GUYANA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,604	7	256	+ 1,348
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	542	6	302	+ 241
Coronary Heart Disease	3	529	1	1,335	- 806
Stroke	4	515	2	1,022	- 508
Diabetes Mellitus	5	412	3	579	- 166
Tuberculosis	6	210	16	137	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	7	197	11	175	+ 22
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	171	27	48	+ 123
Kidney Disease	9	164	8	233	- 69
Lung Disease	10	156	13	174	- 18
Hypertension	11	153	4	320	- 167
Liver Disease	12	149	9	197	- 48
Low Birth Weight	13	145	22	89	+ 56
Violence	14	126	10	194	- 67
Suicide	15	120	5	315	- 195
Congenital Anomalies	16	93	23	69	+ 24
Birth Trauma	17	85	24	64	+ 20
Asthma	18	75	36	25	+ 50
Other Injuries	19	70	14	167	- 97
Inflammatory/Heart	20	57	20	92	- 34
Malnutrition	21	55	30	37	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	22	53	21	91	- 38
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	53	38	23	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	24	38	35	28	+ 10
Meningitis	25	35	44	17	+ 18
Fires	26	35	41	19	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	27	33	12	174	- 141
Oesophagus Cancer	28	33	51	8	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	29	26	54	- 25
Drownings	30	27	15	145	- 118
Lymphomas	31	25	32	32	- 7
Oral Cancer	32	23	40	20	+ 3
Breast Cancer	33	22	19	96	- 74
Falls	34	20	48	11	+ 9
Liver Cancer	35	19	34	29	- 10
Epilepsy	36	18	37	24	- 5
Skin Cancers	37	17	55	5	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	38	15	49	9	+ 6
Lung Cancers	39	15	29	38	- 23
Pertussis	40	14	73	0	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	41	14	17	123	- 109
Poisonings	42	14	65	1	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	12	47	13	- 1
Syphilis	44	12	71	0	+ 12
Alcohol	45	10	57	3	+ 7
Skin Disease	46	10	56	3	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	9	25	59	- 50
Drug Use	48	8	45	16	- 7
Ovary Cancer	49	6	43	18	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	50	5	42	19	- 14
Leukemia	51	4	39	21	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	3	63	1	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	53	3	31	34	- 31
Schistosomiasis	54	3	84	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	3	28	40	- 37
Uterin Cancer	56	3	46	13	- 10
Appendicitis	57	2	54	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	58	2	66	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	2	53	7	- 5
Bladder Cancer	60	2	50	8	- 6
Tetanus	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	59	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	61	1	- 0
Malaria	64	0	33	30	- 30
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	85	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	18	99	- 99
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	62	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.