BOTSWANA VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,509	1	4,950	- 2,441
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,245	2	1,674	- 428
Malaria	3	911	64	1	+ 910
Low Birth Weight	4	623	13	447	+ 176
Birth Trauma	5	602	17	261	+ 340
Stroke	6	596	4	1,588	- 992
Coronary Heart Disease	7	572	3	1,632	- 1,060
Road Traffic Accidents	8	503	7	608	- 106
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	476	8	527	- 51
Tuberculosis	10	438	6	649	- 211
Diabetes Mellitus	11	408	5	1,273	- 864
Congenital Anomalies	12	340	16	287	+ 53
Liver Disease	13	272	12	459	- 187
Kidney Disease	14	271	9	506	- 236
Measles	15	247	68	0	+ 247
Hypertension	16	225	11	471	- 245
Maternal Conditions	17	189	24	118	+ 72
Syphilis	18	183	44	36	+ 146
Meningitis	19	173	25	108	+ 65
Lung Disease	20	164	10	482	- 317
Pertussis	21	149	40	45	+ 104
Suicide	22	146	15	370	- 224
Other Injuries	23	143	19	216	- 73
Breast Cancer	24	115	33	68	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	25	100	27	103	- 3
Asthma	26	89	18	232	- 143
Inflammatory/Heart	27	86	20	177	- 91
Cervical Cancer	28	77	22	164	- 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	76	23	164	- 88
Drug Use	30	69	48	26	+ 43
Malnutrition	31	66	21	171	- 105
Falls	32	62	34	62	+ 1
Violence	33	61	14	389	- 328
Liver Cancer	34	59	35	57	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	35	58	41	45	+ 14
Drownings	36	54	30	83	- 29
Oral Cancer	37	47	32	70	- 23
Epilepsy	38	44	36	56	- 12
Fires	39	41	26	108	- 67
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	39	47	28	+ 11
Lung Cancers	41	36	39	45	- 9
Tetanus	42	32	61	6	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	30	29	90	- 60
Poisonings	44	29	42	42	- 14
Lymphomas	45	26	31	77	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	46	24	38	47	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	47	23	78	0	+ 23
Skin Cancers	48	22	37	52	- 30
Stomach Cancer	49	21	53	10	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	19	43	37	- 18
Skin Disease	51	18	46	30	- 12
Ovary Cancer	52	17	49	19	- 2
Alcohol	53	16	45	31	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	54	16	28	103	- 87
Pancreas Cancer	55	16	50	16	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	12	60	6	+ 5
Encephalitis	57	11	59	7	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	58	11	56	9	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	8	57	8	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	60	6	54	10	- 4
Leukemia	61	5	51	13	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	52	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	4	55	9	- 5
Diphtheria	64	4	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	65	4	62	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	58	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	63	3	- 1
Chlamydia	68	1	65	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
War	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Equ. Guinea

Botswana

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.