BOLIVIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,224	2	8,069	- 1,845
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	4,607	21	883	+ 3,724
Stroke	3	4,088	3	7,206	- 3,119
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,794	1	11,051	- 7,258
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,278	9	2,430	+ 848
Birth Trauma	6	3,231	19	984	+ 2,246
Low Birth Weight	7	2,910	12	1,265	+ 1,645
Liver Disease	8	2,832	6	3,987	- 1,155
Tuberculosis	9	2,228	13	1,187	+ 1,041
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,688	5	4,927	- 3,238
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,624	15	1,080	+ 544
Hypertension	12	1,399	10	1,927	- 528
Kidney Disease	13	1,257	4	5,879	- 4,622
Meningitis	14	1,248	49	128	+ 1,121
Lung Disease	15	1,233	7	3,735	- 2,503
Other Injuries	16	1,219	11	1,279	- 61
HIV/AIDS	17	1,191	45	174	+ 1,017
Maternal Conditions	18	923	39	245	+ 678
Malnutrition	19	898	18	1,031	- 133
Breast Cancer	20	881	29	482	+ 399
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	858	8	2,479	- 1,622
Violence	22	839	14	1,097	- 258
Pertussis	23	716	50	121	+ 595
Measles	24	657	73	0	+ 657
Suicide	25	626	26	715	- 89
Malaria	26	584	76	0	+ 584
Cervical Cancer	27	521	16	1,071	- 550
Falls	28	468	17	1,066	- 598
Asthma	29	466	38	258	+ 207
Leukemia	30	439	34	380	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	390	30	407	- 17
Poisonings	32	381	57	66	+ 315
Lymphomas	33	373	41	219	+ 153
Fires	34	338	44	181	+ 157
Drownings	35	325	31	406	- 81
Ovary Cancer	36	252	54	102	+ 150
Tetanus	37	229	60	31	+ 198
Lung Cancers	38	229	20	901	- 673
Inflammatory/Heart	39	225	35	374	- 149
Oesophagus Cancer	40	191	48	133	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	183	27	678	- 496
Liver Cancer	42	180	25	720	- 541
Syphilis	43	176	53	105	+ 72
Epilepsy	44	169	42	199	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	45	169	32	384	- 216
Parkinson's Disease	46	164	22	852	- 688
Stomach Cancer	47	158	23	785	- 627
Oral Cancer	48	153	56	91	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	139	37	292	- 153
Prostate Cancer	50	129	28	550	- 421
Bladder Cancer	51	112	59	43	+ 69
Skin Cancers	52	105	43	190	- 86
Skin Disease	53	94	55	101	- 7
Schistosomiasis	54	87	75	0	+ 87
Alcohol	55	78	33	384	- 306
Hepatitis B	56	77	64	6	+ 71
Upper Respiratory	57	74	62	15	+ 58
Appendicitis	58	70	46	156	- 86
Leishmaniasis	59	60	65	5	+ 55
Drug Use	60	53	40	244	- 191
Pancreas Cancer	61	51	36	332	- 281
Uterin Cancer	62	44	47	151	- 108
Encephalitis	63	40	52	110	- 69
War	64	29	63	9	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	23	51	111	- 88
Other Neoplasms	66	15	58	43	- 28
Diphtheria	67	15	70	0	+ 15
Ascariasis	68	13	69	2	+ 12
Hepatitis C	69	12	67	3	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	70	6	61	22	- 16
Otitis Media	71	4	71	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	72	2	68	2	+ 0
Dengue	73	2	66	4	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	24	755	- 755
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Ethiopia

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.