MALTA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	949	41	4	+ 945
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	321	3	213	+ 108
Coronary Heart Disease	3	313	1	876	- 563
Stroke	4	304	2	291	+ 13
Diabetes Mellitus	5	244	6	163	+ 81
Tuberculosis	6	124	52	2	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	7	117	31	18	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	101	55	1	+ 100
Kidney Disease	9	97	11	79	+ 18
Lung Disease	10	92	8	127	- 34
Hypertension	11	90	20	33	+ 57
Liver Disease	12	88	24	23	+ 65
Low Birth Weight	13	86	35	11	+ 74
Violence	14	75	40	4	+ 70
Suicide	15	71	22	27	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	16	55	32	17	+ 38
Birth Trauma	17	50	44	3	+ 47
Asthma	18	44	36	8	+ 36
Other Injuries	19	41	33	16	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	20	34	27	22	+ 12
Malnutrition	21	33	60	0	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	22	31	39	4	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	31	4	207	- 176
Maternal Conditions	24	23	64	0	+ 22
Meningitis	25	21	56	1	+ 20
Fires	26	21	62	0	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	27	20	30	19	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	28	20	29	20	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	17	37	7	+ 10
Drownings	30	16	48	2	+ 14
Lymphomas	31	15	12	53	- 38
Oral Cancer	32	13	23	25	- 12
Breast Cancer	33	13	10	85	- 72
Falls	34	12	14	52	- 40
Liver Cancer	35	11	18	34	- 23
Epilepsy	36	11	43	3	+ 7
Skin Cancers	37	10	34	14	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	38	9	16	50	- 41
Lung Cancers	39	9	5	197	- 188
Pertussis	40	9	72	0	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	41	9	13	53	- 44
Poisonings	42	8	58	1	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	49	2	+ 5
Syphilis	44	7	81	0	+ 7
Alcohol	45	6	47	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	46	6	25	23	- 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	5	7	147	- 142
Drug Use	48	5	38	7	- 2
Ovary Cancer	49	4	17	34	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	50	3	9	90	- 87
Leukemia	51	3	21	28	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	2	51	2	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	53	2	15	50	- 48
Schistosomiasis	54	2	70	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	2	26	22	- 20
Uterin Cancer	56	2	28	21	- 19
Appendicitis	57	1	63	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	59	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	1	65	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	60	1	19	33	- 32
Tetanus	61	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	61	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	45	3	- 2
Malaria	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	80	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	53	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	73	0	+ 0
War	69	0	54	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	3	- 3
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.