ESTONIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,411	39	40	+ 2,371
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	815	6	349	+ 466
Coronary Heart Disease	3	795	1	3,009	- 2,214
Stroke	4	774	3	1,116	- 342
Diabetes Mellitus	5	620	19	146	+ 474
Tuberculosis	6	316	47	16	+ 300
Road Traffic Accidents	7	296	35	59	+ 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	257	53	8	+ 249
Kidney Disease	9	247	17	176	+ 70
Lung Disease	10	235	13	229	+ 6
Hypertension	11	229	2	2,700	- 2,471
Liver Disease	12	223	7	328	- 105
Low Birth Weight	13	218	55	7	+ 211
Violence	14	190	42	28	+ 161
Suicide	15	180	16	197	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	16	140	43	25	+ 115
Birth Trauma	17	127	57	5	+ 122
Asthma	18	113	44	24	+ 89
Other Injuries	19	105	20	141	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	20	86	14	217	- 131
Malnutrition	21	83	79	0	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	22	80	32	68	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	80	12	229	- 150
Maternal Conditions	24	57	61	1	+ 56
Meningitis	25	53	54	7	+ 45
Fires	26	53	38	41	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	27	50	33	66	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	28	50	27	99	- 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	44	36	55	- 11
Drownings	30	40	40	30	+ 10
Lymphomas	31	37	15	213	- 175
Oral Cancer	32	34	25	110	- 76
Breast Cancer	33	33	11	260	- 227
Falls	34	30	24	119	- 89
Liver Cancer	35	28	26	107	- 79
Epilepsy	36	27	37	45	- 17
Skin Cancers	37	25	30	79	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	38	23	29	82	- 59
Lung Cancers	39	22	4	657	- 635
Pertussis	40	22	83	0	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	41	22	8	298	- 277
Poisonings	42	21	52	8	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	18	45	22	- 3
Syphilis	44	18	62	1	+ 17
Alcohol	45	15	18	148	- 133
Skin Disease	46	15	41	29	- 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	13	5	527	- 513
Drug Use	48	13	31	75	- 62
Ovary Cancer	49	9	28	87	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	50	8	10	268	- 261
Leukemia	51	6	22	126	- 119
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	5	46	17	- 12
Stomach Cancer	53	5	9	290	- 285
Schistosomiasis	54	5	72	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	55	5	23	123	- 119
Uterin Cancer	56	5	34	60	- 56
Appendicitis	57	4	59	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	4	66	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	3	63	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	60	3	21	126	- 123
Tetanus	61	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	48	16	- 15
Malaria	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	84	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.