LAOS VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	16,064	29	313	+ 15,751
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,431	3	2,820	+ 2,612
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,297	2	5,190	+ 107
Stroke	4	5,154	1	5,769	- 615
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,130	8	1,466	+ 2,664
Tuberculosis	6	2,106	4	1,949	+ 157
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,975	9	1,281	+ 694
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,711	7	1,552	+ 159
Kidney Disease	9	1,643	5	1,646	- 2
Lung Disease	10	1,563	6	1,626	- 63
Hypertension	11	1,528	15	890	+ 638
Liver Disease	12	1,489	10	1,171	+ 318
Low Birth Weight	13	1,451	11	1,156	+ 295
Violence	14	1,263	22	475	+ 789
Suicide	15	1,200	27	390	+ 811
Congenital Anomalies	16	932	18	647	+ 285
Birth Trauma	17	849	12	1,116	- 267
Asthma	18	753	16	840	- 87
Other Injuries	19	702	21	519	+ 184
Inflammatory/Heart	20	574	36	206	+ 368
Malnutrition	21	555	39	166	+ 389
Cervical Cancer	22	532	37	187	+ 345
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	531	23	458	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	24	382	32	218	+ 164
Meningitis	25	352	40	154	+ 198
Fires	26	352	42	108	+ 243
Endocrine Disorders	27	333	38	186	+ 147
Oesophagus Cancer	28	333	33	214	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	292	17	651	- 359
Drownings	30	268	19	568	- 300
Lymphomas	31	249	34	211	+ 39
Oral Cancer	32	227	28	349	- 122
Breast Cancer	33	222	25	437	- 215
Falls	34	200	24	440	- 240
Liver Cancer	35	186	13	1,104	- 918
Epilepsy	36	182	50	58	+ 124
Skin Cancers	37	169	49	59	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	38	153	41	139	+ 15
Lung Cancers	39	147	14	919	- 772
Pertussis	40	145	30	304	- 159
Prostate Cancer	41	144	53	37	+ 107
Poisonings	42	137	52	41	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	120	35	207	- 87
Syphilis	44	118	58	28	+ 90
Alcohol	45	100	47	61	+ 38
Skin Disease	46	97	45	89	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	90	26	422	- 333
Drug Use	48	83	54	33	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	49	63	43	101	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	50	52	48	61	- 8
Leukemia	51	42	31	290	- 247
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	34	64	7	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	53	33	20	530	- 497
Schistosomiasis	54	33	62	11	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	55	31	61	12	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	56	31	55	29	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	25	57	29	- 4
Upper Respiratory	58	24	66	5	+ 19
Encephalitis	59	23	46	69	- 46
Bladder Cancer	60	21	51	49	- 28
Tetanus	61	20	44	96	- 75
Hepatitis B	62	19	60	17	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	10	65	6	+ 4
Malaria	64	2	63	10	- 8
Chlamydia	65	2	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	2	67	4	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	70	2	- 1
Measles	68	1	56	29	- 28
War	69	1	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	1	69	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	59	17	- 17
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	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 LAOS

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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.