CAMEROON VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	62,544	2	13,888	+ 48,656
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,147	1	19,694	+ 1,453
Coronary Heart Disease	3	20,622	6	10,695	+ 9,927
Stroke	4	20,068	5	11,199	+ 8,869
Diabetes Mellitus	5	16,081	11	5,468	+ 10,613
Tuberculosis	6	8,198	10	7,414	+ 783
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,688	9	7,810	- 121
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	6,661	3	11,849	- 5,188
Kidney Disease	9	6,398	13	5,140	+ 1,258
Lung Disease	10	6,086	20	2,310	+ 3,776
Hypertension	11	5,949	22	2,035	+ 3,914
Liver Disease	12	5,796	14	4,531	+ 1,265
Low Birth Weight	13	5,648	8	7,950	- 2,302
Violence	14	4,918	24	1,666	+ 3,252
Suicide	15	4,673	19	2,333	+ 2,341
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,630	12	5,258	- 1,628
Birth Trauma	17	3,304	7	8,243	- 4,939
Asthma	18	2,933	25	1,619	+ 1,314
Other Injuries	19	2,734	16	3,289	- 555
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,236	33	986	+ 1,250
Malnutrition	21	2,161	28	1,218	+ 942
Cervical Cancer	22	2,072	26	1,582	+ 490
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,068	31	1,157	+ 912
Maternal Conditions	24	1,488	17	2,615	- 1,127
Meningitis	25	1,369	15	3,441	- 2,072
Fires	26	1,369	36	908	+ 461
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,298	18	2,474	- 1,177
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,297	59	135	+ 1,162
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,138	40	754	+ 384
Drownings	30	1,043	29	1,178	- 135
Lymphomas	31	971	44	489	+ 482
Oral Cancer	32	885	39	845	+ 40
Breast Cancer	33	864	23	1,874	- 1,011
Falls	34	778	27	1,235	- 457
Liver Cancer	35	723	37	875	- 152
Epilepsy	36	709	38	867	- 157
Skin Cancers	37	656	56	204	+ 452
Parkinson's Disease	38	597	46	449	+ 148
Lung Cancers	39	574	51	301	+ 273
Pertussis	40	564	21	2,288	- 1,724
Prostate Cancer	41	563	34	940	- 377
Poisonings	42	534	41	666	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	468	49	323	+ 145
Syphilis	44	460	30	1,170	- 710
Alcohol	45	388	57	198	+ 190
Skin Disease	46	378	48	324	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	349	43	569	- 221
Drug Use	48	325	35	928	- 603
Ovary Cancer	49	244	50	303	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	50	204	52	290	- 86
Leukemia	51	165	54	275	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	134	68	26	+ 108
Stomach Cancer	53	130	45	458	- 328
Schistosomiasis	54	127	53	288	- 161
Other Neoplasms	55	119	63	49	+ 71
Uterin Cancer	56	119	60	75	+ 44
Appendicitis	57	96	61	72	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	58	94	70	19	+ 75
Encephalitis	59	88	58	187	- 99
Bladder Cancer	60	81	62	65	+ 16
Tetanus	61	79	55	223	- 144
Hepatitis B	62	73	47	336	- 263
Multiple Sclerosis	63	39	64	41	- 2
Malaria	64	9	4	11,233	- 11,224
Chlamydia	65	7	72	4	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	6	66	27	- 20
Ascariasis	67	6	65	30	- 24
Measles	68	5	32	1,028	- 1,023
War	69	4	42	643	- 639
Diphtheria	70	4	67	26	- 23
Otitis Media	71	3	74	0	+ 2
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	20	- 20
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	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.