SOMALIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,684	7	7,233	+ 4,452
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,531	1	21,712	- 13,180
Stroke	3	7,619	6	8,595	- 976
Kidney Disease	4	6,215	21	2,051	+ 4,164
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,209	16	2,888	+ 2,321
Liver Disease	6	4,216	13	3,917	+ 299
Lung Disease	7	3,949	19	2,442	+ 1,507
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	2,621	32	647	+ 1,974
Road Traffic Accidents	9	2,569	11	4,231	- 1,662
Hypertension	10	2,037	18	2,643	- 606
Other Injuries	11	1,353	14	3,602	- 2,249
Low Birth Weight	12	1,337	8	6,250	- 4,913
Tuberculosis	13	1,255	4	10,261	- 9,006
Violence	14	1,160	29	828	+ 331
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,142	15	3,410	- 2,268
Cervical Cancer	16	1,132	28	883	+ 249
Falls	17	1,128	37	548	+ 580
Malnutrition	18	1,090	10	4,825	- 3,735
Birth Trauma	19	1,041	5	9,573	- 8,533
Lung Cancers	20	953	54	233	+ 720
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	934	2	15,363	- 14,429
Parkinson's Disease	22	901	56	184	+ 717
Stomach Cancer	23	830	49	310	+ 520
Chagas disease	24	798	79	0	+ 798
Liver Cancer	25	762	53	256	+ 506
Suicide	26	756	27	1,219	- 463
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	717	36	559	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	28	581	52	285	+ 296
Breast Cancer	29	510	26	1,232	- 722
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	431	38	546	- 116
Drownings	31	429	25	1,272	- 842
Endocrine Disorders	32	406	44	406	+ 0
Alcohol	33	406	59	151	+ 255
Leukemia	34	401	35	562	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	35	396	39	521	- 125
Pancreas Cancer	36	351	62	108	+ 243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	309	41	446	- 137
Asthma	38	273	23	1,878	- 1,605
Maternal Conditions	39	259	12	4,127	- 3,867
Drug Use	40	258	65	54	+ 204
Lymphomas	41	232	34	605	- 373
Epilepsy	42	211	43	419	- 208
Skin Cancers	43	201	57	164	+ 37
Fires	44	192	30	810	- 619
HIV/AIDS	45	184	33	610	- 426
Appendicitis	46	165	55	188	- 23
Uterin Cancer	47	160	64	78	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	48	141	40	516	- 375
Meningitis	49	135	9	5,381	- 5,246
Pertussis	50	128	20	2,054	- 1,926
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	117	66	35	+ 82
Encephalitis	52	116	63	91	+ 25
Syphilis	53	111	45	378	- 267
Ovary Cancer	54	108	50	295	- 187
Skin Disease	55	106	58	151	- 45
Oral Cancer	56	96	46	328	- 232
Poisonings	57	69	31	758	- 689
Other Neoplasms	58	46	70	12	+ 33
Bladder Cancer	59	45	61	149	- 104
Tetanus	60	33	17	2,648	- 2,616
Multiple Sclerosis	61	23	71	8	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	62	16	47	326	- 309
War	63	10	24	1,318	- 1,309
Hepatitis B	64	6	48	315	- 309
Leishmaniasis	65	6	51	290	- 284
Dengue	66	5	73	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	67	3	67	34	- 31
Chlamydia	68	2	72	5	- 3
Ascariasis	69	2	69	30	- 28
Diphtheria	70	0	60	150	- 149
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 31
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	435	- 435
Malaria	76	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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Somalia

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.