GUINEA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	28,249	10	3,020	+ 25,229
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,551	1	12,790	- 3,239
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,314	6	5,665	+ 3,649
Stroke	4	9,064	5	5,777	+ 3,287
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,263	15	2,138	+ 5,125
Tuberculosis	6	3,703	13	2,369	+ 1,334
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,473	9	3,788	- 316
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,008	3	6,788	- 3,780
Kidney Disease	9	2,890	16	1,939	+ 951
Lung Disease	10	2,749	20	1,373	+ 1,376
Hypertension	11	2,687	21	1,348	+ 1,339
Liver Disease	12	2,618	12	2,550	+ 68
Low Birth Weight	13	2,551	8	4,319	- 1,767
Violence	14	2,221	26	1,128	+ 1,093
Suicide	15	2,111	29	892	+ 1,219
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,639	14	2,181	- 541
Birth Trauma	17	1,492	7	4,797	- 3,305
Asthma	18	1,325	22	1,179	+ 146
Other Injuries	19	1,235	18	1,504	- 269
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,010	35	439	+ 571
Malnutrition	21	976	28	1,032	- 56
Cervical Cancer	22	936	19	1,491	- 555
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	934	30	579	+ 355
Maternal Conditions	24	672	17	1,793	- 1,121
Meningitis	25	618	11	2,633	- 2,014
Fires	26	618	36	410	+ 208
Endocrine Disorders	27	586	25	1,140	- 553
Oesophagus Cancer	28	586	63	20	+ 566
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	514	34	448	+ 66
Drownings	30	471	31	528	- 57
Lymphomas	31	439	48	158	+ 281
Oral Cancer	32	400	52	122	+ 278
Breast Cancer	33	390	38	345	+ 45
Falls	34	351	33	480	- 128
Liver Cancer	35	327	23	1,167	- 841
Epilepsy	36	320	37	350	- 29
Skin Cancers	37	296	49	152	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	38	270	44	212	+ 58
Lung Cancers	39	259	50	128	+ 131
Pertussis	40	255	24	1,165	- 911
Prostate Cancer	41	254	32	525	- 271
Poisonings	42	241	40	295	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	212	42	238	- 26
Syphilis	44	208	39	328	- 120
Alcohol	45	175	55	83	+ 92
Skin Disease	46	171	51	127	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	157	53	100	+ 57
Drug Use	48	147	46	169	- 22
Ovary Cancer	49	110	54	93	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	50	92	65	19	+ 73
Leukemia	51	75	67	17	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	60	70	13	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	53	59	41	245	- 187
Schistosomiasis	54	57	43	232	- 175
Other Neoplasms	55	54	68	16	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	56	54	59	38	+ 16
Appendicitis	57	43	57	41	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	42	69	15	+ 27
Encephalitis	59	40	56	81	- 41
Bladder Cancer	60	37	60	32	+ 5
Tetanus	61	36	45	170	- 134
Hepatitis B	62	33	47	162	- 129
Multiple Sclerosis	63	17	66	18	- 0
Malaria	64	4	2	8,180	- 8,176
Chlamydia	65	3	71	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	3	61	22	- 19
Ascariasis	67	3	62	22	- 20
Measles	68	2	4	6,025	- 6,023
War	69	2	64	20	- 18
Diphtheria	70	2	58	40	- 38
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Botswana

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.