BOLIVIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,552	1	11,051	+ 501
Stroke	2	5,198	3	7,206	- 2,008
War	3	4,947	63	9	+ 4,938
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,589	2	8,069	- 3,480
Low Birth Weight	5	3,375	12	1,265	+ 2,110
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,279	9	2,430	+ 849
Birth Trauma	7	2,275	19	984	+ 1,291
Hypertension	8	2,028	10	1,927	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,675	21	883	+ 792
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,644	15	1,080	+ 563
Lung Disease	11	1,224	7	3,735	- 2,511
Measles	12	1,157	73	0	+ 1,157
Liver Disease	13	1,108	6	3,987	- 2,880
Violence	14	1,088	14	1,097	- 9
Kidney Disease	15	1,026	4	5,879	- 4,853
Other Injuries	16	852	11	1,279	- 427
Asthma	17	807	38	258	+ 548
Tuberculosis	18	728	13	1,187	- 459
Diabetes Mellitus	19	687	5	4,927	- 4,239
Malaria	20	658	76	0	+ 658
Suicide	21	651	26	715	- 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	538	8	2,479	- 1,941
Pertussis	23	475	50	121	+ 354
Falls	24	448	17	1,066	- 618
Drownings	25	438	31	406	+ 32
Breast Cancer	26	434	29	482	- 48
Malnutrition	27	405	18	1,031	- 626
Meningitis	28	390	49	128	+ 263
Fires	29	380	44	181	+ 198
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	350	30	407	- 58
Stomach Cancer	31	346	23	785	- 440
Maternal Conditions	32	341	39	245	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	319	27	678	- 359
Leukemia	34	297	34	380	- 82
Oesophagus Cancer	35	293	48	133	+ 160
Endocrine Disorders	36	283	32	384	- 102
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	271	37	292	- 21
Drug Use	38	235	40	244	- 9
Liver Cancer	39	233	25	720	- 487
Inflammatory/Heart	40	224	35	374	- 150
Lung Cancers	41	218	20	901	- 683
Oral Cancer	42	210	56	91	+ 119
Epilepsy	43	206	42	199	+ 7
Poisonings	44	204	57	66	+ 138
Lymphomas	45	166	41	219	- 54
HIV/AIDS	46	152	45	174	- 22
Tetanus	47	151	60	31	+ 120
Encephalitis	48	141	52	110	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	49	138	22	852	- 714
Hepatitis B	50	115	64	6	+ 109
Pancreas Cancer	51	108	36	332	- 223
Ovary Cancer	52	72	54	102	- 30
Syphilis	53	67	53	105	- 38
Appendicitis	54	62	46	156	- 94
Bladder Cancer	55	61	59	43	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	56	47	75	0	+ 47
Cervical Cancer	57	46	16	1,071	- 1,025
Skin Cancers	58	38	43	190	- 152
Alcohol	59	30	33	384	- 354
Dengue	60	27	66	4	+ 23
Skin Disease	61	17	55	101	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	62	16	61	22	- 6
Prostate Cancer	63	15	28	550	- 535
Other Neoplasms	64	8	58	43	- 35
Ascariasis	65	7	69	2	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	5	51	111	- 106
Diphtheria	67	5	70	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	3	67	3	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	2	47	151	- 149
Upper Respiratory	70	2	62	15	- 14
Leishmaniasis	71	1	65	5	- 5
Chlamydia	72	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	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
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Yemen

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.