BOTSWANA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,934	3	1,632	+ 3,302
Stroke	2	2,397	4	1,588	+ 809
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,914	2	1,674	+ 240
Lung Cancers	4	1,337	39	45	+ 1,292
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,305	23	164	+ 1,142
Lung Disease	6	1,227	10	482	+ 746
Hypertension	7	775	11	471	+ 304
Prostate Cancer	8	752	41	45	+ 708
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	661	47	28	+ 633
Falls	10	628	34	62	+ 566
Liver Disease	11	419	12	459	- 40
Other Injuries	12	418	19	216	+ 201
Diabetes Mellitus	13	400	5	1,273	- 872
Kidney Disease	14	380	9	506	- 126
Breast Cancer	15	374	33	68	+ 305
Suicide	16	366	15	370	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	17	258	20	177	+ 81
Lymphomas	18	243	31	77	+ 167
Road Traffic Accidents	19	225	7	608	- 383
Stomach Cancer	20	221	53	10	+ 211
Pancreas Cancer	21	202	50	16	+ 186
Oesophagus Cancer	22	197	28	103	+ 94
Oral Cancer	23	196	32	70	+ 126
Liver Cancer	24	182	35	57	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	25	172	55	9	+ 162
Bladder Cancer	26	164	60	6	+ 158
Parkinson's Disease	27	154	38	47	+ 107
Alcohol	28	151	45	31	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	29	149	22	164	- 15
Leukemia	30	142	51	13	+ 128
Uterin Cancer	31	135	56	9	+ 125
Violence	32	130	14	389	- 259
Skin Cancers	33	115	37	52	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	34	105	1	4,950	- 4,844
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	94	29	90	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	36	92	27	103	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	37	82	16	287	- 205
Osteoarthritis	38	73	81	0	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	39	72	49	19	+ 53
Asthma	40	67	18	232	- 165
Skin Disease	41	58	46	30	+ 28
Drownings	42	52	30	83	- 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	46	8	527	- 481
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	36	43	37	- 1
Hepatitis C	45	25	66	1	+ 25
Epilepsy	46	24	36	56	- 32
Appendicitis	47	23	57	8	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	48	22	13	447	- 425
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	19	52	11	+ 9
Meningitis	50	18	25	108	- 90
Drug Use	51	18	48	26	- 7
Anemia	52	17	84	0	+ 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	17	80	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	54	15	86	0	+ 15
Malnutrition	55	14	21	171	- 157
Hepatitis B	56	13	62	6	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	63	3	+ 9
Fires	58	12	26	108	- 96
Birth Trauma	59	11	17	261	- 251
Tuberculosis	60	10	6	649	- 639
Maternal Conditions	61	10	24	118	- 108
Poisonings	62	4	42	42	- 38
Otitis Media	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	58	7	- 6
Encephalitis	66	1	59	7	- 6
Leprosy	67	0	72	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	44	36	- 36
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	40	45	- 45
Dengue	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	82	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	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.