BOLIVIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,359	2	8,069	- 1,710
Stroke	2	4,976	3	7,206	- 2,230
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	4,448	21	883	+ 3,565
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,180	1	11,051	- 6,871
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,574	9	2,430	+ 144
Liver Disease	6	2,357	6	3,987	- 1,630
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,833	5	4,927	- 3,094
Hypertension	8	1,796	10	1,927	- 130
Lung Disease	9	1,284	7	3,735	- 2,451
Malnutrition	10	1,280	18	1,031	+ 249
Birth Trauma	11	1,196	19	984	+ 212
Kidney Disease	12	1,121	4	5,879	- 4,758
Maternal Conditions	13	1,055	39	245	+ 810
Tuberculosis	14	1,055	13	1,187	- 132
Other Injuries	15	1,048	11	1,279	- 231
Low Birth Weight	16	1,031	12	1,265	- 234
Malaria	17	848	76	0	+ 848
Congenital Anomalies	18	838	15	1,080	- 242
Meningitis	19	785	49	128	+ 657
Violence	20	746	14	1,097	- 351
Suicide	21	741	26	715	+ 26
Asthma	22	633	38	258	+ 374
Breast Cancer	23	604	29	482	+ 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	601	8	2,479	- 1,878
HIV/AIDS	25	597	45	174	+ 423
Falls	26	326	17	1,066	- 740
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	285	27	678	- 393
Lymphomas	28	285	41	219	+ 65
Leukemia	29	280	34	380	- 100
Cervical Cancer	30	257	16	1,071	- 814
Fires	31	256	44	181	+ 75
Inflammatory/Heart	32	238	35	374	- 136
Drownings	33	228	31	406	- 177
Poisonings	34	222	57	66	+ 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	219	30	407	- 188
Pertussis	36	174	50	121	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	37	165	22	852	- 688
Epilepsy	38	158	42	199	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	39	157	48	133	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	40	154	54	102	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	149	37	292	- 143
Schistosomiasis	42	141	75	0	+ 141
Endocrine Disorders	43	138	32	384	- 246
Oral Cancer	44	138	56	91	+ 47
Liver Cancer	45	134	25	720	- 586
Lung Cancers	46	120	20	901	- 782
Prostate Cancer	47	105	28	550	- 445
Stomach Cancer	48	94	23	785	- 691
Alcohol	49	88	33	384	- 296
Skin Disease	50	87	55	101	- 14
Bladder Cancer	51	81	59	43	+ 39
Tetanus	52	73	60	31	+ 42
Drug Use	53	70	40	244	- 174
Syphilis	54	68	53	105	- 37
Appendicitis	55	61	46	156	- 95
Skin Cancers	56	58	43	190	- 132
Hepatitis B	57	53	64	6	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	58	38	36	332	- 294
Leishmaniasis	59	37	65	5	+ 31
Upper Respiratory	60	35	62	15	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	61	34	47	151	- 117
Encephalitis	62	30	52	110	- 79
Measles	63	25	73	0	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	23	51	111	- 88
Hepatitis C	65	12	67	3	+ 10
Other Neoplasms	66	12	58	43	- 31
Multiple Sclerosis	67	7	61	22	- 15
Ascariasis	68	4	69	2	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	3	71	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	2	68	2	+ 0
War	71	1	63	9	- 8
Diphtheria	72	1	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	24	755	- 755
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Eritrea

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.