SRI LANKA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,732	1	26,304	- 6,572
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,407	8	5,117	+ 9,290
Stroke	3	12,867	6	6,805	+ 6,062
Kidney Disease	4	10,496	5	6,858	+ 3,638
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,797	2	12,460	- 3,664
Liver Disease	6	7,119	17	1,303	+ 5,816
Lung Disease	7	6,669	3	9,456	- 2,787
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,427	4	6,939	- 2,512
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,338	9	4,200	+ 139
Hypertension	10	3,440	20	1,055	+ 2,385
Other Injuries	11	2,284	14	1,529	+ 755
Low Birth Weight	12	2,258	29	536	+ 1,722
Tuberculosis	13	2,119	25	769	+ 1,350
Violence	14	1,958	31	499	+ 1,459
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,929	22	989	+ 940
Cervical Cancer	16	1,912	26	762	+ 1,150
Falls	17	1,904	23	964	+ 940
Malnutrition	18	1,841	54	43	+ 1,797
Birth Trauma	19	1,757	44	193	+ 1,565
Lung Cancers	20	1,610	12	1,775	- 165
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,576	28	605	+ 972
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,522	45	168	+ 1,354
Stomach Cancer	23	1,402	16	1,321	+ 81
Chagas disease	24	1,347	83	0	+ 1,347
Liver Cancer	25	1,286	19	1,090	+ 196
Suicide	26	1,277	10	2,977	- 1,701
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,211	56	38	+ 1,173
Prostate Cancer	28	982	30	507	+ 475
Breast Cancer	29	861	15	1,383	- 522
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	727	24	911	- 184
Drownings	31	725	27	731	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	32	686	32	462	+ 224
Alcohol	33	686	51	82	+ 603
Leukemia	34	678	18	1,155	- 477
Inflammatory/Heart	35	668	35	425	+ 243
Pancreas Cancer	36	592	43	214	+ 378
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	521	53	49	+ 472
Asthma	38	461	7	6,471	- 6,010
Maternal Conditions	39	438	48	96	+ 342
Drug Use	40	436	40	257	+ 179
Lymphomas	41	392	21	1,027	- 635
Epilepsy	42	356	39	269	+ 87
Skin Cancers	43	340	52	58	+ 281
Fires	44	324	41	239	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	45	311	55	39	+ 272
Appendicitis	46	278	64	5	+ 273
Uterin Cancer	47	270	42	218	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	48	238	13	1,544	- 1,306
Meningitis	49	228	46	146	+ 82
Pertussis	50	216	59	15	+ 201
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	198	60	11	+ 187
Encephalitis	52	196	61	10	+ 185
Syphilis	53	187	58	15	+ 173
Ovary Cancer	54	182	37	281	- 99
Skin Disease	55	179	36	293	- 113
Oral Cancer	56	162	11	2,893	- 2,731
Poisonings	57	117	49	93	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	58	77	50	86	- 9
Bladder Cancer	59	76	34	432	- 355
Tetanus	60	55	57	27	+ 28
Multiple Sclerosis	61	40	69	2	+ 37
Upper Respiratory	62	27	66	5	+ 23
War	63	16	38	280	- 264
Hepatitis B	64	10	62	6	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	65	10	73	0	+ 10
Dengue	66	8	47	131	- 123
Hepatitis C	67	5	75	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	68	3	84	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	69	3	72	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	63	6	- 6
Measles	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	68	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	82	0	67	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	33	445	- 445
Schizophrenia	85	0	65	5	- 5
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Bolivia

Sri Lanka

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.