BOLIVIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,693	1	11,051	- 359
Violence	2	4,784	14	1,097	+ 3,687
Stroke	3	4,115	3	7,206	- 3,092
Lung Disease	4	3,955	7	3,735	+ 219
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,675	2	8,069	- 5,394
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,928	9	2,430	- 502
Kidney Disease	7	1,697	4	5,879	- 4,182
Hypertension	8	1,589	10	1,927	- 338
Stomach Cancer	9	1,517	23	785	+ 732
Lung Cancers	10	1,304	20	901	+ 402
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,248	5	4,927	- 3,678
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,085	30	407	+ 678
Breast Cancer	13	911	29	482	+ 429
Prostate Cancer	14	890	28	550	+ 340
Other Neoplasms	15	796	58	43	+ 753
Congenital Anomalies	16	736	15	1,080	- 345
HIV/AIDS	17	666	45	174	+ 492
Lymphomas	18	646	41	219	+ 427
Liver Disease	19	602	6	3,987	- 3,385
Cervical Cancer	20	563	16	1,071	- 508
Leukemia	21	548	34	380	+ 169
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	536	8	2,479	- 1,944
Low Birth Weight	23	520	12	1,265	- 744
Liver Cancer	24	513	25	720	- 208
Pancreas Cancer	25	502	36	332	+ 171
Suicide	26	488	26	715	- 227
Malnutrition	27	466	18	1,031	- 565
Other Injuries	28	395	11	1,279	- 884
Falls	29	377	17	1,066	- 690
Endocrine Disorders	30	339	32	384	- 45
Inflammatory/Heart	31	330	35	374	- 44
Tuberculosis	32	316	13	1,187	- 871
Ovary Cancer	33	279	54	102	+ 177
Skin Disease	34	274	55	101	+ 173
Skin Cancers	35	255	43	190	+ 65
Oesophagus Cancer	36	207	48	133	+ 74
Oral Cancer	37	200	56	91	+ 109
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	186	21	883	- 697
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	173	27	678	- 505
Drownings	40	171	31	406	- 235
Birth Trauma	41	161	19	984	- 823
Bladder Cancer	42	151	59	43	+ 108
Epilepsy	43	148	42	199	- 51
Drug Use	44	122	40	244	- 122
Uterin Cancer	45	105	47	151	- 46
Maternal Conditions	46	98	39	245	- 148
Parkinson's Disease	47	95	22	852	- 757
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	83	81	0	+ 83
War	49	65	63	9	+ 56
Meningitis	50	61	49	128	- 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	60	51	111	- 51
Appendicitis	52	53	46	156	- 103
Chagas disease	53	50	24	755	- 704
Asthma	54	48	38	258	- 211
Dengue	55	33	66	4	+ 29
Fires	56	31	44	181	- 150
Anemia	57	25	84	0	+ 25
Osteoarthritis	58	17	82	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	59	16	67	3	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	61	22	- 7
Poisonings	61	15	57	66	- 50
Hepatitis B	62	13	64	6	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	9	37	292	- 283
Encephalitis	64	9	52	110	- 100
Syphilis	65	8	53	105	- 97
Upper Respiratory	66	7	62	15	- 9
Malaria	67	6	76	0	+ 6
Alcohol	68	6	33	384	- 378
Pertussis	69	5	50	121	- 116
Schizophrenia	70	4	85	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	4	60	31	- 27
Leprosy	72	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	74	2	65	5	- 4
Oral conditions	75	2	80	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	76	1	69	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	68	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Colombia

Bolivia

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.