BOLIVIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,771	2	8,069	- 3,298
Stroke	2	4,573	3	7,206	- 2,633
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,361	9	2,430	+ 931
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,258	1	11,051	- 7,793
Malaria	5	2,981	76	0	+ 2,981
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,821	21	883	+ 1,938
HIV/AIDS	7	2,554	45	174	+ 2,379
Liver Disease	8	2,303	6	3,987	- 1,684
Low Birth Weight	9	1,982	12	1,265	+ 717
Birth Trauma	10	1,706	19	984	+ 722
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,680	5	4,927	- 3,247
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,606	15	1,080	+ 526
Lung Disease	13	1,405	7	3,735	- 2,330
Hypertension	14	1,227	10	1,927	- 700
Kidney Disease	15	1,090	4	5,879	- 4,789
Malnutrition	16	1,055	18	1,031	+ 25
Other Injuries	17	853	11	1,279	- 426
Cervical Cancer	18	850	16	1,071	- 221
Meningitis	19	766	49	128	+ 638
Stomach Cancer	20	705	23	785	- 80
Maternal Conditions	21	653	39	245	+ 407
Asthma	22	648	38	258	+ 390
Liver Cancer	23	638	25	720	- 82
Suicide	24	636	26	715	- 79
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	594	8	2,479	- 1,885
Tuberculosis	26	565	13	1,187	- 622
Breast Cancer	27	542	29	482	+ 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	534	30	407	+ 127
Violence	29	495	14	1,097	- 602
Lymphomas	30	406	41	219	+ 187
Falls	31	373	17	1,066	- 694
Prostate Cancer	32	358	28	550	- 192
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	327	27	678	- 351
Inflammatory/Heart	34	313	35	374	- 61
Leukemia	35	286	34	380	- 93
Drownings	36	257	31	406	- 149
Oral Cancer	37	246	56	91	+ 155
Fires	38	244	44	181	+ 62
Lung Cancers	39	212	20	901	- 690
Poisonings	40	199	57	66	+ 133
Endocrine Disorders	41	198	32	384	- 186
Pertussis	42	197	50	121	+ 76
Pancreas Cancer	43	193	36	332	- 138
Oesophagus Cancer	44	193	48	133	+ 59
Epilepsy	45	173	42	199	- 27
Syphilis	46	156	53	105	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	47	132	22	852	- 720
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	123	37	292	- 169
Alcohol	49	113	33	384	- 271
Skin Cancers	50	102	43	190	- 88
Schistosomiasis	51	100	75	0	+ 100
Skin Disease	52	93	55	101	- 8
Ovary Cancer	53	83	54	102	- 19
Appendicitis	54	63	46	156	- 93
Hepatitis B	55	62	64	6	+ 56
Uterin Cancer	56	53	47	151	- 99
Upper Respiratory	57	53	62	15	+ 37
Tetanus	58	48	60	31	+ 17
Measles	59	47	73	0	+ 47
Drug Use	60	40	40	244	- 204
Encephalitis	61	35	52	110	- 74
Bladder Cancer	62	32	59	43	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	21	51	111	- 90
Other Neoplasms	64	15	58	43	- 28
Hepatitis C	65	11	67	3	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	61	22	- 16
Ascariasis	67	4	69	2	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	3	71	0	+ 3
War	69	2	63	9	- 7
Chlamydia	70	2	68	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	24	755	- 755
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Rwanda

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.