SYRIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,422	1	28,203	- 6,781
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,641	4	2,958	+ 12,682
Stroke	3	13,969	2	8,088	+ 5,880
Kidney Disease	4	11,395	6	2,329	+ 9,066
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,550	15	1,534	+ 8,016
Liver Disease	6	7,729	11	1,720	+ 6,009
Lung Disease	7	7,241	13	1,601	+ 5,639
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,806	14	1,551	+ 3,255
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,710	5	2,550	+ 2,160
Hypertension	10	3,734	23	707	+ 3,027
Other Injuries	11	2,480	24	521	+ 1,959
Low Birth Weight	12	2,451	12	1,652	+ 799
Tuberculosis	13	2,301	56	23	+ 2,277
Violence	14	2,126	25	444	+ 1,682
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,094	8	2,077	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	16	2,076	42	188	+ 1,888
Falls	17	2,067	29	383	+ 1,684
Malnutrition	18	1,998	51	73	+ 1,926
Birth Trauma	19	1,908	21	744	+ 1,163
Lung Cancers	20	1,747	9	2,048	- 300
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,711	7	2,156	- 444
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,652	30	367	+ 1,285
Stomach Cancer	23	1,522	22	725	+ 797
Chagas disease	24	1,463	78	0	+ 1,463
Liver Cancer	25	1,396	31	366	+ 1,030
Suicide	26	1,386	33	333	+ 1,054
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,314	49	79	+ 1,235
Prostate Cancer	28	1,066	28	404	+ 662
Breast Cancer	29	934	10	1,953	- 1,019
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	790	16	1,224	- 434
Drownings	31	787	40	215	+ 572
Endocrine Disorders	32	745	26	418	+ 327
Alcohol	33	744	53	51	+ 694
Leukemia	34	736	19	796	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	35	725	32	337	+ 388
Pancreas Cancer	36	643	27	411	+ 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	566	41	197	+ 368
Asthma	38	501	17	1,052	- 551
Maternal Conditions	39	476	45	105	+ 371
Drug Use	40	473	39	249	+ 224
Lymphomas	41	425	18	827	- 402
Epilepsy	42	387	48	92	+ 294
Skin Cancers	43	369	38	276	+ 92
Fires	44	351	43	179	+ 173
HIV/AIDS	45	338	58	15	+ 323
Appendicitis	46	302	54	36	+ 266
Uterin Cancer	47	293	44	146	+ 148
Oesophagus Cancer	48	258	47	97	+ 161
Meningitis	49	247	35	295	- 48
Pertussis	50	234	37	289	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	215	62	7	+ 208
Encephalitis	52	212	50	77	+ 135
Syphilis	53	203	55	31	+ 173
Ovary Cancer	54	198	34	328	- 130
Skin Disease	55	195	61	8	+ 187
Oral Cancer	56	176	36	289	- 113
Poisonings	57	127	46	98	+ 29
Other Neoplasms	58	83	57	21	+ 62
Bladder Cancer	59	83	20	757	- 674
Tetanus	60	60	52	57	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	43	59	14	+ 29
Upper Respiratory	62	30	66	3	+ 27
War	63	17	3	7,760	- 7,743
Hepatitis B	64	11	63	5	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	10	65	5	+ 6
Dengue	66	9	72	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	67	5	68	1	+ 5
Chlamydia	68	4	69	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	4	67	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	1	64	5	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	11	- 11
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	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 SYRIA

Bolivia

Syria

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.