ZIMBABWE VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,394	3	8,493	+ 6,901
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,240	2	10,779	+ 460
Stroke	3	10,038	5	5,126	+ 4,912
Kidney Disease	4	8,189	12	2,214	+ 5,975
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,863	9	3,344	+ 3,519
Liver Disease	6	5,554	17	1,941	+ 3,613
Lung Disease	7	5,203	23	1,163	+ 4,040
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	3,454	31	768	+ 2,686
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,385	4	6,037	- 2,653
Hypertension	10	2,684	24	1,146	+ 1,538
Other Injuries	11	1,782	20	1,656	+ 126
Low Birth Weight	12	1,762	7	4,038	- 2,276
Tuberculosis	13	1,653	16	1,999	- 346
Violence	14	1,528	18	1,916	- 388
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,505	11	2,217	- 712
Cervical Cancer	16	1,492	14	2,023	- 531
Falls	17	1,486	41	465	+ 1,021
Malnutrition	18	1,436	10	2,396	- 960
Birth Trauma	19	1,371	8	3,405	- 2,034
Lung Cancers	20	1,256	43	286	+ 970
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,230	6	4,595	- 3,365
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,187	46	226	+ 961
Stomach Cancer	23	1,094	33	559	+ 535
Chagas disease	24	1,051	76	0	+ 1,051
Liver Cancer	25	1,003	38	510	+ 494
Suicide	26	996	13	2,069	- 1,072
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	945	35	548	+ 396
Prostate Cancer	28	766	32	628	+ 138
Breast Cancer	29	671	28	839	- 168
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	568	40	505	+ 62
Drownings	31	565	27	956	- 390
Endocrine Disorders	32	535	34	553	- 18
Alcohol	33	535	61	48	+ 487
Leukemia	34	529	45	244	+ 285
Inflammatory/Heart	35	521	25	1,047	- 526
Pancreas Cancer	36	462	47	217	+ 245
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	407	36	542	- 135
Asthma	38	360	21	1,531	- 1,171
Maternal Conditions	39	342	19	1,749	- 1,407
Drug Use	40	340	48	213	+ 127
Lymphomas	41	306	26	960	- 654
Epilepsy	42	278	39	508	- 230
Skin Cancers	43	265	44	264	+ 1
Fires	44	253	30	793	- 540
HIV/AIDS	45	243	1	19,988	- 19,746
Appendicitis	46	217	58	66	+ 151
Uterin Cancer	47	211	50	182	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	48	186	29	801	- 616
Meningitis	49	178	22	1,325	- 1,147
Pertussis	50	168	42	419	- 251
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	155	64	26	+ 128
Encephalitis	52	153	56	117	+ 35
Syphilis	53	146	55	124	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	54	142	51	173	- 31
Skin Disease	55	140	52	173	- 33
Oral Cancer	56	127	49	208	- 81
Poisonings	57	91	37	515	- 424
Other Neoplasms	58	60	62	37	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	59	60	54	125	- 65
Tetanus	60	43	57	102	- 59
Multiple Sclerosis	61	31	67	14	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	62	21	59	65	- 44
War	63	13	65	26	- 14
Hepatitis B	64	8	60	57	- 49
Leishmaniasis	65	8	77	0	+ 8
Dengue	66	6	73	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	67	4	66	14	- 10
Chlamydia	68	3	69	3	- 0
Ascariasis	69	3	70	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	72	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	63	30	- 30
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	53	172	- 172
Malaria	76	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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 ZIMBABWE

Bolivia

Zimbabwe

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.