NAMIBIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,663	1	2,928	+ 2,734
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,915	2	1,464	+ 450
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,867	5	1,221	+ 646
Stroke	4	1,817	4	1,333	+ 484
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,456	7	724	+ 732
Tuberculosis	6	742	3	1,416	- 674
Road Traffic Accidents	7	696	6	868	- 172
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	603	8	645	- 42
Kidney Disease	9	579	15	322	+ 258
Lung Disease	10	551	10	461	+ 90
Hypertension	11	539	12	428	+ 111
Liver Disease	12	525	14	336	+ 189
Low Birth Weight	13	511	9	516	- 5
Violence	14	445	11	450	- 4
Suicide	15	423	17	243	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	16	329	16	283	+ 46
Birth Trauma	17	299	13	345	- 45
Asthma	18	266	20	200	+ 65
Other Injuries	19	248	19	207	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	20	202	22	162	+ 41
Malnutrition	21	196	18	224	- 28
Cervical Cancer	22	188	23	133	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	187	21	176	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	24	135	25	110	+ 25
Meningitis	25	124	27	109	+ 15
Fires	26	124	28	109	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	27	117	33	73	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	28	117	52	21	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	103	32	76	+ 27
Drownings	30	94	26	110	- 15
Lymphomas	31	88	40	46	+ 42
Oral Cancer	32	80	30	100	- 20
Breast Cancer	33	78	24	121	- 43
Falls	34	70	34	62	+ 8
Liver Cancer	35	65	41	45	+ 21
Epilepsy	36	64	38	49	+ 15
Skin Cancers	37	59	29	108	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	38	54	42	43	+ 11
Lung Cancers	39	52	35	59	- 7
Pertussis	40	51	37	54	- 3
Prostate Cancer	41	51	31	94	- 43
Poisonings	42	48	39	46	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	42	44	33	+ 9
Syphilis	44	42	43	35	+ 7
Alcohol	45	35	48	28	+ 7
Skin Disease	46	34	47	31	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	32	36	54	- 23
Drug Use	48	29	46	32	- 2
Ovary Cancer	49	22	50	23	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	50	18	53	18	+ 1
Leukemia	51	15	49	24	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	12	57	9	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	53	12	45	33	- 21
Schistosomiasis	54	11	55	14	- 2
Other Neoplasms	55	11	60	8	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	56	11	56	11	- 1
Appendicitis	57	9	58	9	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	8	61	6	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	8	59	8	- 0
Bladder Cancer	60	7	54	16	- 8
Tetanus	61	7	62	6	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	7	63	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	64	2	+ 1
Malaria	64	1	51	22	- 21
Chlamydia	65	1	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	69	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	65	2	- 2
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

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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.