RWANDA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,228	4	3,605	+ 8,623
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,928	1	5,280	+ 3,649
Stroke	3	7,974	2	5,060	+ 2,914
Kidney Disease	4	6,505	15	1,206	+ 5,299
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,452	11	1,858	+ 3,593
Liver Disease	6	4,412	8	2,548	+ 1,864
Lung Disease	7	4,133	13	1,555	+ 2,579
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,743	25	657	+ 2,086
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,689	3	3,718	- 1,030
Hypertension	10	2,132	14	1,357	+ 774
Other Injuries	11	1,416	17	944	+ 471
Low Birth Weight	12	1,399	9	2,193	- 793
Tuberculosis	13	1,313	26	625	+ 688
Violence	14	1,214	29	548	+ 666
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,195	12	1,777	- 582
Cervical Cancer	16	1,185	18	941	+ 245
Falls	17	1,180	31	412	+ 768
Malnutrition	18	1,141	16	1,168	- 27
Birth Trauma	19	1,089	10	1,888	- 799
Lung Cancers	20	997	39	234	+ 763
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	977	6	3,121	- 2,144
Parkinson's Disease	22	943	47	146	+ 797
Stomach Cancer	23	869	20	780	+ 89
Chagas disease	24	835	79	0	+ 835
Liver Cancer	25	797	23	706	+ 91
Suicide	26	791	24	704	+ 88
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	750	33	362	+ 388
Prostate Cancer	28	608	32	396	+ 212
Breast Cancer	29	533	27	600	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	451	28	591	- 140
Drownings	31	449	36	285	+ 164
Endocrine Disorders	32	425	41	219	+ 206
Alcohol	33	425	49	125	+ 299
Leukemia	34	420	35	317	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	35	414	34	347	+ 67
Pancreas Cancer	36	367	43	214	+ 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	323	48	136	+ 187
Asthma	38	286	22	717	- 431
Maternal Conditions	39	272	21	722	- 451
Drug Use	40	270	60	45	+ 225
Lymphomas	41	243	30	450	- 207
Epilepsy	42	221	45	191	+ 29
Skin Cancers	43	210	50	113	+ 98
Fires	44	201	38	270	- 69
HIV/AIDS	45	193	7	2,826	- 2,633
Appendicitis	46	173	54	70	+ 102
Uterin Cancer	47	167	56	58	+ 109
Oesophagus Cancer	48	148	44	213	- 66
Meningitis	49	141	19	847	- 706
Pertussis	50	134	42	218	- 84
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	123	63	23	+ 100
Encephalitis	52	121	61	39	+ 82
Syphilis	53	116	46	173	- 56
Ovary Cancer	54	113	53	92	+ 21
Skin Disease	55	111	52	103	+ 8
Oral Cancer	56	101	37	272	- 171
Poisonings	57	73	40	220	- 148
Other Neoplasms	58	48	64	16	+ 31
Bladder Cancer	59	47	62	35	+ 12
Tetanus	60	34	58	53	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	61	25	66	7	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	17	57	58	- 41
War	63	10	69	3	+ 7
Hepatitis B	64	6	55	68	- 62
Leishmaniasis	65	6	77	0	+ 6
Dengue	66	5	72	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	67	3	65	12	- 9
Chlamydia	68	2	70	2	- 0
Ascariasis	69	2	67	5	- 3
Diphtheria	70	1	71	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	59	51	- 51
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	111	- 111
Malaria	76	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Bolivia

Rwanda

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.