BOTSWANA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,312	3	1,632	- 320
Kidney Disease	2	828	9	506	+ 321
Stroke	3	727	4	1,588	- 862
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	680	2	1,674	- 993
Diabetes Mellitus	5	578	5	1,273	- 694
Road Traffic Accidents	6	467	7	608	- 141
Liver Disease	7	446	12	459	- 13
Lung Disease	8	345	10	482	- 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	343	23	164	+ 180
Hypertension	10	336	11	471	- 135
Stomach Cancer	11	280	53	10	+ 269
Prostate Cancer	12	182	41	45	+ 138
Congenital Anomalies	13	179	16	287	- 109
Suicide	14	178	15	370	- 192
Violence	15	162	14	389	- 227
Low Birth Weight	16	157	13	447	- 290
Other Injuries	17	155	19	216	- 61
Falls	18	149	34	62	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	148	47	28	+ 121
Lung Cancers	20	144	39	45	+ 98
Liver Cancer	21	128	35	57	+ 70
Lymphomas	22	118	31	77	+ 41
Leukemia	23	118	51	13	+ 105
Cervical Cancer	24	112	22	164	- 52
Breast Cancer	25	110	33	68	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	26	88	38	47	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	27	82	1	4,950	- 4,868
Malnutrition	28	77	21	171	- 94
Tuberculosis	29	77	6	649	- 572
Pancreas Cancer	30	75	50	16	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	31	68	27	103	- 35
Drownings	32	63	30	83	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	56	29	90	- 34
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	55	8	527	- 472
Ovary Cancer	35	43	49	19	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	36	41	20	177	- 136
Skin Cancers	37	41	37	52	- 11
Birth Trauma	38	40	17	261	- 221
Alcohol	39	37	45	31	+ 7
Epilepsy	40	36	36	56	- 20
Drug Use	41	29	48	26	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	42	24	28	103	- 79
Fires	43	23	26	108	- 85
Bladder Cancer	44	22	60	6	+ 16
Oral Cancer	45	22	32	70	- 48
Maternal Conditions	46	22	24	118	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	43	37	- 15
Uterin Cancer	48	17	56	9	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	52	11	+ 6
Appendicitis	50	15	57	8	+ 7
Skin Disease	51	14	46	30	- 16
Meningitis	52	12	25	108	- 96
Asthma	53	11	18	232	- 221
Syphilis	54	11	44	36	- 25
Encephalitis	55	11	59	7	+ 4
Pertussis	56	11	40	45	- 34
Other Neoplasms	57	9	55	9	- 1
Poisonings	58	8	42	42	- 34
Chagas disease	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	3	- 1
Dengue	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	61	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	1	58	7	- 6
Hepatitis B	64	0	62	6	- 5
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	- 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	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.