VENEZUELA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,050	1	26,905	+ 1,145
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	20,481	7	7,188	+ 13,293
Stroke	3	18,291	3	12,133	+ 6,158
Kidney Disease	4	14,921	8	5,932	+ 8,989
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,505	4	11,176	+ 1,329
Liver Disease	6	10,120	16	2,340	+ 7,780
Lung Disease	7	9,481	10	5,150	+ 4,332
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	6,293	35	572	+ 5,721
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,168	5	11,127	- 4,960
Hypertension	10	4,890	9	5,195	- 305
Other Injuries	11	3,247	21	1,693	+ 1,554
Low Birth Weight	12	3,210	12	3,088	+ 122
Tuberculosis	13	3,012	31	748	+ 2,265
Violence	14	2,784	2	18,132	- 15,348
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,742	14	2,846	- 104
Cervical Cancer	16	2,718	20	1,986	+ 732
Falls	17	2,707	28	865	+ 1,842
Malnutrition	18	2,617	32	629	+ 1,988
Birth Trauma	19	2,498	24	1,087	+ 1,411
Lung Cancers	20	2,288	11	3,900	- 1,612
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,241	22	1,359	+ 882
Parkinson's Disease	22	2,163	48	252	+ 1,912
Stomach Cancer	23	1,993	17	2,175	- 182
Chagas disease	24	1,915	29	826	+ 1,089
Liver Cancer	25	1,828	26	1,029	+ 799
Suicide	26	1,815	34	585	+ 1,230
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,721	40	418	+ 1,304
Prostate Cancer	28	1,396	13	2,848	- 1,453
Breast Cancer	29	1,223	15	2,563	- 1,340
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,034	19	2,037	- 1,003
Drownings	31	1,030	43	388	+ 642
Endocrine Disorders	32	975	30	760	+ 215
Alcohol	33	975	62	34	+ 940
Leukemia	34	964	27	1,007	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	35	950	33	599	+ 351
Pancreas Cancer	36	842	25	1,082	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	741	57	80	+ 661
Asthma	38	656	46	311	+ 345
Maternal Conditions	39	623	39	422	+ 201
Drug Use	40	619	50	225	+ 394
Lymphomas	41	557	23	1,248	- 691
Epilepsy	42	506	41	411	+ 96
Skin Cancers	43	483	37	553	- 70
Fires	44	460	54	144	+ 316
HIV/AIDS	45	442	6	7,490	- 7,048
Appendicitis	46	396	56	98	+ 298
Uterin Cancer	47	384	47	309	+ 75
Oesophagus Cancer	48	338	44	370	- 31
Meningitis	49	324	49	251	+ 73
Pertussis	50	306	64	26	+ 281
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	282	52	180	+ 102
Encephalitis	52	278	61	37	+ 241
Syphilis	53	266	67	15	+ 251
Ovary Cancer	54	259	36	563	- 304
Skin Disease	55	255	66	18	+ 238
Oral Cancer	56	231	38	544	- 313
Poisonings	57	166	58	68	+ 99
Other Neoplasms	58	109	18	2,167	- 2,058
Bladder Cancer	59	109	45	365	- 256
Tetanus	60	78	68	8	+ 71
Multiple Sclerosis	61	56	60	51	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	62	39	74	1	+ 38
War	63	23	51	185	- 162
Hepatitis B	64	14	63	30	- 15
Leishmaniasis	65	14	73	3	+ 11
Dengue	66	11	59	65	- 54
Hepatitis C	67	7	65	21	- 14
Chlamydia	68	5	82	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	69	5	70	5	- 0
Diphtheria	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	4	- 4
Measles	73	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	76	1	- 1
Malaria	76	0	42	402	- 402
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	82	0	72	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	55	126	- 126
Schizophrenia	85	0	69	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Bolivia

Venezuela

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.