RWANDA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	27,516	7	2,826	+ 24,690
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,303	1	5,280	+ 4,024
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,072	4	3,605	+ 5,467
Stroke	4	8,829	2	5,060	+ 3,769
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,075	11	1,858	+ 5,216
Tuberculosis	6	3,607	26	625	+ 2,982
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,382	3	3,718	- 336
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,930	6	3,121	- 191
Kidney Disease	9	2,815	15	1,206	+ 1,609
Lung Disease	10	2,677	13	1,555	+ 1,123
Hypertension	11	2,617	14	1,357	+ 1,260
Liver Disease	12	2,550	8	2,548	+ 2
Low Birth Weight	13	2,485	9	2,193	+ 292
Violence	14	2,164	29	548	+ 1,616
Suicide	15	2,056	24	704	+ 1,352
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,597	12	1,777	- 180
Birth Trauma	17	1,453	10	1,888	- 435
Asthma	18	1,291	22	717	+ 573
Other Injuries	19	1,203	17	944	+ 259
Inflammatory/Heart	20	984	34	347	+ 637
Malnutrition	21	951	16	1,168	- 217
Cervical Cancer	22	912	18	941	- 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	910	25	657	+ 253
Maternal Conditions	24	655	21	722	- 68
Meningitis	25	602	19	847	- 245
Fires	26	602	38	270	+ 333
Endocrine Disorders	27	571	41	219	+ 351
Oesophagus Cancer	28	571	44	213	+ 358
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	501	33	362	+ 138
Drownings	30	459	36	285	+ 174
Lymphomas	31	427	30	450	- 22
Oral Cancer	32	389	37	272	+ 117
Breast Cancer	33	380	27	600	- 220
Falls	34	342	31	412	- 70
Liver Cancer	35	318	23	706	- 388
Epilepsy	36	312	45	191	+ 121
Skin Cancers	37	289	50	113	+ 176
Parkinson's Disease	38	263	47	146	+ 117
Lung Cancers	39	252	39	234	+ 18
Pertussis	40	248	42	218	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	41	247	32	396	- 149
Poisonings	42	235	40	220	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	206	48	136	+ 70
Syphilis	44	202	46	173	+ 30
Alcohol	45	171	49	125	+ 45
Skin Disease	46	166	52	103	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	153	28	591	- 438
Drug Use	48	143	60	45	+ 98
Ovary Cancer	49	107	53	92	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	50	90	43	214	- 124
Leukemia	51	73	35	317	- 244
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	59	63	23	+ 36
Stomach Cancer	53	57	20	780	- 723
Schistosomiasis	54	56	51	111	- 55
Other Neoplasms	55	52	64	16	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	56	52	56	58	- 6
Appendicitis	57	42	54	70	- 28
Upper Respiratory	58	41	57	58	- 17
Encephalitis	59	39	61	39	- 0
Bladder Cancer	60	36	62	35	+ 0
Tetanus	61	35	58	53	- 18
Hepatitis B	62	32	55	68	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	63	17	66	7	+ 10
Malaria	64	4	5	3,298	- 3,294
Chlamydia	65	3	70	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	12	- 9
Ascariasis	67	3	67	5	- 2
Measles	68	2	59	51	- 49
War	69	2	69	3	- 1
Diphtheria	70	2	71	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	68	4	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

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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.