NAMIBIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,517	5	1,221	+ 1,296
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,837	2	1,464	+ 373
Stroke	3	1,641	4	1,333	+ 308
Kidney Disease	4	1,339	15	322	+ 1,017
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,122	7	724	+ 398
Liver Disease	6	908	14	336	+ 572
Lung Disease	7	851	10	461	+ 389
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	565	21	176	+ 389
Road Traffic Accidents	9	553	6	868	- 315
Hypertension	10	439	12	428	+ 11
Other Injuries	11	291	19	207	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	12	288	9	516	- 228
Tuberculosis	13	270	3	1,416	- 1,146
Violence	14	250	11	450	- 200
Congenital Anomalies	15	246	16	283	- 37
Cervical Cancer	16	244	23	133	+ 111
Falls	17	243	34	62	+ 181
Malnutrition	18	235	18	224	+ 11
Birth Trauma	19	224	13	345	- 120
Lung Cancers	20	205	35	59	+ 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	201	8	645	- 444
Parkinson's Disease	22	194	42	43	+ 151
Stomach Cancer	23	179	45	33	+ 146
Chagas disease	24	172	78	0	+ 172
Liver Cancer	25	164	41	45	+ 119
Suicide	26	163	17	243	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	154	32	76	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	28	125	31	94	+ 31
Breast Cancer	29	110	24	121	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	93	36	54	+ 38
Drownings	31	92	26	110	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	32	87	33	73	+ 15
Alcohol	33	87	48	28	+ 59
Leukemia	34	86	49	24	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	35	85	22	162	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	36	76	53	18	+ 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	66	44	33	+ 33
Asthma	38	59	20	200	- 142
Maternal Conditions	39	56	25	110	- 54
Drug Use	40	56	46	32	+ 24
Lymphomas	41	50	40	46	+ 4
Epilepsy	42	45	38	49	- 4
Skin Cancers	43	43	29	108	- 64
Fires	44	41	28	109	- 67
HIV/AIDS	45	40	1	2,928	- 2,889
Appendicitis	46	36	58	9	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	47	34	56	11	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	48	30	52	21	+ 9
Meningitis	49	29	27	109	- 80
Pertussis	50	27	37	54	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	57	9	+ 16
Encephalitis	52	25	59	8	+ 17
Syphilis	53	24	43	35	- 11
Ovary Cancer	54	23	50	23	- 0
Skin Disease	55	23	47	31	- 8
Oral Cancer	56	21	30	100	- 79
Poisonings	57	15	39	46	- 31
Other Neoplasms	58	10	60	8	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	59	10	54	16	- 6
Tetanus	60	7	62	6	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	64	2	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	61	6	- 3
War	63	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	64	1	63	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	55	14	- 14
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Bolivia

Namibia

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.