YEMEN VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,849	1	30,158	- 1,308
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,064	4	11,978	+ 9,086
Stroke	3	18,812	2	13,570	+ 5,243
Kidney Disease	4	15,346	15	2,679	+ 12,668
Diabetes Mellitus	5	12,861	19	1,794	+ 11,067
Liver Disease	6	10,409	13	2,891	+ 7,517
Lung Disease	7	9,751	11	3,196	+ 6,555
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	6,472	22	1,405	+ 5,067
Road Traffic Accidents	9	6,343	6	8,561	- 2,218
Hypertension	10	5,029	8	5,293	- 264
Other Injuries	11	3,340	16	2,225	+ 1,114
Low Birth Weight	12	3,301	5	8,810	- 5,508
Tuberculosis	13	3,098	18	1,899	+ 1,199
Violence	14	2,863	14	2,839	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	15	2,820	10	4,291	- 1,471
Cervical Cancer	16	2,796	57	119	+ 2,677
Falls	17	2,784	24	1,170	+ 1,614
Malnutrition	18	2,691	27	1,058	+ 1,633
Birth Trauma	19	2,569	7	5,939	- 3,370
Lung Cancers	20	2,353	41	569	+ 1,784
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	2,305	9	4,372	- 2,067
Parkinson's Disease	22	2,225	49	362	+ 1,863
Stomach Cancer	23	2,050	31	902	+ 1,148
Chagas disease	24	1,970	75	0	+ 1,970
Liver Cancer	25	1,881	39	609	+ 1,272
Suicide	26	1,867	21	1,699	+ 168
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,770	33	833	+ 937
Prostate Cancer	28	1,435	63	39	+ 1,396
Breast Cancer	29	1,258	26	1,134	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	1,064	30	913	+ 151
Drownings	31	1,060	25	1,142	- 83
Endocrine Disorders	32	1,003	36	738	+ 265
Alcohol	33	1,002	59	78	+ 924
Leukemia	34	991	34	776	+ 215
Inflammatory/Heart	35	977	40	585	+ 392
Pancreas Cancer	36	866	51	283	+ 583
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	762	37	707	+ 55
Asthma	38	675	17	2,106	- 1,431
Maternal Conditions	39	641	32	890	- 249
Drug Use	40	637	38	613	+ 24
Lymphomas	41	573	45	433	+ 140
Epilepsy	42	521	43	539	- 18
Skin Cancers	43	497	58	100	+ 397
Fires	44	473	29	991	- 518
HIV/AIDS	45	455	46	396	+ 59
Appendicitis	46	407	54	162	+ 246
Uterin Cancer	47	395	69	5	+ 390
Oesophagus Cancer	48	348	35	765	- 417
Meningitis	49	333	28	1,018	- 686
Pertussis	50	315	23	1,239	- 924
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	290	66	14	+ 275
Encephalitis	52	286	48	369	- 83
Syphilis	53	274	53	175	+ 99
Ovary Cancer	54	266	52	188	+ 78
Skin Disease	55	262	61	44	+ 219
Oral Cancer	56	237	42	547	- 310
Poisonings	57	171	44	532	- 361
Other Neoplasms	58	112	64	21	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	59	112	55	160	- 49
Tetanus	60	80	47	395	- 314
Multiple Sclerosis	61	58	62	42	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	40	70	5	+ 35
War	63	24	3	12,915	- 12,891
Hepatitis B	64	15	50	299	- 285
Leishmaniasis	65	14	71	2	+ 12
Dengue	66	12	60	71	- 60
Hepatitis C	67	7	68	8	- 1
Chlamydia	68	5	72	1	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	5	65	17	- 12
Diphtheria	70	1	67	14	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	56	124	- 124
Malaria	76	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Bolivia

Yemen

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.