LATVIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,617	1	8,099	- 6,482
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,180	9	501	+ 679
Stroke	3	1,054	2	5,893	- 4,838
Kidney Disease	4	860	17	356	+ 504
Diabetes Mellitus	5	721	8	529	+ 191
Liver Disease	6	583	15	365	+ 219
Lung Disease	7	546	18	346	+ 200
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	363	7	664	- 301
Road Traffic Accidents	9	355	27	154	+ 202
Hypertension	10	282	3	1,194	- 912
Other Injuries	11	187	16	362	- 175
Low Birth Weight	12	185	56	11	+ 174
Tuberculosis	13	174	40	71	+ 102
Violence	14	160	37	94	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	15	158	43	46	+ 112
Cervical Cancer	16	157	33	128	+ 29
Falls	17	156	23	201	- 45
Malnutrition	18	151	64	2	+ 149
Birth Trauma	19	144	55	12	+ 132
Lung Cancers	20	132	4	956	- 825
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	129	54	14	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	22	125	35	125	- 1
Stomach Cancer	23	115	11	470	- 355
Chagas disease	24	110	80	0	+ 110
Liver Cancer	25	105	26	157	- 51
Suicide	26	105	14	384	- 279
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	99	31	142	- 43
Prostate Cancer	28	80	12	464	- 384
Breast Cancer	29	71	10	472	- 402
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	60	6	722	- 662
Drownings	31	59	34	127	- 67
Endocrine Disorders	32	56	41	59	- 3
Alcohol	33	56	21	227	- 171
Leukemia	34	56	25	186	- 131
Inflammatory/Heart	35	55	5	921	- 866
Pancreas Cancer	36	49	13	436	- 388
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	43	47	41	+ 2
Asthma	38	38	46	42	- 4
Maternal Conditions	39	36	60	5	+ 31
Drug Use	40	36	48	41	- 5
Lymphomas	41	32	19	245	- 213
Epilepsy	42	29	45	44	- 15
Skin Cancers	43	28	30	144	- 117
Fires	44	27	36	103	- 77
HIV/AIDS	45	25	39	74	- 49
Appendicitis	46	23	59	5	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	47	22	29	148	- 126
Oesophagus Cancer	48	20	32	131	- 112
Meningitis	49	19	52	15	+ 4
Pertussis	50	18	70	0	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	16	51	20	- 4
Encephalitis	52	16	69	0	+ 16
Syphilis	53	15	65	1	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	54	15	24	196	- 181
Skin Disease	55	15	38	76	- 62
Oral Cancer	56	13	22	214	- 201
Poisonings	57	10	49	23	- 14
Other Neoplasms	58	6	28	153	- 146
Bladder Cancer	59	6	20	228	- 222
Tetanus	60	5	71	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	50	20	- 17
Upper Respiratory	62	2	62	4	- 1
War	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	0	42	53	- 52
Chlamydia	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	61	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	82	0	58	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Bolivia

Latvia

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.