BOLIVIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,533	1	11,051	+ 4,482
Stroke	2	14,884	3	7,206	+ 7,678
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,674	8	2,479	+ 6,194
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,264	2	8,069	+ 195
Lung Cancers	5	5,315	20	901	+ 4,413
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	5,295	30	407	+ 4,887
Lung Disease	7	5,170	7	3,735	+ 1,434
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,344	5	4,927	- 583
Kidney Disease	9	3,381	4	5,879	- 2,497
Stomach Cancer	10	3,054	23	785	+ 2,269
Prostate Cancer	11	2,562	28	550	+ 2,012
Breast Cancer	12	2,409	29	482	+ 1,927
Other Injuries	13	2,336	11	1,279	+ 1,057
Hypertension	14	2,267	10	1,927	+ 341
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,013	36	332	+ 1,682
Lymphomas	16	1,939	41	219	+ 1,720
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,866	32	384	+ 1,481
Liver Cancer	18	1,532	25	720	+ 812
Suicide	19	1,414	26	715	+ 698
Bladder Cancer	20	1,412	59	43	+ 1,369
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,374	22	852	+ 522
Liver Disease	22	1,358	6	3,987	- 2,629
Falls	23	1,246	17	1,066	+ 179
Leukemia	24	1,225	34	380	+ 845
Oral Cancer	25	1,100	56	91	+ 1,009
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,096	35	374	+ 722
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,011	9	2,430	- 1,419
Other Neoplasms	28	787	58	43	+ 744
Oesophagus Cancer	29	751	48	133	+ 618
Skin Cancers	30	631	43	190	+ 441
Epilepsy	31	501	42	199	+ 301
Uterin Cancer	32	490	47	151	+ 338
Ovary Cancer	33	479	54	102	+ 377
Cervical Cancer	34	397	16	1,071	- 674
HIV/AIDS	35	386	45	174	+ 211
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	278	21	883	- 605
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	276	27	678	- 402
Tuberculosis	38	257	13	1,187	- 930
Skin Disease	39	244	55	101	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	40	237	15	1,080	- 843
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	204	37	292	- 88
Anemia	42	182	84	0	+ 182
Asthma	43	177	38	258	- 82
Drug Use	44	155	40	244	- 89
Alcohol	45	134	33	384	- 250
Fires	46	131	44	181	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	119	51	111	+ 8
Violence	48	116	14	1,097	- 980
Hepatitis C	49	105	67	3	+ 102
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	99	81	0	+ 99
Drownings	51	96	31	406	- 310
Low Birth Weight	52	95	12	1,265	- 1,170
Malnutrition	53	95	18	1,031	- 936
Multiple Sclerosis	54	68	61	22	+ 46
Schizophrenia	55	59	85	0	+ 59
Meningitis	56	51	49	128	- 76
Poisonings	57	35	57	66	- 30
Osteoarthritis	58	35	82	0	+ 35
Hepatitis B	59	31	64	6	+ 26
Birth Trauma	60	29	19	984	- 956
Appendicitis	61	25	46	156	- 131
Upper Respiratory	62	18	62	15	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	9	39	245	- 237
Syphilis	64	4	53	105	- 101
Oral conditions	65	4	80	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	66	3	71	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	67	2	52	110	- 108
Leishmaniasis	68	1	65	5	- 4
War	69	1	63	9	- 8
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	50	121	- 121
Tetanus	73	0	60	31	- 31
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	68	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	66	4	- 4
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Portugal

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.