BOLIVIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,788	2	8,069	- 2,280
Stroke	2	5,397	3	7,206	- 1,809
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,020	1	11,051	- 6,032
HIV/AIDS	4	4,829	45	174	+ 4,654
Malaria	5	3,973	76	0	+ 3,973
Tuberculosis	6	3,636	13	1,187	+ 2,449
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,779	9	2,430	+ 349
Low Birth Weight	8	2,371	12	1,265	+ 1,107
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,327	21	883	+ 1,444
Birth Trauma	10	2,205	19	984	+ 1,221
Liver Disease	11	2,155	6	3,987	- 1,833
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,111	5	4,927	- 2,816
Kidney Disease	13	1,481	4	5,879	- 4,397
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,401	15	1,080	+ 320
Lung Disease	15	1,110	7	3,735	- 2,625
Meningitis	16	1,062	49	128	+ 934
Liver Cancer	17	1,015	25	720	+ 294
Other Injuries	18	866	11	1,279	- 413
Hypertension	19	794	10	1,927	- 1,133
Cervical Cancer	20	769	16	1,071	- 302
Suicide	21	709	26	715	- 6
Maternal Conditions	22	709	39	245	+ 463
Asthma	23	705	38	258	+ 446
Endocrine Disorders	24	699	32	384	+ 315
Breast Cancer	25	690	29	482	+ 208
Malnutrition	26	665	18	1,031	- 366
Violence	27	661	14	1,097	- 436
Inflammatory/Heart	28	575	35	374	+ 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	461	8	2,479	- 2,019
Falls	30	416	17	1,066	- 651
Prostate Cancer	31	367	28	550	- 183
Lymphomas	32	311	41	219	+ 92
Stomach Cancer	33	310	23	785	- 475
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	286	30	407	- 122
Pertussis	35	265	50	121	+ 144
Drownings	36	264	31	406	- 142
Fires	37	260	44	181	+ 78
Ovary Cancer	38	249	54	102	+ 147
Drug Use	39	224	40	244	- 20
Poisonings	40	186	57	66	+ 120
Syphilis	41	172	53	105	+ 67
Oral Cancer	42	172	56	91	+ 81
Parkinson's Disease	43	138	22	852	- 715
Encephalitis	44	127	52	110	+ 18
Leukemia	45	121	34	380	- 259
Pancreas Cancer	46	119	36	332	- 213
Epilepsy	47	117	42	199	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	114	27	678	- 564
Oesophagus Cancer	49	102	48	133	- 32
Skin Disease	50	94	55	101	- 7
Schistosomiasis	51	91	75	0	+ 91
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	91	37	292	- 201
Bladder Cancer	53	87	59	43	+ 45
Alcohol	54	87	33	384	- 297
Lung Cancers	55	85	20	901	- 817
Tetanus	56	78	60	31	+ 47
Uterin Cancer	57	78	47	151	- 73
Skin Cancers	58	76	43	190	- 114
Appendicitis	59	52	46	156	- 104
Measles	60	48	73	0	+ 48
Multiple Sclerosis	61	40	61	22	+ 18
Hepatitis B	62	36	64	6	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	63	17	58	43	- 26
War	64	10	63	9	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	10	67	3	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	6	62	15	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	51	111	- 105
Ascariasis	68	4	69	2	+ 3
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	68	2	- 1
Dengue	71	0	66	4	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
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
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Ghana

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.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.