BOLIVIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,613	1	11,051	+ 8,561
Stroke	2	12,649	3	7,206	+ 5,443
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,370	8	2,479	+ 5,890
Lung Cancers	4	6,897	20	901	+ 5,996
Lung Disease	5	6,540	7	3,735	+ 2,804
Hypertension	6	6,045	10	1,927	+ 4,118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	4,292	30	407	+ 3,885
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,006	5	4,927	- 921
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,300	2	8,069	- 4,769
Breast Cancer	10	2,801	29	482	+ 2,319
Kidney Disease	11	2,570	4	5,879	- 3,309
Other Injuries	12	2,446	11	1,279	+ 1,167
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,443	36	332	+ 2,111
Stomach Cancer	14	2,071	23	785	+ 1,285
Other Neoplasms	15	2,016	58	43	+ 1,973
Lymphomas	16	1,953	41	219	+ 1,734
Liver Cancer	17	1,943	25	720	+ 1,222
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,703	32	384	+ 1,318
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,702	22	852	+ 850
Prostate Cancer	20	1,698	28	550	+ 1,148
Leukemia	21	1,359	34	380	+ 979
Bladder Cancer	22	1,355	59	43	+ 1,312
Liver Disease	23	1,123	6	3,987	- 2,865
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,117	35	374	+ 743
Falls	25	853	17	1,066	- 214
Suicide	26	816	26	715	+ 101
Oral Cancer	27	675	56	91	+ 584
Ovary Cancer	28	663	54	102	+ 561
Skin Cancers	29	654	43	190	+ 464
Road Traffic Accidents	30	650	9	2,430	- 1,779
Hepatitis C	31	495	67	3	+ 492
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	447	37	292	+ 156
Uterin Cancer	33	444	47	151	+ 293
Oesophagus Cancer	34	413	48	133	+ 280
Anemia	35	338	84	0	+ 338
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	328	21	883	- 555
Congenital Anomalies	37	291	15	1,080	- 789
Skin Disease	38	291	55	101	+ 190
Epilepsy	39	270	42	199	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	40	233	16	1,071	- 838
Malnutrition	41	157	18	1,031	- 874
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	142	51	111	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	139	27	678	- 539
Multiple Sclerosis	44	137	61	22	+ 114
Drug Use	45	132	40	244	- 112
HIV/AIDS	46	105	45	174	- 69
Asthma	47	100	38	258	- 159
Osteoarthritis	48	97	82	0	+ 97
Schizophrenia	49	86	85	0	+ 86
Violence	50	82	14	1,097	- 1,014
Low Birth Weight	51	72	12	1,265	- 1,193
Drownings	52	69	31	406	- 336
Tuberculosis	53	68	13	1,187	- 1,119
Hepatitis B	54	67	64	6	+ 62
Alcohol	55	56	33	384	- 328
Fires	56	55	44	181	- 127
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	49	81	0	+ 49
Poisonings	58	31	57	66	- 34
Birth Trauma	59	28	19	984	- 956
Meningitis	60	26	49	128	- 102
Appendicitis	61	10	46	156	- 146
Oral conditions	62	10	80	0	+ 10
Tetanus	63	4	60	31	- 26
Upper Respiratory	64	4	62	15	- 11
Otitis Media	65	3	71	0	+ 3
War	66	1	63	9	- 8
Maternal Conditions	67	1	39	245	- 244
Encephalitis	68	1	52	110	- 109
Syphilis	69	1	53	105	- 104
Leishmaniasis	70	1	65	5	- 5
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	24	755	- 754
Pertussis	73	0	50	121	- 121
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	81	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Italy

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.