SWITZERLAND VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,953	1	10,713	- 2,760
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,807	8	1,949	+ 3,858
Stroke	3	5,186	3	3,918	+ 1,269
Kidney Disease	4	4,231	13	1,261	+ 2,970
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,546	17	1,022	+ 2,524
Liver Disease	6	2,869	21	677	+ 2,192
Lung Disease	7	2,688	5	2,902	- 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,784	2	7,192	- 5,408
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,749	34	193	+ 1,556
Hypertension	10	1,387	6	2,471	- 1,085
Other Injuries	11	921	30	410	+ 511
Low Birth Weight	12	910	43	105	+ 805
Tuberculosis	13	854	56	21	+ 833
Violence	14	789	51	42	+ 747
Congenital Anomalies	15	777	31	305	+ 472
Cervical Cancer	16	771	42	105	+ 666
Falls	17	767	9	1,919	- 1,152
Malnutrition	18	742	47	84	+ 658
Birth Trauma	19	708	52	32	+ 676
Lung Cancers	20	649	4	3,520	- 2,871
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	635	35	186	+ 450
Parkinson's Disease	22	613	18	857	- 244
Stomach Cancer	23	565	24	614	- 49
Chagas disease	24	543	76	0	+ 543
Liver Cancer	25	518	19	805	- 287
Suicide	26	515	14	1,249	- 734
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	488	41	122	+ 366
Prostate Cancer	28	396	10	1,579	- 1,184
Breast Cancer	29	347	11	1,577	- 1,230
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	293	7	1,995	- 1,701
Drownings	31	292	50	49	+ 243
Endocrine Disorders	32	276	25	593	- 316
Alcohol	33	276	32	229	+ 47
Leukemia	34	273	22	671	- 398
Inflammatory/Heart	35	269	16	1,027	- 758
Pancreas Cancer	36	239	12	1,486	- 1,247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	210	48	78	+ 132
Asthma	38	186	46	95	+ 91
Maternal Conditions	39	177	64	4	+ 172
Drug Use	40	176	36	176	- 0
Lymphomas	41	158	15	1,131	- 973
Epilepsy	42	144	39	159	- 15
Skin Cancers	43	137	27	493	- 356
Fires	44	130	55	21	+ 109
HIV/AIDS	45	125	54	29	+ 96
Appendicitis	46	112	59	15	+ 98
Uterin Cancer	47	109	33	224	- 115
Oesophagus Cancer	48	96	28	491	- 395
Meningitis	49	92	57	20	+ 72
Pertussis	50	87	73	0	+ 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	80	49	68	+ 12
Encephalitis	52	79	68	1	+ 78
Syphilis	53	76	65	2	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	54	73	29	457	- 384
Skin Disease	55	72	40	129	- 57
Oral Cancer	56	65	26	500	- 435
Poisonings	57	47	60	13	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	58	31	20	681	- 650
Bladder Cancer	59	31	23	669	- 639
Tetanus	60	22	70	0	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	38	160	- 144
Upper Respiratory	62	11	61	11	+ 0
War	63	6	67	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	64	4	63	5	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	4	71	0	+ 4
Dengue	66	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	67	2	58	15	- 13
Chlamydia	68	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	66	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	82	0	37	170	- 170
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	102	- 102
Schizophrenia	85	0	45	96	- 96
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Bolivia

Switzerland

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.