SOUTH AFRICA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SOUTH AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,254	3	32,739	+ 21,515
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	39,613	2	39,341	+ 272
Stroke	3	35,378	4	30,693	+ 4,685
Kidney Disease	4	28,860	9	15,302	+ 13,558
Diabetes Mellitus	5	24,187	5	30,188	- 6,001
Liver Disease	6	19,574	14	9,013	+ 10,561
Lung Disease	7	18,338	13	11,895	+ 6,443
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	12,172	22	4,676	+ 7,496
Road Traffic Accidents	9	11,929	11	13,014	- 1,085
Hypertension	10	9,458	12	12,789	- 3,331
Other Injuries	11	6,280	17	6,014	+ 267
Low Birth Weight	12	6,209	16	6,250	- 41
Tuberculosis	13	5,827	6	21,965	- 16,139
Violence	14	5,384	7	21,000	- 15,615
Congenital Anomalies	15	5,304	25	4,351	+ 953
Cervical Cancer	16	5,258	20	5,555	- 298
Falls	17	5,235	42	1,399	+ 3,836
Malnutrition	18	5,061	34	2,381	+ 2,681
Birth Trauma	19	4,832	30	3,004	+ 1,828
Lung Cancers	20	4,426	15	7,705	- 3,280
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	4,335	8	15,843	- 11,509
Parkinson's Disease	22	4,184	46	1,077	+ 3,107
Stomach Cancer	23	3,855	39	1,535	+ 2,320
Chagas disease	24	3,705	78	0	+ 3,705
Liver Cancer	25	3,537	33	2,383	+ 1,153
Suicide	26	3,511	10	13,774	- 10,263
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	3,329	36	1,894	+ 1,435
Prostate Cancer	28	2,699	24	4,374	- 1,675
Breast Cancer	29	2,366	23	4,533	- 2,167
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	2,000	28	3,587	- 1,587
Drownings	31	1,993	32	2,403	- 411
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,886	19	5,890	- 4,004
Alcohol	33	1,885	49	987	+ 898
Leukemia	34	1,864	40	1,464	+ 400
Inflammatory/Heart	35	1,837	21	5,408	- 3,571
Pancreas Cancer	36	1,628	35	2,007	- 379
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	1,433	47	1,015	+ 419
Asthma	38	1,269	18	5,966	- 4,697
Maternal Conditions	39	1,205	38	1,700	- 495
Drug Use	40	1,198	53	770	+ 428
Lymphomas	41	1,077	31	2,818	- 1,740
Epilepsy	42	979	37	1,870	- 891
Skin Cancers	43	934	48	993	- 59
Fires	44	890	27	3,618	- 2,727
HIV/AIDS	45	855	1	71,996	- 71,141
Appendicitis	46	766	56	274	+ 492
Uterin Cancer	47	743	54	512	+ 231
Oesophagus Cancer	48	654	29	3,486	- 2,831
Meningitis	49	626	26	3,660	- 3,034
Pertussis	50	593	43	1,142	- 550
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	545	55	376	+ 169
Encephalitis	52	538	59	234	+ 304
Syphilis	53	515	44	1,130	- 614
Ovary Cancer	54	501	51	951	- 450
Skin Disease	55	493	45	1,101	- 608
Oral Cancer	56	446	41	1,406	- 959
Poisonings	57	322	50	975	- 654
Other Neoplasms	58	211	58	267	- 55
Bladder Cancer	59	210	52	829	- 619
Tetanus	60	151	65	38	+ 114
Multiple Sclerosis	61	109	62	113	- 4
Upper Respiratory	62	75	60	223	- 148
War	63	44	64	66	- 21
Hepatitis B	64	28	61	139	- 112
Leishmaniasis	65	27	77	0	+ 27
Dengue	66	22	73	0	+ 22
Hepatitis C	67	14	70	8	+ 6
Chlamydia	68	9	68	18	- 9
Ascariasis	69	9	71	3	+ 6
Diphtheria	70	2	69	16	- 14
Otitis Media	71	1	67	19	- 19
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	57	270	- 270
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	66	35	- 35
Malaria	76	0	63	83	- 83
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH AFRICA

Bolivia

South Africa

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.