BOLIVIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,152	1	11,051	+ 2,100
Stroke	2	5,658	3	7,206	- 1,549
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,150	9	2,430	+ 1,720
Kidney Disease	4	3,049	4	5,879	- 2,829
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,066	2	8,069	- 6,003
Falls	6	1,799	17	1,066	+ 733
Liver Disease	7	1,661	6	3,987	- 2,326
Other Injuries	8	1,349	11	1,279	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,311	5	4,927	- 3,616
Lung Disease	10	958	7	3,735	- 2,778
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	823	8	2,479	- 1,657
Congenital Anomalies	12	777	15	1,080	- 303
Suicide	13	689	26	715	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	549	30	407	+ 142
Endocrine Disorders	15	488	32	384	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	16	452	35	374	+ 78
Asthma	17	393	38	258	+ 135
Low Birth Weight	18	333	12	1,265	- 932
Leukemia	19	312	34	380	- 68
Breast Cancer	20	306	29	482	- 176
Liver Cancer	21	285	25	720	- 436
Hypertension	22	281	10	1,927	- 1,646
Fires	23	278	44	181	+ 97
Drownings	24	277	31	406	- 129
Parkinson's Disease	25	262	22	852	- 591
Lung Cancers	26	261	20	901	- 640
Tuberculosis	27	253	13	1,187	- 934
Lymphomas	28	241	41	219	+ 22
Epilepsy	29	234	42	199	+ 35
Violence	30	218	14	1,097	- 879
Pancreas Cancer	31	177	36	332	- 154
Skin Disease	32	174	55	101	+ 73
Drug Use	33	165	40	244	- 79
Oral Cancer	34	157	56	91	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	154	21	883	- 729
Stomach Cancer	36	131	23	785	- 654
Birth Trauma	37	116	19	984	- 869
Uterin Cancer	38	109	47	151	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	94	37	292	- 198
Poisonings	40	94	57	66	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	93	27	678	- 585
Ovary Cancer	42	83	54	102	- 19
Encephalitis	43	79	52	110	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	44	77	48	133	- 56
Meningitis	45	76	49	128	- 51
Bladder Cancer	46	72	59	43	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	47	65	45	174	- 109
Maternal Conditions	48	58	39	245	- 187
Cervical Cancer	49	53	16	1,071	- 1,018
Prostate Cancer	50	50	28	550	- 500
Alcohol	51	43	33	384	- 341
Malnutrition	52	27	18	1,031	- 1,004
Hepatitis B	53	19	64	6	+ 14
Pertussis	54	19	50	121	- 102
Skin Cancers	55	18	43	190	- 172
Multiple Sclerosis	56	16	61	22	- 6
Other Neoplasms	57	14	58	43	- 30
Appendicitis	58	12	46	156	- 144
Syphilis	59	11	53	105	- 94
Schistosomiasis	60	8	75	0	+ 8
Tetanus	61	5	60	31	- 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	51	111	- 108
Dengue	63	3	66	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	3	- 0
War	65	1	63	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	0	69	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	67	0	65	5	- 5
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	62	15	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	24	755	- 755
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Saudi Arabia

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.