EQU. GUINEA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,627	1	1,838	+ 1,789
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,226	2	913	+ 314
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,196	7	419	+ 777
Stroke	4	1,164	6	437	+ 727
Diabetes Mellitus	5	933	11	299	+ 633
Tuberculosis	6	475	10	321	+ 155
Road Traffic Accidents	7	446	8	368	+ 77
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	386	9	349	+ 37
Kidney Disease	9	371	14	198	+ 173
Lung Disease	10	353	20	120	+ 232
Hypertension	11	345	16	165	+ 180
Liver Disease	12	336	13	199	+ 137
Low Birth Weight	13	328	4	457	- 129
Violence	14	285	33	45	+ 240
Suicide	15	271	22	107	+ 164
Congenital Anomalies	16	211	12	249	- 39
Birth Trauma	17	192	5	441	- 249
Asthma	18	170	26	65	+ 105
Other Injuries	19	159	23	105	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	20	130	27	63	+ 67
Malnutrition	21	125	31	48	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	22	120	28	56	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	120	29	55	+ 64
Maternal Conditions	24	86	17	139	- 52
Meningitis	25	79	19	127	- 48
Fires	26	79	39	30	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	27	75	25	73	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	28	75	54	12	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	66	43	22	+ 44
Drownings	30	60	36	39	+ 21
Lymphomas	31	56	45	19	+ 37
Oral Cancer	32	51	37	35	+ 17
Breast Cancer	33	50	24	84	- 34
Falls	34	45	32	46	- 1
Liver Cancer	35	42	34	43	- 1
Epilepsy	36	41	38	32	+ 9
Skin Cancers	37	38	48	16	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	38	35	46	18	+ 17
Lung Cancers	39	33	41	27	+ 7
Pertussis	40	33	21	109	- 76
Prostate Cancer	41	33	35	43	- 10
Poisonings	42	31	44	21	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	27	50	14	+ 13
Syphilis	44	27	18	134	- 107
Alcohol	45	22	53	12	+ 11
Skin Disease	46	22	51	13	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	20	40	29	- 8
Drug Use	48	19	30	50	- 31
Ovary Cancer	49	14	52	13	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	50	12	55	11	+ 0
Leukemia	51	10	61	4	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	8	62	4	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	53	8	49	16	- 8
Schistosomiasis	54	7	60	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	7	63	3	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	7	58	8	- 1
Appendicitis	57	6	59	6	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	5	66	2	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	5	57	8	- 3
Bladder Cancer	60	5	56	9	- 4
Tetanus	61	5	42	23	- 19
Hepatitis B	62	4	65	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	67	1	+ 1
Malaria	64	1	3	668	- 667
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	15	181	- 181
War	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Botswana

Equ. Guinea

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.