LESOTHO VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,999	5	2,101	- 101
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,460	2	3,214	- 1,754
Stroke	3	1,304	3	2,817	- 1,513
Kidney Disease	4	1,064	10	1,015	+ 49
Diabetes Mellitus	5	891	6	2,000	- 1,108
Liver Disease	6	721	14	792	- 71
Lung Disease	7	676	9	1,102	- 426
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	449	29	194	+ 254
Road Traffic Accidents	9	440	16	678	- 239
Hypertension	10	349	11	990	- 641
Other Injuries	11	231	18	533	- 301
Low Birth Weight	12	229	12	957	- 728
Tuberculosis	13	215	8	1,208	- 994
Violence	14	198	13	924	- 725
Congenital Anomalies	15	195	19	389	- 194
Cervical Cancer	16	194	20	372	- 179
Falls	17	193	31	128	+ 65
Malnutrition	18	187	21	357	- 171
Birth Trauma	19	178	15	717	- 539
Lung Cancers	20	163	43	51	+ 112
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	160	4	2,354	- 2,194
Parkinson's Disease	22	154	41	55	+ 99
Stomach Cancer	23	142	60	11	+ 131
Chagas disease	24	137	78	0	+ 137
Liver Cancer	25	130	39	71	+ 60
Suicide	26	129	7	1,539	- 1,410
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	123	25	279	- 156
Prostate Cancer	28	99	35	81	+ 19
Breast Cancer	29	87	34	97	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	74	48	40	+ 34
Drownings	31	73	28	200	- 126
Endocrine Disorders	32	70	27	235	- 165
Alcohol	33	69	38	71	- 1
Leukemia	34	69	49	39	+ 30
Inflammatory/Heart	35	68	23	305	- 237
Pancreas Cancer	36	60	58	12	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	53	32	126	- 73
Asthma	38	47	17	678	- 631
Maternal Conditions	39	44	24	292	- 248
Drug Use	40	44	50	32	+ 13
Lymphomas	41	40	36	78	- 38
Epilepsy	42	36	30	143	- 107
Skin Cancers	43	34	46	46	- 12
Fires	44	33	26	269	- 236
HIV/AIDS	45	32	1	4,767	- 4,736
Appendicitis	46	28	52	25	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	47	27	54	23	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	48	24	37	73	- 49
Meningitis	49	23	22	318	- 295
Pertussis	50	22	44	51	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	20	56	18	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	20	57	14	+ 6
Syphilis	53	19	45	50	- 32
Ovary Cancer	54	18	53	24	- 6
Skin Disease	55	18	40	70	- 52
Oral Cancer	56	16	42	52	- 35
Poisonings	57	12	33	111	- 99
Other Neoplasms	58	8	62	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	59	8	61	10	- 2
Tetanus	60	6	47	45	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	3	55	18	- 15
War	63	2	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	51	27	- 26
Leishmaniasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	64	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	59	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	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 LESOTHO

Bolivia

Lesotho

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.