BOTSWANA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,536	4	1,588	+ 1,948
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,066	3	1,632	+ 1,434
Lung Disease	3	1,676	10	482	+ 1,195
Lung Cancers	4	1,236	39	45	+ 1,191
Stomach Cancer	5	690	53	10	+ 679
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	527	23	164	+ 363
Hypertension	7	521	11	471	+ 50
Road Traffic Accidents	8	433	7	608	- 175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	430	47	28	+ 402
Oesophagus Cancer	10	420	28	103	+ 318
Kidney Disease	11	333	9	506	- 174
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	317	2	1,674	- 1,356
Liver Cancer	13	313	35	57	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	14	280	5	1,273	- 993
Liver Disease	15	252	12	459	- 207
Falls	16	240	34	62	+ 179
Suicide	17	201	15	370	- 169
Pancreas Cancer	18	193	50	16	+ 177
Breast Cancer	19	161	33	68	+ 92
Parkinson's Disease	20	122	38	47	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	113	43	37	+ 76
Leukemia	22	101	51	13	+ 88
Lymphomas	23	100	31	77	+ 23
Oral Cancer	24	95	32	70	+ 25
Other Injuries	25	94	19	216	- 123
Drownings	26	91	30	83	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	27	89	22	164	- 75
Prostate Cancer	28	88	41	45	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	29	66	60	6	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	65	29	90	- 25
Congenital Anomalies	31	63	16	287	- 224
Tuberculosis	32	60	6	649	- 589
Inflammatory/Heart	33	52	20	177	- 125
HIV/AIDS	34	50	1	4,950	- 4,900
Ovary Cancer	35	49	49	19	+ 29
Poisonings	36	45	42	42	+ 2
Endocrine Disorders	37	44	27	103	- 58
Drug Use	38	42	48	26	+ 16
Asthma	39	40	18	232	- 192
Low Birth Weight	40	37	13	447	- 410
Skin Cancers	41	34	37	52	- 18
Alcohol	42	33	45	31	+ 2
Birth Trauma	43	31	17	261	- 231
Malnutrition	44	22	21	171	- 148
Uterin Cancer	45	20	56	9	+ 11
Epilepsy	46	20	36	56	- 36
Violence	47	19	14	389	- 370
Fires	48	18	26	108	- 90
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	52	11	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	15	8	527	- 512
Meningitis	51	10	25	108	- 99
Skin Disease	52	9	46	30	- 21
Other Neoplasms	53	8	55	9	- 2
Maternal Conditions	54	6	24	118	- 112
Encephalitis	55	5	59	7	- 2
Hepatitis B	56	5	62	6	- 1
Upper Respiratory	57	5	58	7	- 3
Syphilis	58	3	44	36	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	63	3	- 0
Appendicitis	60	3	57	8	- 5
War	61	2	69	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	68	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	1	61	6	- 5
Pertussis	64	1	40	45	- 44
Schistosomiasis	65	1	54	10	- 9
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	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.