POLAND VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		POLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,779	1	117,700	- 82,921
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	25,393	4	19,998	+ 5,395
Stroke	3	22,679	2	32,693	- 10,014
Kidney Disease	4	18,500	20	4,065	+ 14,435
Diabetes Mellitus	5	15,505	8	8,947	+ 6,558
Liver Disease	6	12,548	10	7,912	+ 4,636
Lung Disease	7	11,755	6	13,677	- 1,921
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	7,803	21	3,701	+ 4,101
Road Traffic Accidents	9	7,647	22	3,555	+ 4,092
Hypertension	10	6,063	15	4,937	+ 1,126
Other Injuries	11	4,026	28	2,527	+ 1,499
Low Birth Weight	12	3,980	42	579	+ 3,401
Tuberculosis	13	3,735	41	597	+ 3,139
Violence	14	3,452	49	294	+ 3,158
Congenital Anomalies	15	3,400	36	916	+ 2,484
Cervical Cancer	16	3,371	32	1,907	+ 1,464
Falls	17	3,356	16	4,712	- 1,356
Malnutrition	18	3,244	50	291	+ 2,954
Birth Trauma	19	3,097	57	52	+ 3,046
Lung Cancers	20	2,837	3	25,781	- 22,944
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,779	37	839	+ 1,940
Parkinson's Disease	22	2,682	34	1,500	+ 1,182
Stomach Cancer	23	2,471	12	5,910	- 3,440
Chagas disease	24	2,375	77	0	+ 2,375
Liver Cancer	25	2,267	29	2,290	- 23
Suicide	26	2,250	18	4,282	- 2,031
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	2,134	26	3,091	- 957
Prostate Cancer	28	1,730	11	6,489	- 4,759
Breast Cancer	29	1,517	9	7,967	- 6,450
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,282	5	14,610	- 13,328
Drownings	31	1,277	39	636	+ 641
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,209	38	831	+ 378
Alcohol	33	1,208	14	5,238	- 4,030
Leukemia	34	1,195	24	3,456	- 2,261
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,178	23	3,495	- 2,317
Pancreas Cancer	36	1,043	13	5,430	- 4,386
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	919	40	612	+ 307
Asthma	38	813	43	540	+ 273
Maternal Conditions	39	772	63	10	+ 763
Drug Use	40	768	48	321	+ 447
Lymphomas	41	691	19	4,141	- 3,451
Epilepsy	42	628	35	1,145	- 518
Skin Cancers	43	599	31	2,155	- 1,556
Fires	44	571	45	474	+ 96
HIV/AIDS	45	548	54	115	+ 433
Appendicitis	46	491	55	69	+ 422
Uterin Cancer	47	476	30	2,163	- 1,686
Oesophagus Cancer	48	420	33	1,803	- 1,383
Meningitis	49	401	53	171	+ 231
Pertussis	50	380	71	0	+ 380
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	349	47	369	- 20
Encephalitis	52	345	64	6	+ 338
Syphilis	53	330	69	0	+ 330
Ovary Cancer	54	321	27	2,929	- 2,608
Skin Disease	55	316	46	469	- 153
Oral Cancer	56	286	25	3,377	- 3,090
Poisonings	57	206	51	205	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	135	7	9,256	- 9,121
Bladder Cancer	59	135	17	4,700	- 4,566
Tetanus	60	97	67	2	+ 95
Multiple Sclerosis	61	70	44	502	- 432
Upper Respiratory	62	48	60	19	+ 29
War	63	28	66	4	+ 25
Hepatitis B	64	18	56	52	- 34
Leishmaniasis	65	17	75	0	+ 17
Dengue	66	14	84	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	67	9	52	188	- 179
Chlamydia	68	6	73	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	69	6	82	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	80	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	65	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	59	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	82	0	61	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	62	12	- 12
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	30	- 30
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to POLAND

Bolivia

Poland

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.