PARAGUAY VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	15,194	21	448	+ 14,746
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,137	4	1,661	+ 3,476
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,010	1	4,327	+ 682
Stroke	4	4,875	2	3,007	+ 1,868
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,906	3	2,361	+ 1,545
Tuberculosis	6	1,991	26	273	+ 1,719
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,868	6	1,552	+ 316
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,618	31	192	+ 1,426
Kidney Disease	9	1,554	5	1,592	- 38
Lung Disease	10	1,478	7	1,181	+ 298
Hypertension	11	1,445	8	895	+ 550
Liver Disease	12	1,408	17	524	+ 884
Low Birth Weight	13	1,372	12	644	+ 728
Violence	14	1,195	13	566	+ 629
Suicide	15	1,135	22	425	+ 710
Congenital Anomalies	16	882	11	662	+ 220
Birth Trauma	17	803	30	213	+ 590
Asthma	18	713	39	126	+ 586
Other Injuries	19	664	9	843	- 179
Inflammatory/Heart	20	543	34	154	+ 389
Malnutrition	21	525	25	330	+ 195
Cervical Cancer	22	503	18	516	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	502	36	144	+ 359
Maternal Conditions	24	361	49	64	+ 297
Meningitis	25	333	53	52	+ 280
Fires	26	333	50	63	+ 269
Endocrine Disorders	27	315	14	562	- 247
Oesophagus Cancer	28	315	33	173	+ 142
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	277	47	69	+ 208
Drownings	30	253	32	178	+ 75
Lymphomas	31	236	29	245	- 9
Oral Cancer	32	215	38	134	+ 81
Breast Cancer	33	210	20	481	- 271
Falls	34	189	43	100	+ 89
Liver Cancer	35	176	35	152	+ 24
Epilepsy	36	172	44	98	+ 74
Skin Cancers	37	159	40	125	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	38	145	41	122	+ 23
Lung Cancers	39	139	10	738	- 598
Pertussis	40	137	59	30	+ 107
Prostate Cancer	41	137	15	546	- 410
Poisonings	42	130	63	14	+ 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	114	55	43	+ 71
Syphilis	44	112	42	119	- 7
Alcohol	45	94	23	410	- 315
Skin Disease	46	92	37	144	- 52
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	85	16	543	- 458
Drug Use	48	79	56	38	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	49	59	45	85	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	50	50	28	258	- 209
Leukemia	51	40	27	272	- 232
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	32	48	66	- 33
Stomach Cancer	53	31	24	355	- 324
Schistosomiasis	54	31	80	0	+ 31
Other Neoplasms	55	29	19	487	- 458
Uterin Cancer	56	29	54	45	- 17
Appendicitis	57	23	57	37	- 14
Upper Respiratory	58	23	70	4	+ 19
Encephalitis	59	21	66	11	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	60	20	51	57	- 37
Tetanus	61	19	64	12	+ 7
Hepatitis B	62	18	67	10	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	68	8	+ 1
Malaria	64	2	81	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	79	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	72	3	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	78	0	+ 1
War	69	1	71	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	74	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	65	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	62	16	- 16
Chagas disease	77	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	61	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	82	0	73	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	82	- 82
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Botswana

Paraguay

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.