JAMAICA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,703	7	757	+ 4,946
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,928	15	393	+ 1,535
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,880	3	1,726	+ 155
Stroke	4	1,830	1	2,415	- 585
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,466	2	2,077	- 611
Tuberculosis	6	748	54	8	+ 740
Road Traffic Accidents	7	701	12	444	+ 257
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	607	42	35	+ 573
Kidney Disease	9	583	6	793	- 210
Lung Disease	10	555	11	452	+ 103
Hypertension	11	542	8	651	- 108
Liver Disease	12	529	21	155	+ 374
Low Birth Weight	13	515	18	241	+ 274
Violence	14	448	4	1,484	- 1,036
Suicide	15	426	35	70	+ 356
Congenital Anomalies	16	331	23	139	+ 192
Birth Trauma	17	301	37	65	+ 236
Asthma	18	267	36	65	+ 202
Other Injuries	19	249	31	91	+ 159
Inflammatory/Heart	20	204	24	133	+ 71
Malnutrition	21	197	40	48	+ 149
Cervical Cancer	22	189	16	358	- 169
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	189	9	587	- 399
Maternal Conditions	24	136	43	35	+ 101
Meningitis	25	125	47	16	+ 109
Fires	26	125	46	16	+ 109
Endocrine Disorders	27	118	20	176	- 58
Oesophagus Cancer	28	118	34	74	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	104	32	82	+ 21
Drownings	30	95	51	10	+ 85
Lymphomas	31	89	17	251	- 162
Oral Cancer	32	81	39	59	+ 22
Breast Cancer	33	79	14	413	- 334
Falls	34	71	33	82	- 11
Liver Cancer	35	66	29	101	- 35
Epilepsy	36	65	41	46	+ 19
Skin Cancers	37	60	52	10	+ 50
Parkinson's Disease	38	54	25	132	- 78
Lung Cancers	39	52	10	472	- 420
Pertussis	40	51	67	0	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	41	51	5	883	- 832
Poisonings	42	49	57	2	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	43	44	27	+ 16
Syphilis	44	42	60	1	+ 41
Alcohol	45	35	55	7	+ 28
Skin Disease	46	34	22	145	- 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	32	13	436	- 405
Drug Use	48	30	48	13	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	49	22	30	97	- 75
Pancreas Cancer	50	19	27	119	- 100
Leukemia	51	15	26	129	- 114
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	12	50	11	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	53	12	19	231	- 219
Schistosomiasis	54	12	74	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	55	11	45	19	- 8
Uterin Cancer	56	11	28	106	- 95
Appendicitis	57	9	53	9	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	9	65	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	8	49	13	- 5
Bladder Cancer	60	7	38	60	- 52
Tetanus	61	7	63	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	7	59	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	56	3	+ 0
Malaria	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
War	69	0	61	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	58	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.