MALTA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	422	1	876	- 454
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	308	3	213	+ 95
Stroke	3	275	2	291	- 17
Kidney Disease	4	224	11	79	+ 145
Diabetes Mellitus	5	188	6	163	+ 25
Liver Disease	6	152	24	23	+ 129
Lung Disease	7	143	8	127	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	95	4	207	- 113
Road Traffic Accidents	9	93	31	18	+ 75
Hypertension	10	74	20	33	+ 40
Other Injuries	11	49	33	16	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	12	48	35	11	+ 37
Tuberculosis	13	45	52	2	+ 44
Violence	14	42	40	4	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	15	41	32	17	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	16	41	39	4	+ 36
Falls	17	41	14	52	- 11
Malnutrition	18	39	60	0	+ 39
Birth Trauma	19	38	44	3	+ 35
Lung Cancers	20	34	5	197	- 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	34	55	1	+ 33
Parkinson's Disease	22	33	16	50	- 17
Stomach Cancer	23	30	15	50	- 20
Chagas disease	24	29	68	0	+ 29
Liver Cancer	25	27	18	34	- 6
Suicide	26	27	22	27	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	26	37	7	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	28	21	13	53	- 32
Breast Cancer	29	18	10	85	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	16	7	147	- 132
Drownings	31	15	48	2	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	32	15	30	19	- 4
Alcohol	33	15	47	3	+ 12
Leukemia	34	14	21	28	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	35	14	27	22	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	36	13	9	90	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	11	49	2	+ 9
Asthma	38	10	36	8	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	39	9	64	0	+ 9
Drug Use	40	9	38	7	+ 2
Lymphomas	41	8	12	53	- 45
Epilepsy	42	8	43	3	+ 4
Skin Cancers	43	7	34	14	- 7
Fires	44	7	62	0	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	45	7	41	4	+ 3
Appendicitis	46	6	63	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	47	6	28	21	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	48	5	29	20	- 15
Meningitis	49	5	56	1	+ 4
Pertussis	50	5	72	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	4	51	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	4	65	0	+ 4
Syphilis	53	4	81	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	54	4	17	34	- 30
Skin Disease	55	4	25	23	- 19
Oral Cancer	56	3	23	25	- 22
Poisonings	57	3	58	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	2	26	22	- 20
Bladder Cancer	59	2	19	33	- 32
Tetanus	60	1	74	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	1	45	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	59	0	+ 0
War	63	0	54	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	0	61	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	53	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	82	0	50	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Bolivia

Malta

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.