CROATIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,382	59	8	+ 8,375
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,834	10	1,021	+ 1,813
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,764	1	12,307	- 9,543
Stroke	4	2,690	2	6,275	- 3,586
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,155	6	1,963	+ 192
Tuberculosis	6	1,099	44	61	+ 1,037
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,030	27	328	+ 702
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	893	39	82	+ 811
Kidney Disease	9	858	7	1,392	- 535
Lung Disease	10	816	5	2,111	- 1,295
Hypertension	11	797	8	1,102	- 305
Liver Disease	12	777	13	924	- 148
Low Birth Weight	13	757	56	10	+ 747
Violence	14	659	48	45	+ 614
Suicide	15	626	17	676	- 50
Congenital Anomalies	16	486	37	94	+ 392
Birth Trauma	17	443	55	11	+ 432
Asthma	18	393	41	74	+ 320
Other Injuries	19	366	23	428	- 61
Inflammatory/Heart	20	300	21	457	- 157
Malnutrition	21	290	70	0	+ 289
Cervical Cancer	22	278	34	156	+ 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	277	9	1,066	- 789
Maternal Conditions	24	199	61	2	+ 197
Meningitis	25	184	52	16	+ 167
Fires	26	183	50	34	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	27	174	42	72	+ 101
Oesophagus Cancer	28	174	33	189	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	153	31	207	- 54
Drownings	30	140	38	86	+ 54
Lymphomas	31	130	18	556	- 426
Oral Cancer	32	119	25	338	- 219
Breast Cancer	33	116	11	1,019	- 903
Falls	34	104	12	974	- 870
Liver Cancer	35	97	19	501	- 404
Epilepsy	36	95	36	94	+ 1
Skin Cancers	37	88	26	332	- 244
Parkinson's Disease	38	80	24	423	- 343
Lung Cancers	39	77	3	2,842	- 2,765
Pertussis	40	76	69	0	+ 75
Prostate Cancer	41	75	14	852	- 777
Poisonings	42	72	54	16	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	63	35	137	- 74
Syphilis	44	62	71	0	+ 62
Alcohol	45	52	30	219	- 167
Skin Disease	46	51	58	8	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	47	4	2,189	- 2,142
Drug Use	48	43	43	70	- 27
Ovary Cancer	49	33	28	308	- 276
Pancreas Cancer	50	27	16	754	- 727
Leukemia	51	22	22	435	- 413
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	18	46	47	- 29
Stomach Cancer	53	17	15	786	- 769
Schistosomiasis	54	17	75	0	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	55	16	29	283	- 267
Uterin Cancer	56	16	32	199	- 183
Appendicitis	57	13	57	9	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	58	13	63	2	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	12	65	1	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	60	11	20	499	- 488
Tetanus	61	11	68	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	62	10	51	17	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	45	55	- 50
Malaria	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	47	45	- 44
Ascariasis	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	73	0	+ 1
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	60	3	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	62	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	16	- 16
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	40	79	- 79
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.