GUATEMALA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,386	1	9,825	+ 6,561
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,964	2	9,245	+ 2,719
Stroke	3	10,685	6	4,849	+ 5,837
Kidney Disease	4	8,716	4	6,277	+ 2,440
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,305	3	6,932	+ 373
Liver Disease	6	5,912	5	5,684	+ 227
Lung Disease	7	5,538	13	1,901	+ 3,637
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	3,676	12	1,957	+ 1,719
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,603	8	4,026	- 424
Hypertension	10	2,857	26	679	+ 2,177
Other Injuries	11	1,897	10	2,466	- 569
Low Birth Weight	12	1,875	16	1,658	+ 217
Tuberculosis	13	1,760	37	301	+ 1,458
Violence	14	1,626	7	4,411	- 2,784
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,602	18	1,517	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	16	1,588	25	808	+ 780
Falls	17	1,581	20	1,371	+ 210
Malnutrition	18	1,529	11	1,981	- 452
Birth Trauma	19	1,459	19	1,466	- 7
Lung Cancers	20	1,337	35	391	+ 945
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,309	9	2,617	- 1,308
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,264	34	393	+ 871
Stomach Cancer	23	1,164	17	1,570	- 406
Chagas disease	24	1,119	61	19	+ 1,100
Liver Cancer	25	1,068	15	1,765	- 697
Suicide	26	1,060	22	1,039	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,005	23	1,029	- 24
Prostate Cancer	28	815	24	846	- 30
Breast Cancer	29	715	28	495	+ 219
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	604	31	464	+ 140
Drownings	31	602	32	463	+ 138
Endocrine Disorders	32	570	29	486	+ 84
Alcohol	33	569	14	1,799	- 1,230
Leukemia	34	563	27	601	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	35	555	44	225	+ 330
Pancreas Cancer	36	492	38	282	+ 210
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	433	54	62	+ 371
Asthma	38	383	36	335	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	39	364	30	468	- 105
Drug Use	40	362	40	272	+ 90
Lymphomas	41	325	43	229	+ 96
Epilepsy	42	296	33	463	- 167
Skin Cancers	43	282	46	195	+ 87
Fires	44	269	45	207	+ 61
HIV/AIDS	45	258	21	1,173	- 914
Appendicitis	46	231	47	164	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	47	224	59	27	+ 197
Oesophagus Cancer	48	198	48	144	+ 54
Meningitis	49	189	41	271	- 82
Pertussis	50	179	53	70	+ 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	164	52	82	+ 83
Encephalitis	52	162	51	104	+ 59
Syphilis	53	156	64	3	+ 153
Ovary Cancer	54	151	50	133	+ 18
Skin Disease	55	149	42	232	- 83
Oral Cancer	56	135	49	142	- 7
Poisonings	57	97	39	275	- 178
Other Neoplasms	58	64	56	42	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	59	63	55	57	+ 6
Tetanus	60	46	62	10	+ 36
Multiple Sclerosis	61	33	60	21	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	62	23	57	34	- 11
War	63	13	68	2	+ 11
Hepatitis B	64	8	65	2	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	65	8	69	1	+ 8
Dengue	66	7	58	33	- 26
Hepatitis C	67	4	66	2	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	3	67	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	3	63	7	- 4
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Bolivia

Guatemala

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.