BOLIVIA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,997	1	11,051	+ 1,946
Stroke	2	5,116	3	7,206	- 2,090
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,480	9	2,430	+ 50
Hypertension	4	2,287	10	1,927	+ 360
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,938	5	4,927	- 2,989
Kidney Disease	6	1,645	4	5,879	- 4,233
Lung Disease	7	1,589	7	3,735	- 2,146
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,566	2	8,069	- 6,503
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,539	8	2,479	- 941
Stomach Cancer	10	1,368	23	785	+ 583
Lung Cancers	11	945	20	901	+ 43
Liver Disease	12	925	6	3,987	- 3,063
Low Birth Weight	13	677	12	1,265	- 588
Congenital Anomalies	14	675	15	1,080	- 406
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	637	30	407	+ 230
Suicide	16	604	26	715	- 111
Other Injuries	17	564	11	1,279	- 715
Leukemia	18	552	34	380	+ 173
Breast Cancer	19	520	29	482	+ 38
Liver Cancer	20	517	25	720	- 203
Prostate Cancer	21	499	28	550	- 51
Asthma	22	468	38	258	+ 210
Lymphomas	23	401	41	219	+ 182
Falls	24	393	17	1,066	- 673
Birth Trauma	25	381	19	984	- 603
Parkinson's Disease	26	355	22	852	- 498
Violence	27	353	14	1,097	- 744
HIV/AIDS	28	351	45	174	+ 177
Pancreas Cancer	29	337	36	332	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	30	330	48	133	+ 197
Drug Use	31	312	40	244	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	32	291	32	384	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	256	21	883	- 627
Fires	34	254	44	181	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	35	224	35	374	- 150
Bladder Cancer	36	196	59	43	+ 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	174	27	678	- 504
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	139	37	292	- 153
Ovary Cancer	39	131	54	102	+ 29
Drownings	40	130	31	406	- 276
Tuberculosis	41	123	13	1,187	- 1,064
War	42	118	63	9	+ 109
Poisonings	43	114	57	66	+ 48
Epilepsy	44	100	42	199	- 99
Oral Cancer	45	91	56	91	+ 0
Meningitis	46	89	49	128	- 38
Skin Cancers	47	72	43	190	- 118
Cervical Cancer	48	70	16	1,071	- 1,001
Hepatitis B	49	59	64	6	+ 54
Multiple Sclerosis	50	56	61	22	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	51	49	47	151	- 102
Maternal Conditions	52	40	39	245	- 206
Alcohol	53	35	33	384	- 349
Encephalitis	54	34	52	110	- 75
Skin Disease	55	33	55	101	- 67
Malnutrition	56	22	18	1,031	- 1,009
Appendicitis	57	22	46	156	- 134
Other Neoplasms	58	16	58	43	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	51	111	- 100
Pertussis	60	10	50	121	- 110
Syphilis	61	7	53	105	- 98
Tetanus	62	5	60	31	- 26
Upper Respiratory	63	2	62	15	- 13
Leishmaniasis	64	1	65	5	- 4
Chlamydia	65	1	68	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	2	- 1
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

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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.