BOLIVIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,860	45	174	+ 12,686
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,431	2	8,069	- 1,638
Tuberculosis	3	6,219	13	1,187	+ 5,033
Stroke	4	5,853	3	7,206	- 1,353
Coronary Heart Disease	5	5,360	1	11,051	- 5,691
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,813	9	2,430	+ 1,383
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,181	5	4,927	- 1,746
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,832	21	883	+ 1,949
Low Birth Weight	9	2,266	12	1,265	+ 1,001
Lung Disease	10	2,025	7	3,735	- 1,710
Violence	11	1,975	14	1,097	+ 878
Hypertension	12	1,879	10	1,927	- 47
Birth Trauma	13	1,513	19	984	+ 529
Liver Disease	14	1,474	6	3,987	- 2,513
Kidney Disease	15	1,412	4	5,879	- 4,466
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,243	15	1,080	+ 163
Suicide	17	1,066	26	715	+ 351
Malnutrition	18	982	18	1,031	- 49
Other Injuries	19	908	11	1,279	- 372
Asthma	20	880	38	258	+ 622
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	771	8	2,479	- 1,708
Inflammatory/Heart	22	711	35	374	+ 336
Cervical Cancer	23	583	16	1,071	- 488
Breast Cancer	24	532	29	482	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	25	484	39	245	+ 238
Drownings	26	481	31	406	+ 75
Meningitis	27	478	49	128	+ 350
Fires	28	478	44	181	+ 296
Skin Cancers	29	473	43	190	+ 283
Oral Cancer	30	438	56	91	+ 347
Prostate Cancer	31	414	28	550	- 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	333	27	678	- 345
Endocrine Disorders	33	320	32	384	- 64
Falls	34	273	17	1,066	- 794
Lung Cancers	35	258	20	901	- 643
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	239	30	407	- 168
Pertussis	37	238	50	121	+ 117
Epilepsy	38	216	42	199	+ 17
Poisonings	39	203	57	66	+ 138
Lymphomas	40	201	41	219	- 18
Liver Cancer	41	197	25	720	- 523
Parkinson's Disease	42	191	22	852	- 662
Syphilis	43	153	53	105	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	145	37	292	- 147
Stomach Cancer	45	143	23	785	- 642
Drug Use	46	139	40	244	- 105
Skin Disease	47	136	55	101	+ 35
Alcohol	48	123	33	384	- 261
Leukemia	49	104	34	380	- 276
Ovary Cancer	50	102	54	102	+ 0
Malaria	51	95	76	0	+ 95
Oesophagus Cancer	52	92	48	133	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	53	77	36	332	- 255
Bladder Cancer	54	69	59	43	+ 26
Schistosomiasis	55	60	75	0	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	56	50	47	151	- 101
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	42	51	111	- 69
Appendicitis	58	39	46	156	- 117
Encephalitis	59	35	52	110	- 74
Other Neoplasms	60	34	58	43	- 9
Upper Respiratory	61	28	62	15	+ 13
Tetanus	62	26	60	31	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	20	64	6	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	64	10	61	22	- 12
Measles	65	9	73	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	3	- 0
War	67	2	63	9	- 7
Chlamydia	68	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	69	1	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	24	755	- 755
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	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

Namibia

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.