GUINEA-BISSAU VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,307	1	1,445	+ 2,862
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,456	2	1,390	+ 67
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,420	5	907	+ 513
Stroke	4	1,382	6	829	+ 553
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,107	14	313	+ 794
Tuberculosis	6	564	3	1,387	- 822
Road Traffic Accidents	7	529	10	619	- 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	459	4	913	- 454
Kidney Disease	9	441	15	268	+ 173
Lung Disease	10	419	20	191	+ 228
Hypertension	11	410	21	177	+ 232
Liver Disease	12	399	11	405	- 6
Low Birth Weight	13	389	8	705	- 316
Violence	14	339	22	173	+ 166
Suicide	15	322	26	134	+ 188
Congenital Anomalies	16	250	12	373	- 123
Birth Trauma	17	227	7	790	- 563
Asthma	18	202	24	150	+ 52
Other Injuries	19	188	17	234	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	20	154	37	53	+ 101
Malnutrition	21	149	27	121	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	22	143	23	154	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	142	34	69	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	24	102	13	333	- 231
Meningitis	25	94	16	258	- 164
Fires	26	94	35	64	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	27	89	18	221	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	28	89	49	19	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	78	32	77	+ 1
Drownings	30	72	30	89	- 18
Lymphomas	31	67	45	28	+ 39
Oral Cancer	32	61	56	13	+ 48
Breast Cancer	33	59	29	93	- 33
Falls	34	54	33	71	- 17
Liver Cancer	35	50	28	116	- 66
Epilepsy	36	49	39	48	+ 0
Skin Cancers	37	45	52	17	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	38	41	46	27	+ 14
Lung Cancers	39	39	50	18	+ 21
Pertussis	40	39	19	212	- 173
Prostate Cancer	41	39	42	41	- 2
Poisonings	42	37	41	45	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	32	43	33	- 1
Syphilis	44	32	31	85	- 53
Alcohol	45	27	57	12	+ 14
Skin Disease	46	26	53	16	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	24	38	50	- 26
Drug Use	48	22	55	13	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	49	17	48	19	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	50	14	54	14	+ 0
Leukemia	51	11	61	6	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	9	67	2	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	53	9	36	55	- 46
Schistosomiasis	54	9	44	30	- 22
Other Neoplasms	55	8	65	2	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	8	59	8	- 0
Appendicitis	57	7	60	7	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	6	66	2	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	6	58	10	- 4
Bladder Cancer	60	6	51	17	- 12
Tetanus	61	5	40	48	- 43
Hepatitis B	62	5	47	20	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	64	2	+ 0
Malaria	64	1	9	684	- 683
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	68	0	25	147	- 147
War	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Botswana

Guinea-Bissau

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.