclerosis	61	110	44	677	- 567
Upper Respiratory	62	76	64	20	+ 56
War	63	45	66	6	+ 38
Hepatitis B	64	28	54	334	- 306
Leishmaniasis	65	27	70	3	+ 24
Dengue	66	22	81	0	+ 22
Hepatitis C	67	14	31	2,451	- 2,437
Chlamydia	68	10	84	0	+ 10
Ascariasis	69	9	80	0	+ 9
Diphtheria	70	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	1	65	16	- 15
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	47	- 47
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	241	- 241
Osteoarthritis	82	0	48	481	- 481
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	35	1,672	- 1,672
Schizophrenia	85	0	49	424	- 424
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ITALY

Bolivia

Italy

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.