ZAMBIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,669	10	4,432	+ 14,238
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,631	2	9,517	+ 4,114
Stroke	3	12,174	3	7,948	+ 4,226
Kidney Disease	4	9,931	18	1,760	+ 8,171
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,323	14	2,395	+ 5,928
Liver Disease	6	6,736	9	4,501	+ 2,235
Lung Disease	7	6,310	21	1,273	+ 5,038
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	4,189	29	590	+ 3,599
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,105	11	3,654	+ 451
Hypertension	10	3,255	13	2,616	+ 638
Other Injuries	11	2,161	19	1,729	+ 433
Low Birth Weight	12	2,136	8	4,857	- 2,720
Tuberculosis	13	2,005	6	5,941	- 3,936
Violence	14	1,853	23	1,153	+ 700
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,825	12	3,146	- 1,321
Cervical Cancer	16	1,809	17	1,799	+ 11
Falls	17	1,802	28	596	+ 1,205
Malnutrition	18	1,742	15	2,303	- 561
Birth Trauma	19	1,663	7	5,062	- 3,399
Lung Cancers	20	1,523	41	226	+ 1,297
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	1,492	5	6,275	- 4,784
Parkinson's Disease	22	1,440	47	164	+ 1,276
Stomach Cancer	23	1,326	42	206	+ 1,120
Chagas disease	24	1,275	79	0	+ 1,275
Liver Cancer	25	1,217	46	177	+ 1,040
Suicide	26	1,208	20	1,303	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	1,146	40	246	+ 900
Prostate Cancer	28	929	30	561	+ 367
Breast Cancer	29	814	35	366	+ 448
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	688	43	203	+ 486
Drownings	31	686	27	689	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	32	649	37	354	+ 295
Alcohol	33	649	49	140	+ 509
Leukemia	34	641	39	261	+ 380
Inflammatory/Heart	35	632	33	501	+ 131
Pancreas Cancer	36	560	62	42	+ 518
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	493	45	190	+ 304
Asthma	38	437	26	741	- 304
Maternal Conditions	39	415	22	1,188	- 773
Drug Use	40	412	53	122	+ 290
Lymphomas	41	371	31	548	- 177
Epilepsy	42	337	38	332	+ 5
Skin Cancers	43	321	54	108	+ 213
Fires	44	306	32	546	- 240
HIV/AIDS	45	294	1	17,234	- 16,940
Appendicitis	46	263	56	84	+ 180
Uterin Cancer	47	256	64	30	+ 226
Oesophagus Cancer	48	225	36	359	- 133
Meningitis	49	215	16	1,976	- 1,760
Pertussis	50	204	25	743	- 539
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	187	63	30	+ 158
Encephalitis	52	185	59	70	+ 115
Syphilis	53	177	24	885	- 707
Ovary Cancer	54	172	57	82	+ 90
Skin Disease	55	170	52	126	+ 44
Oral Cancer	56	154	48	155	- 2
Poisonings	57	111	34	456	- 345
Other Neoplasms	58	73	65	20	+ 53
Bladder Cancer	59	72	50	132	- 59
Tetanus	60	52	44	190	- 138
Multiple Sclerosis	61	38	67	13	+ 24
Upper Respiratory	62	26	60	68	- 42
War	63	15	69	6	+ 9
Hepatitis B	64	10	55	104	- 95
Leishmaniasis	65	9	58	72	- 63
Dengue	66	7	74	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	67	5	66	18	- 13
Chlamydia	68	3	71	3	- 0
Ascariasis	69	3	68	9	- 6
Diphtheria	70	1	73	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	61	48	- 48
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	51	128	- 128
Malaria	76	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Hookworm Disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Bolivia

Zambia

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.