NORWAY VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,946	1	5,321	- 375
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,611	6	1,797	+ 1,814
Stroke	3	3,225	4	2,475	+ 750
Kidney Disease	4	2,631	14	611	+ 2,020
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,205	16	560	+ 1,645
Liver Disease	6	1,784	30	214	+ 1,571
Lung Disease	7	1,672	3	2,723	- 1,051
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,110	2	4,464	- 3,355
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,087	42	114	+ 973
Hypertension	10	862	28	230	+ 632
Other Injuries	11	572	15	583	- 10
Low Birth Weight	12	566	52	23	+ 543
Tuberculosis	13	531	56	15	+ 516
Violence	14	491	50	32	+ 459
Congenital Anomalies	15	483	34	136	+ 347
Cervical Cancer	16	479	39	125	+ 354
Falls	17	477	9	777	- 300
Malnutrition	18	461	35	135	+ 326
Birth Trauma	19	440	54	17	+ 423
Lung Cancers	20	403	5	2,320	- 1,916
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	395	37	128	+ 267
Parkinson's Disease	22	381	17	554	- 173
Stomach Cancer	23	351	22	343	+ 8
Chagas disease	24	338	80	0	+ 338
Liver Cancer	25	322	26	259	+ 63
Suicide	26	320	13	633	- 313
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	303	33	160	+ 144
Prostate Cancer	28	246	8	1,172	- 926
Breast Cancer	29	216	11	698	- 482
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	182	7	1,787	- 1,604
Drownings	31	182	45	65	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	32	172	19	359	- 187
Alcohol	33	172	31	205	- 33
Leukemia	34	170	21	354	- 184
Inflammatory/Heart	35	167	29	221	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	36	148	10	770	- 622
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	131	46	61	+ 69
Asthma	38	116	43	85	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	39	110	66	1	+ 109
Drug Use	40	109	25	264	- 154
Lymphomas	41	98	12	646	- 547
Epilepsy	42	89	40	119	- 30
Skin Cancers	43	85	18	407	- 322
Fires	44	81	48	45	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	45	78	61	10	+ 68
Appendicitis	46	70	59	12	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	47	68	36	134	- 66
Oesophagus Cancer	48	60	27	248	- 188
Meningitis	49	57	58	14	+ 43
Pertussis	50	54	64	1	+ 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	50	47	60	- 11
Encephalitis	52	49	70	0	+ 49
Syphilis	53	47	67	1	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	54	46	24	309	- 263
Skin Disease	55	45	38	128	- 83
Oral Cancer	56	41	32	168	- 127
Poisonings	57	29	57	14	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	58	19	23	324	- 305
Bladder Cancer	59	19	20	356	- 337
Tetanus	60	14	69	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	10	41	119	- 109
Upper Respiratory	62	7	60	12	- 5
War	63	4	68	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	3	63	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	81	0	+ 2
Dengue	66	2	75	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	55	17	- 16
Chlamydia	68	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	76	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	82	0	51	27	- 27
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Bolivia

Norway

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.