ANGOLA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ANGOLA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	75,139	6	12,805	+ 62,334
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	25,405	1	24,897	+ 508
Coronary Heart Disease	3	24,775	9	10,020	+ 14,755
Stroke	4	24,109	8	10,687	+ 13,422
Diabetes Mellitus	5	19,319	13	4,413	+ 14,906
Tuberculosis	6	9,849	2	16,991	- 7,142
Road Traffic Accidents	7	9,237	10	8,317	+ 920
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	8,002	3	15,245	- 7,243
Kidney Disease	9	7,687	20	2,746	+ 4,941
Lung Disease	10	7,312	22	2,447	+ 4,864
Hypertension	11	7,147	15	3,667	+ 3,480
Liver Disease	12	6,964	12	6,103	+ 861
Low Birth Weight	13	6,786	7	11,184	- 4,399
Violence	14	5,908	19	2,928	+ 2,980
Suicide	15	5,615	23	1,936	+ 3,679
Congenital Anomalies	16	4,361	11	7,402	- 3,042
Birth Trauma	17	3,969	5	12,983	- 9,014
Asthma	18	3,524	25	1,681	+ 1,844
Other Injuries	19	3,285	21	2,682	+ 602
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,687	28	1,305	+ 1,382
Malnutrition	21	2,596	17	3,509	- 913
Cervical Cancer	22	2,489	24	1,931	+ 559
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,485	29	1,198	+ 1,287
Maternal Conditions	24	1,788	18	3,268	- 1,480
Meningitis	25	1,645	16	3,564	- 1,919
Fires	26	1,645	34	839	+ 806
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,559	32	1,119	+ 440
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,558	48	310	+ 1,249
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,367	35	679	+ 688
Drownings	30	1,253	26	1,600	- 347
Lymphomas	31	1,166	38	608	+ 559
Oral Cancer	32	1,063	41	507	+ 556
Breast Cancer	33	1,038	31	1,141	- 103
Falls	34	935	30	1,147	- 212
Liver Cancer	35	869	39	579	+ 290
Epilepsy	36	852	36	647	+ 205
Skin Cancers	37	788	43	467	+ 322
Parkinson's Disease	38	717	49	293	+ 425
Lung Cancers	39	689	45	401	+ 288
Pertussis	40	677	14	4,197	- 3,520
Prostate Cancer	41	676	33	1,071	- 395
Poisonings	42	642	37	639	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	563	44	436	+ 127
Syphilis	44	553	27	1,316	- 763
Alcohol	45	466	51	219	+ 247
Skin Disease	46	454	50	224	+ 229
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	419	42	477	- 59
Drug Use	48	390	55	206	+ 184
Ovary Cancer	49	293	53	210	+ 83
Pancreas Cancer	50	245	59	142	+ 103
Leukemia	51	198	46	361	- 163
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	161	65	61	+ 99
Stomach Cancer	53	156	47	349	- 193
Schistosomiasis	54	152	52	216	- 64
Other Neoplasms	55	143	67	40	+ 103
Uterin Cancer	56	143	64	76	+ 66
Appendicitis	57	115	54	207	- 92
Upper Respiratory	58	113	60	130	- 17
Encephalitis	59	106	56	190	- 85
Bladder Cancer	60	97	58	162	- 65
Tetanus	61	95	40	510	- 415
Hepatitis B	62	88	61	117	- 29
Multiple Sclerosis	63	46	69	19	+ 27
Malaria	64	11	4	13,608	- 13,597
Chlamydia	65	8	73	5	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	8	70	15	- 7
Ascariasis	67	7	66	40	- 34
Measles	68	6	63	95	- 90
War	69	5	68	23	- 18
Diphtheria	70	4	62	111	- 107
Otitis Media	71	3	72	8	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	12	- 12
Leishmaniasis	79	0	57	166	- 166
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ANGOLA

Botswana

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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.