GUATEMALA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	36,871	21	1,173	+ 35,699
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,466	2	9,245	+ 3,221
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,157	1	9,825	+ 2,332
Stroke	4	11,831	6	4,849	+ 6,982
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,480	3	6,932	+ 2,548
Tuberculosis	6	4,833	37	301	+ 4,531
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,533	8	4,026	+ 506
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,927	9	2,617	+ 1,309
Kidney Disease	9	3,772	4	6,277	- 2,505
Lung Disease	10	3,588	13	1,901	+ 1,686
Hypertension	11	3,507	26	679	+ 2,828
Liver Disease	12	3,417	5	5,684	- 2,267
Low Birth Weight	13	3,330	16	1,658	+ 1,671
Violence	14	2,899	7	4,411	- 1,511
Suicide	15	2,755	22	1,039	+ 1,716
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,140	18	1,517	+ 623
Birth Trauma	17	1,948	19	1,466	+ 482
Asthma	18	1,729	36	335	+ 1,395
Other Injuries	19	1,612	10	2,466	- 854
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,318	44	225	+ 1,093
Malnutrition	21	1,274	11	1,981	- 707
Cervical Cancer	22	1,222	25	808	+ 414
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,219	12	1,957	- 737
Maternal Conditions	24	877	30	468	+ 409
Meningitis	25	807	41	271	+ 536
Fires	26	807	45	207	+ 600
Endocrine Disorders	27	765	29	486	+ 279
Oesophagus Cancer	28	765	48	144	+ 621
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	671	23	1,029	- 358
Drownings	30	615	32	463	+ 152
Lymphomas	31	572	43	229	+ 343
Oral Cancer	32	522	49	142	+ 380
Breast Cancer	33	509	28	495	+ 14
Falls	34	459	20	1,371	- 913
Liver Cancer	35	426	15	1,765	- 1,339
Epilepsy	36	418	33	463	- 45
Skin Cancers	37	387	46	195	+ 192
Parkinson's Disease	38	352	34	393	- 41
Lung Cancers	39	338	35	391	- 53
Pertussis	40	332	53	70	+ 262
Prostate Cancer	41	332	24	846	- 514
Poisonings	42	315	39	275	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	276	54	62	+ 214
Syphilis	44	271	64	3	+ 269
Alcohol	45	229	14	1,799	- 1,570
Skin Disease	46	223	42	232	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	205	31	464	- 259
Drug Use	48	191	40	272	- 80
Ovary Cancer	49	144	50	133	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	50	120	38	282	- 162
Leukemia	51	97	27	601	- 503
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	79	52	82	- 3
Stomach Cancer	53	76	17	1,570	- 1,494
Schistosomiasis	54	75	75	0	+ 75
Other Neoplasms	55	70	56	42	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	56	70	59	27	+ 43
Appendicitis	57	56	47	164	- 107
Upper Respiratory	58	55	57	34	+ 21
Encephalitis	59	52	51	104	- 52
Bladder Cancer	60	48	55	57	- 10
Tetanus	61	47	62	10	+ 37
Hepatitis B	62	43	65	2	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	63	23	60	21	+ 2
Malaria	64	5	74	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	4	67	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	67	3	63	7	- 4
Measles	68	3	72	0	+ 3
War	69	3	68	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	2	70	0	+ 2
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	33	- 33
Chagas disease	77	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	1	- 1
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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Botswana

Guatemala

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.