LATVIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,638	39	74	+ 3,564
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,230	9	501	+ 729
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,200	1	8,099	- 6,900
Stroke	4	1,167	2	5,893	- 4,725
Diabetes Mellitus	5	935	8	529	+ 406
Tuberculosis	6	477	40	71	+ 406
Road Traffic Accidents	7	447	27	154	+ 294
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	387	54	14	+ 374
Kidney Disease	9	372	17	356	+ 16
Lung Disease	10	354	18	346	+ 8
Hypertension	11	346	3	1,194	- 848
Liver Disease	12	337	15	365	- 28
Low Birth Weight	13	329	56	11	+ 317
Violence	14	286	37	94	+ 192
Suicide	15	272	14	384	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	16	211	43	46	+ 165
Birth Trauma	17	192	55	12	+ 181
Asthma	18	171	46	42	+ 129
Other Injuries	19	159	16	362	- 203
Inflammatory/Heart	20	130	5	921	- 791
Malnutrition	21	126	64	2	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	22	121	33	128	- 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	120	7	664	- 543
Maternal Conditions	24	87	60	5	+ 82
Meningitis	25	80	52	15	+ 65
Fires	26	80	36	103	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	27	75	41	59	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	28	75	32	131	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	66	31	142	- 76
Drownings	30	61	34	127	- 66
Lymphomas	31	56	19	245	- 189
Oral Cancer	32	51	22	214	- 163
Breast Cancer	33	50	10	472	- 422
Falls	34	45	23	201	- 156
Liver Cancer	35	42	26	157	- 115
Epilepsy	36	41	45	44	- 3
Skin Cancers	37	38	30	144	- 106
Parkinson's Disease	38	35	35	125	- 91
Lung Cancers	39	33	4	956	- 923
Pertussis	40	33	70	0	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	41	33	12	464	- 431
Poisonings	42	31	49	23	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	27	47	41	- 14
Syphilis	44	27	65	1	+ 25
Alcohol	45	23	21	227	- 205
Skin Disease	46	22	38	76	- 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	20	6	722	- 702
Drug Use	48	19	48	41	- 22
Ovary Cancer	49	14	24	196	- 182
Pancreas Cancer	50	12	13	436	- 424
Leukemia	51	10	25	186	- 177
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	8	51	20	- 12
Stomach Cancer	53	8	11	470	- 462
Schistosomiasis	54	7	78	0	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	55	7	28	153	- 146
Uterin Cancer	56	7	29	148	- 141
Appendicitis	57	6	59	5	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	5	62	4	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	5	69	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	60	5	20	228	- 223
Tetanus	61	5	71	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	4	63	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	50	20	- 18
Malaria	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	42	53	- 53
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	72	0	+ 0
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

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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.