LITHUANIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,308	51	22	+ 5,286
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,795	7	654	+ 1,141
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,750	1	15,329	- 13,579
Stroke	4	1,703	2	5,643	- 3,940
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,365	14	525	+ 840
Tuberculosis	6	696	38	119	+ 577
Road Traffic Accidents	7	653	27	225	+ 428
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	565	42	59	+ 506
Kidney Disease	9	543	19	372	+ 171
Lung Disease	10	517	16	513	+ 4
Hypertension	11	505	4	1,289	- 784
Liver Disease	12	492	9	644	- 152
Low Birth Weight	13	479	55	9	+ 471
Violence	14	417	36	132	+ 286
Suicide	15	397	6	721	- 325
Congenital Anomalies	16	308	41	62	+ 246
Birth Trauma	17	280	53	10	+ 270
Asthma	18	249	46	45	+ 204
Other Injuries	19	232	18	416	- 183
Inflammatory/Heart	20	190	17	484	- 294
Malnutrition	21	183	58	7	+ 176
Cervical Cancer	22	176	28	224	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	176	8	649	- 473
Maternal Conditions	24	126	63	2	+ 124
Meningitis	25	116	52	19	+ 97
Fires	26	116	43	51	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	27	110	39	72	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	28	110	30	219	- 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	97	22	313	- 216
Drownings	30	89	35	150	- 61
Lymphomas	31	82	21	321	- 239
Oral Cancer	32	75	20	338	- 263
Breast Cancer	33	73	11	629	- 556
Falls	34	66	15	518	- 452
Liver Cancer	35	61	25	239	- 177
Epilepsy	36	60	40	62	- 2
Skin Cancers	37	56	32	197	- 141
Parkinson's Disease	38	51	29	222	- 172
Lung Cancers	39	49	3	1,329	- 1,280
Pertussis	40	48	69	0	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	41	48	12	598	- 550
Poisonings	42	45	45	46	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	40	48	29	+ 11
Syphilis	44	39	70	0	+ 39
Alcohol	45	33	33	192	- 159
Skin Disease	46	32	44	48	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	30	5	1,074	- 1,044
Drug Use	48	28	37	122	- 95
Ovary Cancer	49	21	26	233	- 212
Pancreas Cancer	50	17	13	578	- 561
Leukemia	51	14	24	284	- 270
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	47	41	- 30
Stomach Cancer	53	11	10	639	- 628
Schistosomiasis	54	11	78	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	55	10	31	212	- 202
Uterin Cancer	56	10	34	159	- 149
Appendicitis	57	8	54	10	- 2
Upper Respiratory	58	8	68	0	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	7	65	2	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	60	7	23	292	- 286
Tetanus	61	7	62	2	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	6	61	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	49	29	- 25
Malaria	64	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	50	23	- 23
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	83	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	60	5	- 5
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

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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.