BOLIVIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,349	45	174	+ 14,175
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,738	2	8,069	- 331
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,097	1	11,051	- 4,954
Road Traffic Accidents	4	4,334	9	2,430	+ 1,904
Stroke	5	3,680	3	7,206	- 3,527
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	3,298	21	883	+ 2,415
Low Birth Weight	7	2,899	12	1,265	+ 1,634
Birth Trauma	8	2,445	19	984	+ 1,460
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,400	5	4,927	- 2,526
Malnutrition	10	1,720	18	1,031	+ 689
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,592	15	1,080	+ 511
Kidney Disease	12	1,589	4	5,879	- 4,290
Suicide	13	1,485	26	715	+ 770
Cervical Cancer	14	1,452	16	1,071	+ 381
Malaria	15	1,438	76	0	+ 1,438
Tuberculosis	16	1,435	13	1,187	+ 248
Liver Disease	17	1,394	6	3,987	- 2,594
Violence	18	1,376	14	1,097	+ 279
Maternal Conditions	19	1,256	39	245	+ 1,010
Other Injuries	20	1,189	11	1,279	- 91
Asthma	21	1,099	38	258	+ 840
Meningitis	22	951	49	128	+ 824
Lung Disease	23	835	7	3,735	- 2,900
Hypertension	24	823	10	1,927	- 1,104
Inflammatory/Heart	25	752	35	374	+ 378
Lymphomas	26	689	41	219	+ 470
Drownings	27	686	31	406	+ 280
Breast Cancer	28	602	29	482	+ 120
Oesophagus Cancer	29	575	48	133	+ 442
Fires	30	569	44	181	+ 388
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	551	8	2,479	- 1,928
Prostate Cancer	32	451	28	550	- 99
Stomach Cancer	33	401	23	785	- 384
Endocrine Disorders	34	397	32	384	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	393	27	678	- 285
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	389	37	292	+ 97
Poisonings	37	370	57	66	+ 304
Liver Cancer	38	366	25	720	- 354
Epilepsy	39	365	42	199	+ 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	363	30	407	- 45
Falls	41	334	17	1,066	- 733
Pertussis	42	301	50	121	+ 180
Lung Cancers	43	205	20	901	- 696
Skin Cancers	44	190	43	190	- 1
Leukemia	45	175	34	380	- 205
Parkinson's Disease	46	162	22	852	- 690
Pancreas Cancer	47	156	36	332	- 176
Drug Use	48	153	40	244	- 91
Oral Cancer	49	149	56	91	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	50	131	47	151	- 21
Ovary Cancer	51	124	54	102	+ 23
Skin Disease	52	124	55	101	+ 24
Schistosomiasis	53	123	75	0	+ 123
Bladder Cancer	54	90	59	43	+ 47
Syphilis	55	89	53	105	- 16
Encephalitis	56	84	52	110	- 25
Tetanus	57	73	60	31	+ 42
Appendicitis	58	48	46	156	- 108
Upper Respiratory	59	47	62	15	+ 31
Hepatitis B	60	41	64	6	+ 35
Alcohol	61	35	33	384	- 349
Other Neoplasms	62	27	58	43	- 16
Measles	63	22	73	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	19	51	111	- 92
War	65	19	63	9	+ 10
Hepatitis C	66	10	67	3	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	67	10	61	22	- 12
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	2	68	2	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	2	69	2	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	77	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	24	755	- 755
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	5	- 5
Leprosy	78	0	72	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

Zimbabwe

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.