BOLIVIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,839	1	11,051	- 2,212
Stroke	2	4,533	3	7,206	- 2,674
Lung Disease	3	2,885	7	3,735	- 851
Kidney Disease	4	2,546	4	5,879	- 3,333
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,495	8	2,479	- 984
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,483	5	4,927	- 3,444
Lung Cancers	7	1,151	20	901	+ 249
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,046	2	8,069	- 7,023
Breast Cancer	9	886	29	482	+ 404
Liver Cancer	10	849	25	720	+ 129
Liver Disease	11	772	6	3,987	- 3,215
Endocrine Disorders	12	685	32	384	+ 301
Cervical Cancer	13	681	16	1,071	- 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	664	30	407	+ 257
Congenital Anomalies	15	610	15	1,080	- 470
Falls	16	596	17	1,066	- 471
Hypertension	17	519	10	1,927	- 1,408
Other Injuries	18	496	11	1,279	- 783
Oral Cancer	19	489	56	91	+ 398
Low Birth Weight	20	464	12	1,265	- 800
Suicide	21	460	26	715	- 255
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	454	21	883	- 429
Drownings	23	438	31	406	+ 32
Leukemia	24	405	34	380	+ 25
Parkinson's Disease	25	367	22	852	- 486
Prostate Cancer	26	364	28	550	- 186
Tuberculosis	27	358	13	1,187	- 829
Violence	28	317	14	1,097	- 780
Asthma	29	311	38	258	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	30	294	54	102	+ 192
Road Traffic Accidents	31	274	9	2,430	- 2,156
Skin Disease	32	268	55	101	+ 167
Dengue	33	239	66	4	+ 234
Lymphomas	34	234	41	219	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	35	172	39	245	- 73
Inflammatory/Heart	36	169	35	374	- 205
Bladder Cancer	37	166	59	43	+ 123
Epilepsy	38	155	42	199	- 44
Birth Trauma	39	152	19	984	- 832
Pancreas Cancer	40	139	36	332	- 192
Fires	41	124	44	181	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	114	27	678	- 564
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	108	37	292	- 184
Encephalitis	44	86	52	110	- 24
Malnutrition	45	85	18	1,031	- 945
Other Neoplasms	46	64	58	43	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	47	62	47	151	- 89
Drug Use	48	58	40	244	- 186
Stomach Cancer	49	39	23	785	- 747
Meningitis	50	34	49	128	- 93
Alcohol	51	21	33	384	- 363
Pertussis	52	12	50	121	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	11	51	111	- 100
Tetanus	54	9	60	31	- 22
Poisonings	55	8	57	66	- 58
Hepatitis B	56	7	64	6	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	57	7	61	22	- 15
Syphilis	58	5	53	105	- 100
Oesophagus Cancer	59	5	48	133	- 129
Measles	60	4	73	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	4	46	156	- 152
War	62	2	63	9	- 7
Skin Cancers	63	2	43	190	- 189
Hepatitis C	64	2	67	3	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	69	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	15	- 14
Chlamydia	67	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	65	5	- 5
Chagas disease	73	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	45	174	- 174
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Maldives

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.