BOLIVIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,184	1	11,051	+ 3,132
Stroke	2	8,727	3	7,206	+ 1,521
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,350	5	4,927	+ 1,423
Lung Disease	4	3,357	7	3,735	- 379
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,128	2	8,069	- 4,941
Kidney Disease	6	3,095	4	5,879	- 2,784
Hypertension	7	1,758	10	1,927	- 168
Liver Disease	8	1,613	6	3,987	- 2,374
Lung Cancers	9	1,560	20	901	+ 659
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,514	9	2,430	- 916
Suicide	11	1,458	26	715	+ 743
Asthma	12	1,224	38	258	+ 966
Breast Cancer	13	1,130	29	482	+ 648
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,116	8	2,479	- 1,363
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,037	15	1,080	- 43
Low Birth Weight	16	965	12	1,265	- 300
Stomach Cancer	17	943	23	785	+ 158
Measles	18	915	73	0	+ 915
Drownings	19	778	31	406	+ 372
Other Injuries	20	757	11	1,279	- 522
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	702	21	883	- 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	698	30	407	+ 290
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	669	37	292	+ 377
Prostate Cancer	24	627	28	550	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	25	587	54	102	+ 485
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	514	27	678	- 164
Falls	27	465	17	1,066	- 602
Parkinson's Disease	28	431	22	852	- 422
Inflammatory/Heart	29	423	35	374	+ 49
Liver Cancer	30	398	25	720	- 323
Endocrine Disorders	31	355	32	384	- 29
Cervical Cancer	32	345	16	1,071	- 726
Lymphomas	33	329	41	219	+ 110
Violence	34	327	14	1,097	- 770
Birth Trauma	35	320	19	984	- 665
Uterin Cancer	36	312	47	151	+ 160
Maternal Conditions	37	310	39	245	+ 64
Bladder Cancer	38	281	59	43	+ 239
Oral Cancer	39	258	56	91	+ 167
Pancreas Cancer	40	218	36	332	- 113
Skin Disease	41	203	55	101	+ 103
Leukemia	42	186	34	380	- 194
Malnutrition	43	166	18	1,031	- 865
Meningitis	44	142	49	128	+ 15
Epilepsy	45	137	42	199	- 62
Alcohol	46	125	33	384	- 259
Skin Cancers	47	115	43	190	- 75
Fires	48	106	44	181	- 76
Syphilis	49	104	53	105	- 1
Tuberculosis	50	102	13	1,187	- 1,084
Oesophagus Cancer	51	56	48	133	- 77
Poisonings	52	49	57	66	- 16
Other Neoplasms	53	39	58	43	- 4
Encephalitis	54	34	52	110	- 76
Drug Use	55	32	40	244	- 212
Appendicitis	56	23	46	156	- 133
Hepatitis B	57	19	64	6	+ 14
Pertussis	58	13	50	121	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	12	51	111	- 99
Multiple Sclerosis	60	10	61	22	- 12
Dengue	61	7	66	4	+ 3
Tetanus	62	3	60	31	- 28
Diphtheria	63	2	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	2	67	3	- 1
War	65	1	63	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	1	69	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	68	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	62	15	- 15
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	78	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	45	174	- 174
Schistosomiasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	5	- 5
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
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
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Samoa

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.