URUGUAY VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,075	1	4,265	- 1,190
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,245	6	1,370	+ 875
Stroke	3	2,005	2	2,850	- 845
Kidney Disease	4	1,636	8	1,040	+ 596
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,371	11	747	+ 623
Liver Disease	6	1,109	27	206	+ 903
Lung Disease	7	1,039	4	1,706	- 667
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	690	3	1,899	- 1,209
Road Traffic Accidents	9	676	16	512	+ 164
Hypertension	10	536	15	648	- 112
Other Injuries	11	356	10	774	- 418
Low Birth Weight	12	352	42	73	+ 278
Tuberculosis	13	330	41	81	+ 250
Violence	14	305	23	295	+ 10
Congenital Anomalies	15	301	30	170	+ 130
Cervical Cancer	16	298	29	172	+ 126
Falls	17	297	47	55	+ 242
Malnutrition	18	287	43	73	+ 214
Birth Trauma	19	274	53	22	+ 252
Lung Cancers	20	251	5	1,463	- 1,212
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	246	35	134	+ 111
Parkinson's Disease	22	237	21	320	- 83
Stomach Cancer	23	218	18	480	- 262
Chagas disease	24	210	61	5	+ 205
Liver Cancer	25	200	34	147	+ 53
Suicide	26	199	12	735	- 536
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	189	46	57	+ 132
Prostate Cancer	28	153	13	707	- 554
Breast Cancer	29	134	9	848	- 714
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	113	7	1,245	- 1,132
Drownings	31	113	45	65	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	32	107	17	487	- 380
Alcohol	33	107	39	104	+ 2
Leukemia	34	106	25	280	- 175
Inflammatory/Heart	35	104	22	314	- 210
Pancreas Cancer	36	92	14	656	- 563
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	81	50	39	+ 42
Asthma	38	72	37	127	- 55
Maternal Conditions	39	68	60	9	+ 59
Drug Use	40	68	49	41	+ 27
Lymphomas	41	61	20	457	- 396
Epilepsy	42	55	40	86	- 30
Skin Cancers	43	53	33	149	- 96
Fires	44	50	48	54	- 4
HIV/AIDS	45	48	28	195	- 147
Appendicitis	46	43	59	9	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	47	42	38	115	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	48	37	24	286	- 249
Meningitis	49	35	58	10	+ 25
Pertussis	50	34	72	0	+ 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	31	51	35	- 4
Encephalitis	52	30	64	4	+ 27
Syphilis	53	29	66	3	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	54	28	32	160	- 132
Skin Disease	55	28	36	130	- 102
Oral Cancer	56	25	31	167	- 142
Poisonings	57	18	55	17	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	12	19	464	- 452
Bladder Cancer	59	12	26	276	- 264
Tetanus	60	9	71	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	56	13	- 7
Upper Respiratory	62	4	62	5	- 1
War	63	3	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	64	2	63	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Dengue	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	80	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	82	0	52	32	- 32
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Bolivia

Uruguay

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.