INDIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		INDIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,846,101	31	44,406	+ 2,801,696
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	962,294	6	392,425	+ 569,869
Coronary Heart Disease	3	938,412	1	1,520,034	- 581,622
Stroke	4	913,203	3	697,038	+ 216,165
Diabetes Mellitus	5	731,763	7	271,495	+ 460,268
Tuberculosis	6	373,039	5	435,882	- 62,843
Road Traffic Accidents	7	349,867	12	212,596	+ 137,271
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	303,093	4	670,315	- 367,222
Kidney Disease	9	291,163	11	222,903	+ 68,260
Lung Disease	10	276,945	2	879,732	- 602,787
Hypertension	11	270,713	19	108,050	+ 162,663
Liver Disease	12	263,762	8	268,580	- 4,818
Low Birth Weight	13	257,034	9	238,739	+ 18,295
Violence	14	223,793	27	51,767	+ 172,026
Suicide	15	212,665	14	173,347	+ 39,318
Congenital Anomalies	16	165,180	23	82,769	+ 82,411
Birth Trauma	17	150,332	20	102,819	+ 47,513
Asthma	18	133,486	13	196,051	- 62,564
Other Injuries	19	124,412	15	149,570	- 25,159
Inflammatory/Heart	20	101,765	49	12,651	+ 89,115
Malnutrition	21	98,315	55	8,626	+ 89,689
Cervical Cancer	22	94,293	30	45,319	+ 48,974
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	94,120	17	126,593	- 32,473
Maternal Conditions	24	67,711	41	25,917	+ 41,794
Meningitis	25	62,314	36	33,337	+ 28,977
Fires	26	62,296	42	23,265	+ 39,031
Endocrine Disorders	27	59,045	47	15,264	+ 43,780
Oesophagus Cancer	28	59,029	34	38,898	+ 20,131
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	51,797	26	68,108	- 16,311
Drownings	30	47,465	28	48,774	- 1,309
Lymphomas	31	44,181	33	40,159	+ 4,022
Oral Cancer	32	40,267	16	134,187	- 93,920
Breast Cancer	33	39,303	22	82,821	- 43,517
Falls	34	35,405	10	225,755	- 190,350
Liver Cancer	35	32,920	39	30,369	+ 2,552
Epilepsy	36	32,269	40	30,307	+ 1,961
Skin Cancers	37	29,854	60	5,054	+ 24,801
Parkinson's Disease	38	27,168	32	43,398	- 16,230
Lung Cancers	39	26,103	21	88,276	- 62,173
Pertussis	40	25,643	54	10,094	+ 15,549
Prostate Cancer	41	25,597	38	30,945	- 5,348
Poisonings	42	24,307	61	3,540	+ 20,767
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	21,311	18	126,079	- 104,768
Syphilis	44	20,945	64	2,007	+ 18,938
Alcohol	45	17,651	43	23,097	- 5,446
Skin Disease	46	17,194	45	17,857	- 663
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	15,861	25	77,368	- 61,507
Drug Use	48	14,769	52	11,747	+ 3,021
Ovary Cancer	49	11,107	44	21,947	- 10,841
Pancreas Cancer	50	9,272	37	32,812	- 23,539
Leukemia	51	7,507	35	33,383	- 25,876
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6,083	50	11,931	- 5,848
Stomach Cancer	53	5,898	24	81,058	- 75,160
Schistosomiasis	54	5,763	76	0	+ 5,763
Other Neoplasms	55	5,423	62	2,968	+ 2,455
Uterin Cancer	56	5,404	59	6,841	- 1,436
Appendicitis	57	4,356	53	11,245	- 6,890
Upper Respiratory	58	4,267	68	584	+ 3,683
Encephalitis	59	4,003	29	48,080	- 44,077
Bladder Cancer	60	3,683	48	14,081	- 10,398
Tetanus	61	3,592	58	7,093	- 3,501
Hepatitis B	62	3,322	56	8,184	- 4,862
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1,754	63	2,328	- 575
Malaria	64	408	57	7,705	- 7,297
Chlamydia	65	302	69	379	- 76
Hepatitis C	66	292	65	1,364	- 1,072
Ascariasis	67	259	70	126	+ 133
Measles	68	213	51	11,923	- 11,710
War	69	201	67	890	- 689
Diphtheria	70	170	72	65	+ 105
Otitis Media	71	122	71	68	+ 54
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	46	17,546	- 17,546
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	973	- 973
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to INDIA

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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.