SWAZILAND VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,022	5	755	+ 267
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	746	2	921	- 175
Stroke	3	666	4	800	- 134
Kidney Disease	4	543	8	381	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	5	455	3	892	- 437
Liver Disease	6	369	11	274	+ 95
Lung Disease	7	345	12	264	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	229	27	77	+ 153
Road Traffic Accidents	9	225	7	384	- 160
Hypertension	10	178	10	292	- 114
Other Injuries	11	118	17	190	- 72
Low Birth Weight	12	117	14	233	- 116
Tuberculosis	13	110	13	256	- 146
Violence	14	101	16	212	- 111
Congenital Anomalies	15	100	19	160	- 61
Cervical Cancer	16	99	15	215	- 116
Falls	17	99	32	41	+ 57
Malnutrition	18	95	22	106	- 11
Birth Trauma	19	91	18	166	- 75
Lung Cancers	20	83	46	17	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	82	6	517	- 436
Parkinson's Disease	22	79	41	24	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	23	73	53	7	+ 66
Chagas disease	24	70	79	0	+ 70
Liver Cancer	25	67	37	29	+ 37
Suicide	26	66	9	338	- 271
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	63	29	51	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	28	51	31	45	+ 6
Breast Cancer	29	45	35	37	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	38	43	19	+ 19
Drownings	31	38	25	87	- 49
Endocrine Disorders	32	36	28	74	- 39
Alcohol	33	35	48	16	+ 19
Leukemia	34	35	47	16	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	35	35	24	94	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	36	31	56	6	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	27	39	26	+ 1
Asthma	38	24	20	150	- 126
Maternal Conditions	39	23	21	116	- 93
Drug Use	40	23	38	27	- 4
Lymphomas	41	20	36	31	- 11
Epilepsy	42	18	30	46	- 27
Skin Cancers	43	18	42	20	- 2
Fires	44	17	26	84	- 67
HIV/AIDS	45	16	1	2,314	- 2,298
Appendicitis	46	14	54	7	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	47	14	50	11	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	48	12	44	18	- 6
Meningitis	49	12	23	97	- 86
Pertussis	50	11	33	39	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	58	5	+ 5
Encephalitis	52	10	59	5	+ 5
Syphilis	53	10	45	17	- 8
Ovary Cancer	54	9	52	10	- 0
Skin Disease	55	9	40	25	- 16
Oral Cancer	56	8	51	10	- 2
Poisonings	57	6	34	37	- 31
Other Neoplasms	58	4	61	4	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	59	4	55	6	- 2
Tetanus	60	3	62	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	4	- 3
War	63	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	57	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Dengue	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Bolivia

Swaziland

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.