NO MACEDONIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,313	61	0	+ 4,313
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,458	19	157	+ 1,302
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,422	2	4,420	- 2,998
Stroke	4	1,384	1	5,521	- 4,137
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,109	4	1,104	+ 6
Tuberculosis	6	565	35	32	+ 534
Road Traffic Accidents	7	530	24	107	+ 423
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	459	56	1	+ 458
Kidney Disease	9	441	9	516	- 74
Lung Disease	10	420	6	807	- 387
Hypertension	11	410	7	627	- 217
Liver Disease	12	400	15	218	+ 182
Low Birth Weight	13	390	28	73	+ 316
Violence	14	339	36	31	+ 308
Suicide	15	322	16	196	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	16	250	37	29	+ 222
Birth Trauma	17	228	48	7	+ 221
Asthma	18	202	33	53	+ 149
Other Injuries	19	189	17	183	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	20	154	3	4,249	- 4,095
Malnutrition	21	149	58	1	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	22	143	31	68	+ 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	143	30	71	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	24	103	54	2	+ 101
Meningitis	25	94	51	4	+ 91
Fires	26	94	46	11	+ 84
Endocrine Disorders	27	89	44	12	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	28	89	34	45	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	79	32	56	+ 23
Drownings	30	72	41	18	+ 54
Lymphomas	31	67	25	96	- 29
Oral Cancer	32	61	29	72	- 11
Breast Cancer	33	60	11	386	- 327
Falls	34	54	27	78	- 24
Liver Cancer	35	50	13	260	- 210
Epilepsy	36	49	38	23	+ 26
Skin Cancers	37	45	21	126	- 81
Parkinson's Disease	38	41	20	141	- 99
Lung Cancers	39	40	5	1,055	- 1,015
Pertussis	40	39	50	4	+ 35
Prostate Cancer	41	39	14	259	- 220
Poisonings	42	37	45	11	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	32	43	13	+ 19
Syphilis	44	32	62	0	+ 31
Alcohol	45	27	42	14	+ 13
Skin Disease	46	26	57	1	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	24	8	560	- 536
Drug Use	48	22	47	9	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	49	17	26	93	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	50	14	12	267	- 252
Leukemia	51	11	22	114	- 103
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	9	60	0	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	53	9	10	455	- 446
Schistosomiasis	54	9	79	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	55	8	40	19	- 11
Uterin Cancer	56	8	23	108	- 100
Appendicitis	57	7	55	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	6	65	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	6	59	1	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	60	6	18	163	- 157
Tetanus	61	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	5	49	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	39	21	- 19
Malaria	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	74	0	+ 0
War	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

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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.