MALAYSIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		MALAYSIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,026	1	36,729	- 5,704
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	22,653	2	23,477	- 824
Stroke	3	20,231	3	21,592	- 1,361
Kidney Disease	4	16,504	6	6,629	+ 9,875
Diabetes Mellitus	5	13,832	9	4,107	+ 9,725
Liver Disease	6	11,194	7	5,125	+ 6,068
Lung Disease	7	10,487	5	6,633	+ 3,854
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	6,961	10	3,996	+ 2,964
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,822	4	7,181	- 360
Hypertension	10	5,409	38	649	+ 4,759
Other Injuries	11	3,591	14	2,222	+ 1,369
Low Birth Weight	12	3,551	29	1,020	+ 2,530
Tuberculosis	13	3,332	26	1,227	+ 2,105
Violence	14	3,079	34	869	+ 2,210
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,033	24	1,403	+ 1,630
Cervical Cancer	16	3,007	31	1,010	+ 1,996
Falls	17	2,994	18	1,855	+ 1,139
Malnutrition	18	2,894	49	249	+ 2,645
Birth Trauma	19	2,763	42	359	+ 2,405
Lung Cancers	20	2,531	8	4,319	- 1,788
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,479	20	1,773	+ 706
Parkinson's Disease	22	2,393	28	1,106	+ 1,287
Stomach Cancer	23	2,204	21	1,441	+ 763
Chagas disease	24	2,119	78	0	+ 2,119
Liver Cancer	25	2,022	16	1,984	+ 38
Suicide	26	2,008	19	1,823	+ 184
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,904	22	1,424	+ 479
Prostate Cancer	28	1,544	33	903	+ 640
Breast Cancer	29	1,353	12	3,071	- 1,718
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,144	11	3,832	- 2,689
Drownings	31	1,139	36	820	+ 320
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,079	37	809	+ 269
Alcohol	33	1,078	55	181	+ 897
Leukemia	34	1,066	23	1,412	- 346
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,051	27	1,214	- 163
Pancreas Cancer	36	931	32	994	- 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	820	51	246	+ 574
Asthma	38	726	30	1,013	- 288
Maternal Conditions	39	689	56	167	+ 522
Drug Use	40	685	45	322	+ 363
Lymphomas	41	616	25	1,321	- 705
Epilepsy	42	560	52	226	+ 334
Skin Cancers	43	534	50	247	+ 287
Fires	44	509	44	336	+ 173
HIV/AIDS	45	489	13	2,679	- 2,190
Appendicitis	46	438	58	71	+ 366
Uterin Cancer	47	425	43	352	+ 73
Oesophagus Cancer	48	374	41	435	- 60
Meningitis	49	358	46	301	+ 57
Pertussis	50	339	57	80	+ 259
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	311	60	27	+ 284
Encephalitis	52	307	40	452	- 145
Syphilis	53	295	62	19	+ 276
Ovary Cancer	54	286	35	827	- 541
Skin Disease	55	282	15	2,066	- 1,784
Oral Cancer	56	255	17	1,865	- 1,609
Poisonings	57	184	53	211	- 27
Other Neoplasms	58	121	48	265	- 144
Bladder Cancer	59	120	39	467	- 347
Tetanus	60	87	61	21	+ 65
Multiple Sclerosis	61	62	59	30	+ 32
Upper Respiratory	62	43	65	5	+ 38
War	63	25	63	11	+ 15
Hepatitis B	64	16	54	206	- 190
Leishmaniasis	65	15	77	0	+ 15
Dengue	66	12	47	280	- 268
Hepatitis C	67	8	64	6	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	5	68	2	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	5	67	2	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAYSIA

Bolivia

Malaysia

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.