PANAMA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	9,029	8	653	+ 8,376
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,053	7	697	+ 2,356
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,977	1	2,624	+ 353
Stroke	4	2,897	2	2,006	+ 891
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,321	4	1,070	+ 1,251
Tuberculosis	6	1,183	23	223	+ 960
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,110	9	591	+ 519
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	962	28	163	+ 799
Kidney Disease	9	924	3	1,106	- 183
Lung Disease	10	879	5	815	+ 63
Hypertension	11	859	10	510	+ 349
Liver Disease	12	837	15	325	+ 511
Low Birth Weight	13	815	22	238	+ 578
Violence	14	710	6	730	- 20
Suicide	15	675	32	121	+ 553
Congenital Anomalies	16	524	13	378	+ 146
Birth Trauma	17	477	36	94	+ 383
Asthma	18	423	43	56	+ 367
Other Injuries	19	395	35	100	+ 295
Inflammatory/Heart	20	323	20	270	+ 53
Malnutrition	21	312	31	122	+ 190
Cervical Cancer	22	299	26	185	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	299	17	296	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	24	215	48	32	+ 182
Meningitis	25	198	52	27	+ 171
Fires	26	198	57	11	+ 186
Endocrine Disorders	27	187	18	279	- 92
Oesophagus Cancer	28	187	45	52	+ 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	164	50	30	+ 134
Drownings	30	151	34	103	+ 47
Lymphomas	31	140	24	205	- 64
Oral Cancer	32	128	38	78	+ 49
Breast Cancer	33	125	19	279	- 154
Falls	34	112	37	92	+ 20
Liver Cancer	35	104	27	182	- 77
Epilepsy	36	102	39	66	+ 36
Skin Cancers	37	95	44	56	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	38	86	33	115	- 28
Lung Cancers	39	83	16	303	- 220
Pertussis	40	81	74	0	+ 81
Prostate Cancer	41	81	12	390	- 309
Poisonings	42	77	61	4	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	68	53	25	+ 43
Syphilis	44	66	65	1	+ 65
Alcohol	45	56	49	30	+ 26
Skin Disease	46	55	30	127	- 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	50	14	352	- 302
Drug Use	48	47	47	33	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	49	35	41	64	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	50	29	29	135	- 106
Leukemia	51	24	25	189	- 165
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	19	55	14	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	53	19	11	397	- 378
Schistosomiasis	54	18	80	0	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	55	17	21	256	- 239
Uterin Cancer	56	17	40	66	- 48
Appendicitis	57	14	56	11	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	14	54	14	- 0
Encephalitis	59	13	63	3	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	60	12	46	33	- 21
Tetanus	61	11	69	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	62	11	59	7	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	62	3	+ 3
Malaria	64	1	81	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	79	0	+ 1
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	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	64	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	63	- 63
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	58	10	- 10
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

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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.