GEORGIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,899	42	89	+ 9,810
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,347	9	886	+ 2,461
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,264	1	16,014	- 12,751
Stroke	4	3,176	2	11,969	- 8,793
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,545	6	1,621	+ 924
Tuberculosis	6	1,297	32	153	+ 1,145
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,217	13	496	+ 721
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,054	50	19	+ 1,036
Kidney Disease	9	1,013	10	826	+ 187
Lung Disease	10	963	7	1,158	- 195
Hypertension	11	942	3	4,387	- 3,446
Liver Disease	12	917	4	1,871	- 954
Low Birth Weight	13	894	37	114	+ 780
Violence	14	778	40	90	+ 688
Suicide	15	740	18	367	+ 373
Congenital Anomalies	16	574	28	174	+ 400
Birth Trauma	17	523	46	39	+ 483
Asthma	18	464	35	136	+ 328
Other Injuries	19	433	20	346	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	20	354	21	346	+ 8
Malnutrition	21	342	59	5	+ 337
Cervical Cancer	22	328	27	187	+ 141
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	327	5	1,826	- 1,499
Maternal Conditions	24	235	53	13	+ 223
Meningitis	25	217	47	25	+ 192
Fires	26	217	34	140	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	27	205	38	109	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	28	205	43	75	+ 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	180	24	226	- 46
Drownings	30	165	39	95	+ 70
Lymphomas	31	154	25	208	- 55
Oral Cancer	32	140	31	167	- 26
Breast Cancer	33	137	11	613	- 476
Falls	34	123	16	420	- 297
Liver Cancer	35	114	17	385	- 270
Epilepsy	36	112	44	51	+ 61
Skin Cancers	37	104	33	149	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	38	94	19	354	- 260
Lung Cancers	39	91	8	1,152	- 1,061
Pertussis	40	89	67	0	+ 89
Prostate Cancer	41	89	22	290	- 201
Poisonings	42	85	49	23	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	74	15	426	- 352
Syphilis	44	73	63	0	+ 72
Alcohol	45	61	45	49	+ 12
Skin Disease	46	60	51	17	+ 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	55	14	444	- 388
Drug Use	48	51	41	90	- 38
Ovary Cancer	49	39	29	174	- 135
Pancreas Cancer	50	32	23	227	- 195
Leukemia	51	26	30	171	- 145
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	21	57	8	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	53	21	12	533	- 513
Schistosomiasis	54	20	73	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	55	19	52	15	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	19	36	115	- 96
Appendicitis	57	15	55	10	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	15	60	1	+ 14
Encephalitis	59	14	48	24	- 10
Bladder Cancer	60	13	26	205	- 192
Tetanus	61	12	62	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	62	12	58	7	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	54	12	- 6
Malaria	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	68	0	+ 1
War	69	1	61	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	56	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

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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.