BOTSWANA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,939	3	1,632	+ 5,307
Stroke	2	6,933	4	1,588	+ 5,345
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,441	23	164	+ 1,277
Lung Cancers	4	809	39	45	+ 764
Lung Disease	5	691	10	482	+ 210
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	500	2	1,674	- 1,174
Stomach Cancer	7	389	53	10	+ 379
Inflammatory/Heart	8	367	20	177	+ 190
Liver Cancer	9	342	35	57	+ 285
Hypertension	10	335	11	471	- 135
Kidney Disease	11	314	9	506	- 192
Liver Disease	12	297	12	459	- 162
Parkinson's Disease	13	291	38	47	+ 243
Road Traffic Accidents	14	266	7	608	- 343
Bladder Cancer	15	260	60	6	+ 254
Prostate Cancer	16	245	41	45	+ 201
Breast Cancer	17	181	33	68	+ 113
Pancreas Cancer	18	177	50	16	+ 161
Diabetes Mellitus	19	164	5	1,273	- 1,108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	155	47	28	+ 128
Asthma	21	152	18	232	- 80
Leukemia	22	104	51	13	+ 91
Falls	23	99	34	62	+ 37
Suicide	24	99	15	370	- 271
Low Birth Weight	25	84	13	447	- 363
Other Injuries	26	83	19	216	- 133
Violence	27	81	14	389	- 308
Congenital Anomalies	28	81	16	287	- 206
Endocrine Disorders	29	72	27	103	- 31
Oral Cancer	30	71	32	70	+ 1
Lymphomas	31	54	31	77	- 23
Skin Cancers	32	50	37	52	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	45	29	90	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	34	41	28	103	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	40	43	37	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	36	38	22	164	- 126
Epilepsy	37	35	36	56	- 21
Uterin Cancer	38	33	56	9	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	39	31	49	19	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	40	31	63	3	+ 28
Birth Trauma	41	25	17	261	- 236
HIV/AIDS	42	20	1	4,950	- 4,930
Drownings	43	20	30	83	- 63
Drug Use	44	20	48	26	- 6
Fires	45	16	26	108	- 93
Encephalitis	46	15	59	7	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	47	15	55	9	+ 6
Alcohol	48	15	45	31	- 16
Meningitis	49	11	25	108	- 98
Upper Respiratory	50	10	58	7	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	52	11	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	7	8	527	- 520
Poisonings	53	7	42	42	- 35
Tuberculosis	54	7	6	649	- 642
Skin Disease	55	5	46	30	- 25
Appendicitis	56	4	57	8	- 3
Tetanus	57	2	61	6	- 4
Malnutrition	58	2	21	171	- 169
Maternal Conditions	59	2	24	118	- 116
Pertussis	60	1	40	45	- 44
Leishmaniasis	61	1	79	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	44	36	- 36
Hepatitis B	63	0	62	6	- 5
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Albania

Botswana

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.