NEW GUINEA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	20,291	24	611	+ 19,680
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,861	6	2,595	+ 4,266
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,690	1	6,835	- 145
Stroke	4	6,511	2	5,095	+ 1,416
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,217	4	4,533	+ 684
Tuberculosis	6	2,660	5	3,969	- 1,309
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,494	12	1,105	+ 1,389
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,161	8	2,295	- 134
Kidney Disease	9	2,076	18	687	+ 1,389
Lung Disease	10	1,974	3	4,538	- 2,563
Hypertension	11	1,930	13	1,096	+ 834
Liver Disease	12	1,880	22	624	+ 1,256
Low Birth Weight	13	1,832	10	1,661	+ 171
Violence	14	1,596	15	969	+ 627
Suicide	15	1,516	37	259	+ 1,258
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,178	16	951	+ 227
Birth Trauma	17	1,072	11	1,504	- 432
Asthma	18	952	9	1,842	- 890
Other Injuries	19	887	20	647	+ 240
Inflammatory/Heart	20	726	43	229	+ 497
Malnutrition	21	701	48	134	+ 567
Cervical Cancer	22	672	19	665	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	671	33	343	+ 328
Maternal Conditions	24	483	30	421	+ 62
Meningitis	25	444	34	324	+ 120
Fires	26	444	27	488	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	27	421	47	153	+ 268
Oesophagus Cancer	28	421	44	199	+ 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	369	35	302	+ 68
Drownings	30	338	40	240	+ 99
Lymphomas	31	315	32	353	- 38
Oral Cancer	32	287	25	580	- 293
Breast Cancer	33	280	17	764	- 483
Falls	34	252	26	502	- 249
Liver Cancer	35	235	21	644	- 409
Epilepsy	36	230	51	111	+ 119
Skin Cancers	37	213	31	417	- 204
Parkinson's Disease	38	194	45	185	+ 9
Lung Cancers	39	186	23	622	- 436
Pertussis	40	183	39	248	- 65
Prostate Cancer	41	182	36	285	- 102
Poisonings	42	173	50	121	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	152	14	1,072	- 920
Syphilis	44	149	42	234	- 85
Alcohol	45	126	53	93	+ 32
Skin Disease	46	123	49	126	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	113	29	445	- 332
Drug Use	48	105	61	13	+ 93
Ovary Cancer	49	79	46	179	- 100
Pancreas Cancer	50	66	52	107	- 41
Leukemia	51	54	38	253	- 200
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	43	65	5	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	53	42	28	447	- 405
Schistosomiasis	54	41	73	0	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	55	39	60	15	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	56	39	55	81	- 43
Appendicitis	57	31	59	20	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	58	30	68	2	+ 29
Encephalitis	59	29	57	31	- 2
Bladder Cancer	60	26	54	82	- 56
Tetanus	61	26	56	48	- 22
Hepatitis B	62	24	58	27	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	13	66	5	+ 8
Malaria	64	3	7	2,446	- 2,443
Chlamydia	65	2	70	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	2	62	8	- 6
Ascariasis	67	2	63	7	- 5
Measles	68	2	41	238	- 236
War	69	1	69	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	67	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	6	- 6
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Botswana

New Guinea

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.