NEPAL VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,936	2	19,677	+ 8,259
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	20,397	6	6,237	+ 14,160
Stroke	3	18,216	4	12,909	+ 5,308
Kidney Disease	4	14,860	10	4,284	+ 10,576
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,454	14	2,929	+ 9,525
Liver Disease	6	10,079	5	6,383	+ 3,696
Lung Disease	7	9,442	1	27,027	- 17,584
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	6,267	19	2,022	+ 4,246
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,142	9	4,654	+ 1,488
Hypertension	10	4,870	18	2,092	+ 2,778
Other Injuries	11	3,234	22	1,655	+ 1,579
Low Birth Weight	12	3,197	11	3,822	- 625
Tuberculosis	13	3,000	3	16,535	- 13,534
Violence	14	2,772	35	704	+ 2,069
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,731	21	1,949	+ 782
Cervical Cancer	16	2,707	20	1,969	+ 738
Falls	17	2,696	13	3,321	- 625
Malnutrition	18	2,606	31	845	+ 1,761
Birth Trauma	19	2,488	15	2,676	- 188
Lung Cancers	20	2,279	12	3,586	- 1,307
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,232	7	6,071	- 3,839
Parkinson's Disease	22	2,154	33	760	+ 1,395
Stomach Cancer	23	1,985	25	1,379	+ 605
Chagas disease	24	1,908	74	0	+ 1,908
Liver Cancer	25	1,821	46	256	+ 1,565
Suicide	26	1,808	16	2,571	- 763
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,714	49	191	+ 1,523
Prostate Cancer	28	1,390	58	85	+ 1,304
Breast Cancer	29	1,218	27	1,038	+ 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,030	26	1,167	- 137
Drownings	31	1,026	23	1,505	- 479
Endocrine Disorders	32	971	45	257	+ 714
Alcohol	33	971	52	168	+ 803
Leukemia	34	960	36	668	+ 292
Inflammatory/Heart	35	946	48	217	+ 729
Pancreas Cancer	36	838	41	445	+ 393
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	738	17	2,320	- 1,582
Asthma	38	653	8	5,930	- 5,277
Maternal Conditions	39	620	28	977	- 357
Drug Use	40	617	57	93	+ 523
Lymphomas	41	555	32	768	- 213
Epilepsy	42	504	30	874	- 370
Skin Cancers	43	481	42	400	+ 81
Fires	44	458	50	184	+ 275
HIV/AIDS	45	440	34	737	- 297
Appendicitis	46	394	47	220	+ 174
Uterin Cancer	47	383	60	56	+ 326
Oesophagus Cancer	48	337	38	491	- 154
Meningitis	49	322	43	377	- 55
Pertussis	50	305	40	453	- 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	280	51	173	+ 108
Encephalitis	52	277	29	882	- 605
Syphilis	53	265	54	134	+ 131
Ovary Cancer	54	258	37	585	- 327
Skin Disease	55	254	67	17	+ 237
Oral Cancer	56	230	24	1,389	- 1,159
Poisonings	57	166	39	474	- 308
Other Neoplasms	58	109	61	50	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	59	108	44	325	- 216
Tetanus	60	78	53	134	- 56
Multiple Sclerosis	61	56	63	38	+ 18
Upper Respiratory	62	39	66	24	+ 15
War	63	23	65	24	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	14	56	117	- 102
Leishmaniasis	65	14	62	39	- 25
Dengue	66	11	55	120	- 109
Hepatitis C	67	7	64	29	- 22
Chlamydia	68	5	68	5	- 0
Ascariasis	69	5	69	4	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	71	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	4	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	59	60	- 60
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Bolivia

Nepal

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.