BOTSWANA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,046	3	1,632	+ 414
Stroke	2	1,741	4	1,588	+ 153
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,317	5	1,273	+ 45
Hypertension	4	625	11	471	+ 154
Prostate Cancer	5	618	41	45	+ 573
Breast Cancer	6	616	33	68	+ 548
Kidney Disease	7	600	9	506	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	8	574	27	103	+ 471
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	558	2	1,674	- 1,115
Other Injuries	10	481	19	216	+ 265
Lung Disease	11	404	10	482	- 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	371	47	28	+ 343
Skin Disease	13	212	46	30	+ 182
Cervical Cancer	14	210	22	164	+ 46
Stomach Cancer	15	170	53	10	+ 160
Lung Cancers	16	159	39	45	+ 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	158	23	164	- 6
HIV/AIDS	18	146	1	4,950	- 4,804
Lymphomas	19	144	31	77	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	20	138	56	9	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	21	134	20	177	- 43
Anemia	22	123	84	0	+ 123
Pancreas Cancer	23	121	50	16	+ 105
Leukemia	24	115	51	13	+ 102
Liver Cancer	25	108	35	57	+ 51
Congenital Anomalies	26	102	16	287	- 186
Epilepsy	27	84	36	56	+ 28
Liver Disease	28	84	12	459	- 375
Alcohol	29	82	45	31	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	30	79	49	19	+ 60
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	77	80	0	+ 77
Other Neoplasms	32	71	55	9	+ 62
Oral Cancer	33	61	32	70	- 9
Violence	34	56	14	389	- 333
Drownings	35	56	30	83	- 27
Asthma	36	46	18	232	- 186
Low Birth Weight	37	40	13	447	- 407
Malnutrition	38	32	21	171	- 139
Appendicitis	39	31	57	8	+ 23
Drug Use	40	30	48	26	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	41	27	60	6	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	42	24	38	47	- 23
Skin Cancers	43	24	37	52	- 28
Birth Trauma	44	23	17	261	- 238
Schizophrenia	45	22	86	0	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	20	8	527	- 507
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	20	29	90	- 71
Poisonings	48	17	42	42	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	14	43	37	- 23
Tuberculosis	50	13	6	649	- 636
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	11	52	11	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	52	10	24	118	- 107
Meningitis	53	10	25	108	- 99
Suicide	54	9	15	370	- 361
Otitis Media	55	7	71	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	63	3	+ 3
Fires	57	4	26	108	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	58	3	28	103	- 100
War	59	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	44	36	- 36
Chlamydia	61	0	65	1	- 1
Diphtheria	62	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	61	6	- 6
Pertussis	64	0	40	45	- 45
Measles	65	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	67	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	73	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	58	7	- 7
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	59	7	- 7
Hepatitis B	74	0	62	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	54	10	- 10
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	7	608	- 608
Falls	82	0	34	62	- 62
Oral conditions	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Antigua/Bar.

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.