BOLIVIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	18,514	3	7,206	+ 11,307
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,703	1	11,051	- 348
Lung Disease	3	4,176	7	3,735	+ 441
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,942	5	4,927	- 985
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,431	9	2,430	+ 1,001
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,412	8	2,479	+ 932
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,241	2	8,069	- 4,828
Kidney Disease	8	2,940	4	5,879	- 2,939
Liver Cancer	9	2,910	25	720	+ 2,189
Liver Disease	10	2,782	6	3,987	- 1,205
Lung Cancers	11	2,479	20	901	+ 1,578
Hypertension	12	2,314	10	1,927	+ 388
Falls	13	1,796	17	1,066	+ 729
Stomach Cancer	14	1,762	23	785	+ 977
Tuberculosis	15	1,100	13	1,187	- 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	961	30	407	+ 554
Asthma	17	949	38	258	+ 690
Suicide	18	844	26	715	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	19	830	12	1,265	- 434
Oral Cancer	20	825	56	91	+ 734
Congenital Anomalies	21	822	15	1,080	- 258
Breast Cancer	22	720	29	482	+ 238
Other Injuries	23	645	11	1,279	- 634
Inflammatory/Heart	24	624	35	374	+ 249
Parkinson's Disease	25	621	22	852	- 231
Drownings	26	593	31	406	+ 188
HIV/AIDS	27	581	45	174	+ 407
Leukemia	28	570	34	380	+ 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	511	21	883	- 372
Lymphomas	30	345	41	219	+ 126
Cervical Cancer	31	278	16	1,071	- 793
Birth Trauma	32	272	19	984	- 712
Oesophagus Cancer	33	264	48	133	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	34	242	32	384	- 142
Prostate Cancer	35	223	28	550	- 327
Violence	36	208	14	1,097	- 889
Measles	37	207	73	0	+ 207
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	199	37	292	- 93
Encephalitis	39	181	52	110	+ 72
Skin Disease	40	176	55	101	+ 76
Drug Use	41	159	40	244	- 85
Uterin Cancer	42	135	47	151	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	111	27	678	- 567
Pancreas Cancer	44	108	36	332	- 223
Bladder Cancer	45	104	59	43	+ 62
Alcohol	46	101	33	384	- 283
Ovary Cancer	47	101	54	102	- 1
Poisonings	48	97	57	66	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	49	90	39	245	- 155
Pertussis	50	82	50	121	- 39
Meningitis	51	73	49	128	- 55
Fires	52	69	44	181	- 112
Epilepsy	53	68	42	199	- 132
Skin Cancers	54	54	43	190	- 136
Hepatitis B	55	44	64	6	+ 39
Syphilis	56	38	53	105	- 67
Other Neoplasms	57	38	58	43	- 5
Tetanus	58	33	60	31	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	26	51	111	- 85
Appendicitis	60	23	46	156	- 133
Multiple Sclerosis	61	16	61	22	- 6
Dengue	62	15	66	4	+ 10
Malnutrition	63	14	18	1,031	- 1,017
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	3	+ 6
War	65	4	63	9	- 5
Upper Respiratory	66	4	62	15	- 11
Malaria	67	2	76	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	68	1	69	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	24	755	- 755
Schistosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Viet Nam

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.