ROMANIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	36,655	47	219	+ 36,436
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,393	5	9,357	+ 3,036
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,086	1	71,810	- 59,724
Stroke	4	11,761	2	49,707	- 37,946
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,424	18	2,230	+ 7,194
Tuberculosis	6	4,804	28	1,015	+ 3,789
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,506	20	1,992	+ 2,514
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,904	46	223	+ 3,680
Kidney Disease	9	3,750	9	5,175	- 1,425
Lung Disease	10	3,567	7	7,359	- 3,792
Hypertension	11	3,487	3	11,007	- 7,521
Liver Disease	12	3,397	6	8,920	- 5,523
Low Birth Weight	13	3,310	41	317	+ 2,994
Violence	14	2,882	44	255	+ 2,627
Suicide	15	2,739	21	1,886	+ 853
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,127	38	367	+ 1,761
Birth Trauma	17	1,936	57	38	+ 1,898
Asthma	18	1,719	45	225	+ 1,494
Other Injuries	19	1,602	19	2,139	- 537
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,311	10	4,433	- 3,122
Malnutrition	21	1,266	50	142	+ 1,125
Cervical Cancer	22	1,214	22	1,870	- 656
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,212	15	2,839	- 1,627
Maternal Conditions	24	872	58	35	+ 837
Meningitis	25	803	54	76	+ 726
Fires	26	802	36	421	+ 381
Endocrine Disorders	27	760	48	193	+ 568
Oesophagus Cancer	28	760	30	755	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	667	33	531	+ 136
Drownings	30	611	32	596	+ 15
Lymphomas	31	569	25	1,385	- 816
Oral Cancer	32	519	17	2,290	- 1,771
Breast Cancer	33	506	11	3,851	- 3,344
Falls	34	456	24	1,504	- 1,048
Liver Cancer	35	424	13	3,114	- 2,690
Epilepsy	36	416	42	314	+ 101
Skin Cancers	37	384	29	1,003	- 619
Parkinson's Disease	38	350	31	741	- 391
Lung Cancers	39	336	4	10,113	- 9,777
Pertussis	40	330	69	0	+ 330
Prostate Cancer	41	330	16	2,449	- 2,119
Poisonings	42	313	39	366	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	274	35	440	- 166
Syphilis	44	270	66	1	+ 268
Alcohol	45	227	37	409	- 182
Skin Disease	46	221	53	97	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	204	8	6,835	- 6,631
Drug Use	48	190	40	346	- 156
Ovary Cancer	49	143	27	1,109	- 966
Pancreas Cancer	50	119	14	2,935	- 2,815
Leukemia	51	97	26	1,342	- 1,246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	78	85	0	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	53	76	12	3,457	- 3,381
Schistosomiasis	54	74	74	0	+ 74
Other Neoplasms	55	70	43	289	- 219
Uterin Cancer	56	70	34	522	- 453
Appendicitis	57	56	60	21	+ 35
Upper Respiratory	58	55	63	3	+ 52
Encephalitis	59	52	62	6	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	60	47	23	1,715	- 1,668
Tetanus	61	46	67	1	+ 45
Hepatitis B	62	43	59	30	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	63	23	55	66	- 44
Malaria	64	5	75	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	65	4	78	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	4	52	98	- 95
Ascariasis	67	3	82	0	+ 3
Measles	68	3	61	7	- 5
War	69	3	65	2	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	71	2	68	1	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	70	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	143	- 143
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	56	59	- 59
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	51	103	- 103
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Botswana

Romania

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.