NORWAY VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,128	61	10	+ 11,118
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,763	6	1,797	+ 1,966
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,669	1	5,321	- 1,652
Stroke	4	3,571	4	2,475	+ 1,095
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,861	16	560	+ 2,302
Tuberculosis	6	1,459	56	15	+ 1,444
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,368	42	114	+ 1,254
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,185	37	128	+ 1,057
Kidney Disease	9	1,138	14	611	+ 528
Lung Disease	10	1,083	3	2,723	- 1,640
Hypertension	11	1,058	28	230	+ 829
Liver Disease	12	1,031	30	214	+ 818
Low Birth Weight	13	1,005	52	23	+ 982
Violence	14	875	50	32	+ 843
Suicide	15	832	13	633	+ 198
Congenital Anomalies	16	646	34	136	+ 510
Birth Trauma	17	588	54	17	+ 570
Asthma	18	522	43	85	+ 437
Other Injuries	19	486	15	583	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	20	398	29	221	+ 177
Malnutrition	21	384	35	135	+ 249
Cervical Cancer	22	369	39	125	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	368	2	4,464	- 4,096
Maternal Conditions	24	265	66	1	+ 264
Meningitis	25	244	58	14	+ 230
Fires	26	244	48	45	+ 199
Endocrine Disorders	27	231	19	359	- 128
Oesophagus Cancer	28	231	27	248	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	203	33	160	+ 43
Drownings	30	186	45	65	+ 121
Lymphomas	31	173	12	646	- 473
Oral Cancer	32	157	32	168	- 10
Breast Cancer	33	154	11	698	- 544
Falls	34	138	9	777	- 639
Liver Cancer	35	129	26	259	- 130
Epilepsy	36	126	40	119	+ 7
Skin Cancers	37	117	18	407	- 291
Parkinson's Disease	38	106	17	554	- 448
Lung Cancers	39	102	5	2,320	- 2,218
Pertussis	40	100	64	1	+ 99
Prostate Cancer	41	100	8	1,172	- 1,072
Poisonings	42	95	57	14	+ 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	83	46	61	+ 22
Syphilis	44	82	67	1	+ 81
Alcohol	45	69	31	205	- 136
Skin Disease	46	67	38	128	- 60
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	62	7	1,787	- 1,725
Drug Use	48	58	25	264	- 206
Ovary Cancer	49	43	24	309	- 266
Pancreas Cancer	50	36	10	770	- 734
Leukemia	51	29	21	354	- 324
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	24	47	60	- 37
Stomach Cancer	53	23	22	343	- 320
Schistosomiasis	54	23	83	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	55	21	23	324	- 303
Uterin Cancer	56	21	36	134	- 113
Appendicitis	57	17	59	12	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	17	60	12	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	16	70	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	60	14	20	356	- 342
Tetanus	61	14	69	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	62	13	63	3	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	41	119	- 112
Malaria	64	2	84	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.