BOLIVIA VS LATVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LATVIA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	55,360	1	11,051	+ 44,308
Stroke	2	40,277	3	7,206	+ 33,071
Hypertension	3	8,160	10	1,927	+ 6,233
Lung Cancers	4	6,538	20	901	+ 5,636
Inflammatory/Heart	5	6,294	35	374	+ 5,920
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,936	30	407	+ 4,528
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	4,536	8	2,479	+ 2,057
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,619	5	4,927	- 1,308
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,426	2	8,069	- 4,643
Breast Cancer	10	3,229	29	482	+ 2,747
Stomach Cancer	11	3,209	23	785	+ 2,424
Prostate Cancer	12	3,171	28	550	+ 2,622
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,981	36	332	+ 2,650
Suicide	14	2,623	26	715	+ 1,908
Liver Disease	15	2,493	6	3,987	- 1,494
Other Injuries	16	2,477	11	1,279	+ 1,198
Kidney Disease	17	2,436	4	5,879	- 3,442
Lung Disease	18	2,367	7	3,735	- 1,368
Lymphomas	19	1,677	41	219	+ 1,458
Bladder Cancer	20	1,558	59	43	+ 1,516
Alcohol	21	1,554	33	384	+ 1,170
Oral Cancer	22	1,463	56	91	+ 1,372
Falls	23	1,376	17	1,066	+ 310
Ovary Cancer	24	1,343	54	102	+ 1,241
Leukemia	25	1,272	34	380	+ 893
Liver Cancer	26	1,071	25	720	+ 351
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,049	9	2,430	- 1,381
Other Neoplasms	28	1,043	58	43	+ 1,000
Uterin Cancer	29	1,009	47	151	+ 858
Skin Cancers	30	987	43	190	+ 797
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	970	27	678	+ 291
Oesophagus Cancer	32	897	48	133	+ 763
Cervical Cancer	33	873	16	1,071	- 198
Drownings	34	867	31	406	+ 461
Parkinson's Disease	35	858	22	852	+ 5
Fires	36	706	44	181	+ 525
Violence	37	646	14	1,097	- 451
Skin Disease	38	523	55	101	+ 422
HIV/AIDS	39	506	45	174	+ 332
Tuberculosis	40	487	13	1,187	- 700
Endocrine Disorders	41	404	32	384	+ 20
Hepatitis C	42	361	67	3	+ 359
Congenital Anomalies	43	318	15	1,080	- 763
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	311	81	0	+ 311
Epilepsy	45	302	42	199	+ 103
Asthma	46	285	38	258	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	279	37	292	- 13
Drug Use	48	279	40	244	+ 35
Poisonings	49	159	57	66	+ 93
Multiple Sclerosis	50	139	61	22	+ 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	136	51	111	+ 25
Meningitis	52	101	49	128	- 27
Anemia	53	97	84	0	+ 97
Diarrhoeal diseases	54	93	21	883	- 790
Birth Trauma	55	79	19	984	- 905
Low Birth Weight	56	77	12	1,265	- 1,188
Schizophrenia	57	51	85	0	+ 51
Osteoarthritis	58	47	82	0	+ 47
Appendicitis	59	32	46	156	- 124
Maternal Conditions	60	31	39	245	- 214
Oral conditions	61	25	80	0	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	62	24	62	15	+ 9
Hepatitis B	63	22	64	6	+ 16
Malnutrition	64	13	18	1,031	- 1,018
Syphilis	65	9	53	105	- 96
Otitis Media	66	6	71	0	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	5	70	0	+ 4
War	68	1	63	9	- 8
Encephalitis	69	0	52	110	- 109
Pertussis	70	0	50	121	- 120
Tetanus	71	0	60	31	- 31
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	75	0	68	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	24	755	- 755
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	66	4	- 4
Ascariasis	84	0	69	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Latvia

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.