PORTUGAL VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,162	1	12,878	- 3,716
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,690	4	6,851	- 162
Stroke	3	5,974	2	12,339	- 6,365
Kidney Disease	4	4,874	9	2,803	+ 2,070
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,085	8	3,601	+ 483
Liver Disease	6	3,306	22	1,126	+ 2,180
Lung Disease	7	3,097	7	4,286	- 1,189
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,056	3	7,191	- 5,135
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,014	27	838	+ 1,176
Hypertension	10	1,597	14	1,880	- 283
Other Injuries	11	1,061	13	1,937	- 876
Low Birth Weight	12	1,048	52	79	+ 970
Tuberculosis	13	984	38	213	+ 771
Violence	14	909	48	96	+ 813
Congenital Anomalies	15	896	40	196	+ 699
Cervical Cancer	16	888	34	329	+ 559
Falls	17	884	23	1,033	- 149
Malnutrition	18	855	53	79	+ 776
Birth Trauma	19	816	60	24	+ 792
Lung Cancers	20	747	5	4,406	- 3,659
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	732	36	231	+ 501
Parkinson's Disease	22	707	21	1,139	- 433
Stomach Cancer	23	651	10	2,532	- 1,881
Chagas disease	24	626	79	0	+ 626
Liver Cancer	25	597	18	1,270	- 673
Suicide	26	593	19	1,172	- 579
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	562	37	229	+ 334
Prostate Cancer	28	456	11	2,124	- 1,668
Breast Cancer	29	400	12	1,997	- 1,597
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	338	6	4,389	- 4,052
Drownings	31	336	51	79	+ 257
Endocrine Disorders	32	319	17	1,547	- 1,228
Alcohol	33	318	45	111	+ 207
Leukemia	34	315	24	1,015	- 701
Inflammatory/Heart	35	310	26	909	- 599
Pancreas Cancer	36	275	15	1,669	- 1,394
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	242	41	169	+ 73
Asthma	38	214	43	146	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	39	203	63	7	+ 196
Drug Use	40	202	44	128	+ 74
Lymphomas	41	182	16	1,608	- 1,426
Epilepsy	42	165	31	415	- 250
Skin Cancers	43	158	30	523	- 366
Fires	44	150	46	108	+ 42
HIV/AIDS	45	144	35	320	- 175
Appendicitis	46	129	61	21	+ 108
Uterin Cancer	47	125	32	406	- 280
Oesophagus Cancer	48	111	29	623	- 512
Meningitis	49	106	56	43	+ 63
Pertussis	50	100	72	0	+ 100
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	92	47	99	- 7
Encephalitis	52	91	67	1	+ 90
Syphilis	53	87	64	3	+ 84
Ovary Cancer	54	85	33	397	- 313
Skin Disease	55	83	39	202	- 119
Oral Cancer	56	75	25	912	- 837
Poisonings	57	54	57	29	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	58	36	28	652	- 616
Bladder Cancer	59	35	20	1,171	- 1,135
Tetanus	60	26	73	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	61	18	54	56	- 38
Upper Respiratory	62	13	62	15	- 2
War	63	7	69	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	64	5	59	26	- 21
Leishmaniasis	65	4	68	1	+ 3
Dengue	66	4	84	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	2	49	87	- 85
Chlamydia	68	2	76	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	83	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	65	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	82	0	58	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	151	- 151
Schizophrenia	85	0	55	49	- 49
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Bolivia

Portugal

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.