SAMOA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SAMOA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	187	1	241	- 53
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	137	5	53	+ 84
Stroke	3	122	2	148	- 26
Kidney Disease	4	100	6	52	+ 47
Diabetes Mellitus	5	84	3	108	- 24
Liver Disease	6	68	8	27	+ 40
Lung Disease	7	63	4	57	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	42	14	19	+ 23
Road Traffic Accidents	9	41	10	26	+ 16
Hypertension	10	33	7	30	+ 3
Other Injuries	11	22	20	13	+ 9
Low Birth Weight	12	21	16	16	+ 5
Tuberculosis	13	20	50	2	+ 18
Violence	14	19	34	6	+ 13
Congenital Anomalies	15	18	15	18	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	16	18	32	6	+ 12
Falls	17	18	27	8	+ 10
Malnutrition	18	17	43	3	+ 15
Birth Trauma	19	17	35	5	+ 11
Lung Cancers	20	15	9	26	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	15	21	12	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	22	14	28	7	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	23	13	17	16	- 3
Chagas disease	24	13	77	0	+ 13
Liver Cancer	25	12	30	7	+ 5
Suicide	26	12	11	25	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	12	26	9	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	28	9	24	11	- 1
Breast Cancer	29	8	13	19	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	7	22	12	- 5
Drownings	31	7	19	13	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	32	7	31	6	+ 0
Alcohol	33	7	46	2	+ 4
Leukemia	34	6	42	3	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	35	6	29	7	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	36	6	40	4	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	5	23	11	- 6
Asthma	38	4	12	21	- 16
Maternal Conditions	39	4	37	5	- 1
Drug Use	40	4	55	1	+ 4
Lymphomas	41	4	33	6	- 2
Epilepsy	42	3	45	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	43	3	47	2	+ 1
Fires	44	3	48	2	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	45	3	73	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	46	3	56	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	47	3	36	5	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	48	2	51	1	+ 1
Meningitis	49	2	44	2	- 0
Pertussis	50	2	58	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	2	59	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	52	2	54	1	+ 1
Syphilis	53	2	49	2	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	54	2	25	10	- 8
Skin Disease	55	2	41	3	- 2
Oral Cancer	56	2	39	4	- 3
Poisonings	57	1	52	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	58	1	53	1	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	59	1	38	5	- 4
Tetanus	60	1	62	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	0	60	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	0	68	0	+ 0
War	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	57	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Dengue	66	0	61	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	18	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	71	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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAMOA

Bolivia

Samoa

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.