IRELAND VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,570	57	9	+ 10,562
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,574	6	1,298	+ 2,276
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,485	1	4,762	- 1,277
Stroke	4	3,392	5	1,770	+ 1,622
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,718	16	414	+ 2,304
Tuberculosis	6	1,385	50	23	+ 1,362
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,299	33	153	+ 1,146
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,126	45	53	+ 1,073
Kidney Disease	9	1,081	10	566	+ 515
Lung Disease	10	1,029	4	1,915	- 887
Hypertension	11	1,005	29	175	+ 831
Liver Disease	12	980	19	279	+ 700
Low Birth Weight	13	955	44	56	+ 899
Violence	14	831	47	38	+ 793
Suicide	15	790	14	470	+ 320
Congenital Anomalies	16	613	32	153	+ 460
Birth Trauma	17	558	56	10	+ 548
Asthma	18	496	41	58	+ 438
Other Injuries	19	462	30	171	+ 291
Inflammatory/Heart	20	378	26	240	+ 138
Malnutrition	21	365	63	2	+ 363
Cervical Cancer	22	350	35	103	+ 247
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	350	2	3,209	- 2,860
Maternal Conditions	24	251	61	3	+ 248
Meningitis	25	231	58	7	+ 224
Fires	26	231	48	30	+ 201
Endocrine Disorders	27	219	24	249	- 30
Oesophagus Cancer	28	219	15	419	- 199
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	192	38	67	+ 126
Drownings	30	176	43	57	+ 119
Lymphomas	31	164	13	513	- 349
Oral Cancer	32	150	28	183	- 33
Breast Cancer	33	146	8	760	- 614
Falls	34	131	25	247	- 115
Liver Cancer	35	122	18	318	- 196
Epilepsy	36	120	36	85	+ 35
Skin Cancers	37	111	23	252	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	38	101	12	530	- 429
Lung Cancers	39	97	3	1,916	- 1,819
Pertussis	40	95	67	0	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	41	95	9	585	- 490
Poisonings	42	90	53	14	+ 76
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	79	46	50	+ 29
Syphilis	44	78	68	0	+ 78
Alcohol	45	66	39	64	+ 1
Skin Disease	46	64	42	58	+ 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	59	7	1,095	- 1,036
Drug Use	48	55	31	167	- 112
Ovary Cancer	49	41	21	273	- 232
Pancreas Cancer	50	34	11	530	- 496
Leukemia	51	28	20	274	- 246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	23	40	59	- 36
Stomach Cancer	53	22	17	357	- 335
Schistosomiasis	54	21	72	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	55	20	27	218	- 198
Uterin Cancer	56	20	34	126	- 106
Appendicitis	57	16	60	3	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	58	16	64	1	+ 15
Encephalitis	59	15	66	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	60	14	22	256	- 242
Tetanus	61	13	81	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	62	12	59	6	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	37	83	- 76
Malaria	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	52	19	- 18
Ascariasis	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	83	0	+ 1
War	69	1	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	12	- 12
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Botswana

Ireland

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.