BOTSWANA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,846	3	1,632	+ 214
Stroke	2	1,372	4	1,588	- 216
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,055	2	1,674	- 619
Violence	4	766	14	389	+ 377
Diabetes Mellitus	5	664	5	1,273	- 609
Lung Disease	6	661	10	482	+ 180
Kidney Disease	7	420	9	506	- 87
Road Traffic Accidents	8	377	7	608	- 231
Lung Cancers	9	353	39	45	+ 307
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	342	23	164	+ 178
Hypertension	11	321	11	471	- 150
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	258	47	28	+ 230
Liver Disease	13	239	12	459	- 220
Breast Cancer	14	231	33	68	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	15	212	41	45	+ 167
Falls	16	210	34	62	+ 148
Stomach Cancer	17	200	53	10	+ 190
Inflammatory/Heart	18	195	20	177	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	19	189	27	103	+ 86
Suicide	20	162	15	370	- 208
Other Injuries	21	154	19	216	- 63
HIV/AIDS	22	140	1	4,950	- 4,810
Congenital Anomalies	23	137	16	287	- 150
Pancreas Cancer	24	134	50	16	+ 118
Liver Cancer	25	128	35	57	+ 71
Oesophagus Cancer	26	117	28	103	+ 14
Lymphomas	27	116	31	77	+ 39
Oral Cancer	28	111	32	70	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	29	106	22	164	- 58
Leukemia	30	95	51	13	+ 82
Skin Disease	31	80	46	30	+ 50
Alcohol	32	79	45	31	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	33	77	13	447	- 370
Malnutrition	34	75	21	171	- 96
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	63	8	527	- 464
Bladder Cancer	36	59	60	6	+ 53
Chagas disease	37	56	77	0	+ 56
Skin Cancers	38	56	37	52	+ 4
Drownings	39	55	30	83	- 28
Tuberculosis	40	55	6	649	- 594
Parkinson's Disease	41	53	38	47	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	42	52	55	9	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	43	49	49	19	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	47	29	90	- 43
Birth Trauma	45	42	17	261	- 219
Epilepsy	46	36	36	56	- 20
Uterin Cancer	47	31	56	9	+ 22
Asthma	48	29	18	232	- 203
Drug Use	49	27	48	26	+ 2
Anemia	50	27	84	0	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	24	43	37	- 13
Hepatitis C	52	22	66	1	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	53	17	24	118	- 101
Meningitis	54	15	25	108	- 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	12	80	0	+ 12
War	56	12	69	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	57	12	57	8	+ 4
Fires	58	11	26	108	- 97
Hepatitis B	59	9	62	6	+ 3
Schizophrenia	60	7	86	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	52	11	- 4
Schistosomiasis	62	7	54	10	- 3
Leishmaniasis	63	5	79	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	63	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	66	4	42	42	- 39
Upper Respiratory	67	3	58	7	- 5
Syphilis	68	2	44	36	- 34
Leprosy	69	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	61	6	- 5
Encephalitis	72	1	59	7	- 6
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	0	64	1	- 0
Pertussis	75	0	40	45	- 44
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	1	- 0
Measles	81	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

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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.