ALBANIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,276	42	26	+ 6,250
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,122	6	634	+ 1,488
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,069	1	8,797	- 6,728
Stroke	4	2,014	2	8,790	- 6,777
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,614	19	208	+ 1,405
Tuberculosis	6	823	54	8	+ 814
Road Traffic Accidents	7	771	14	337	+ 434
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	668	52	9	+ 659
Kidney Disease	9	642	11	399	+ 243
Lung Disease	10	611	5	876	- 266
Hypertension	11	597	10	425	+ 172
Liver Disease	12	582	12	376	+ 206
Low Birth Weight	13	567	25	106	+ 460
Violence	14	493	27	103	+ 391
Suicide	15	469	24	125	+ 344
Congenital Anomalies	16	364	28	102	+ 262
Birth Trauma	17	331	41	32	+ 299
Asthma	18	294	21	193	+ 102
Other Injuries	19	274	26	105	+ 169
Inflammatory/Heart	20	224	8	465	- 240
Malnutrition	21	217	58	3	+ 214
Cervical Cancer	22	208	36	48	+ 160
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	208	3	1,827	- 1,620
Maternal Conditions	24	149	59	2	+ 147
Meningitis	25	137	49	14	+ 124
Fires	26	137	45	20	+ 118
Endocrine Disorders	27	130	29	91	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	28	130	34	52	+ 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	114	33	57	+ 57
Drownings	30	105	43	25	+ 79
Lymphomas	31	97	31	69	+ 29
Oral Cancer	32	89	30	90	- 1
Breast Cancer	33	87	17	229	- 143
Falls	34	78	23	125	- 47
Liver Cancer	35	73	9	434	- 361
Epilepsy	36	71	37	44	+ 27
Skin Cancers	37	66	32	64	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	38	60	13	369	- 309
Lung Cancers	39	58	4	1,026	- 969
Pertussis	40	57	60	1	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	41	56	16	311	- 254
Poisonings	42	54	53	9	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	47	35	50	- 3
Syphilis	44	46	62	1	+ 45
Alcohol	45	39	48	18	+ 21
Skin Disease	46	38	55	6	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	35	20	197	- 162
Drug Use	48	33	44	25	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	49	24	39	39	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	50	20	18	225	- 204
Leukemia	51	17	22	131	- 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	13	51	11	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	53	13	7	493	- 480
Schistosomiasis	54	13	72	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	55	12	47	19	- 7
Uterin Cancer	56	12	38	42	- 30
Appendicitis	57	10	56	5	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	58	9	50	12	- 3
Encephalitis	59	9	46	20	- 11
Bladder Cancer	60	8	15	330	- 322
Tetanus	61	8	57	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	7	63	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	40	39	- 35
Malaria	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	68	0	65	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	61	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Botswana

Albania

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.