BOTSWANA VS ESTONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ESTONIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,177	3	1,632	+ 4,545
Hypertension	2	5,543	11	471	+ 5,072
Stroke	3	2,291	4	1,588	+ 703
Lung Cancers	4	1,349	39	45	+ 1,304
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	1,082	47	28	+ 1,054
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	716	2	1,674	- 958
Liver Disease	7	674	12	459	+ 216
Prostate Cancer	8	613	41	45	+ 568
Stomach Cancer	9	595	53	10	+ 585
Pancreas Cancer	10	551	50	16	+ 535
Breast Cancer	11	534	33	68	+ 465
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	471	23	164	+ 307
Lung Disease	13	470	10	482	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	14	445	20	177	+ 268
Lymphomas	15	437	31	77	+ 360
Suicide	16	405	15	370	+ 35
Kidney Disease	17	362	9	506	- 144
Alcohol	18	305	45	31	+ 274
Diabetes Mellitus	19	300	5	1,273	- 973
Other Injuries	20	290	19	216	+ 74
Bladder Cancer	21	258	60	6	+ 252
Leukemia	22	258	51	13	+ 245
Other Neoplasms	23	253	55	9	+ 244
Falls	24	243	34	62	+ 182
Oral Cancer	25	227	32	70	+ 157
Liver Cancer	26	220	35	57	+ 163
Oesophagus Cancer	27	202	28	103	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	28	179	49	19	+ 160
Parkinson's Disease	29	168	38	47	+ 121
Skin Cancers	30	162	37	52	+ 110
Drug Use	31	154	48	26	+ 128
Cervical Cancer	32	139	22	164	- 25
Endocrine Disorders	33	135	27	103	+ 33
Uterin Cancer	34	123	56	9	+ 114
Road Traffic Accidents	35	121	7	608	- 487
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	113	29	90	+ 23
Epilepsy	37	91	36	56	+ 35
Fires	38	84	26	108	- 24
HIV/AIDS	39	83	1	4,950	- 4,867
Drownings	40	62	30	83	- 21
Skin Disease	41	59	46	30	+ 29
Violence	42	58	14	389	- 331
Congenital Anomalies	43	51	16	287	- 236
Asthma	44	49	18	232	- 183
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	44	43	37	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	35	52	11	+ 25
Tuberculosis	47	34	6	649	- 615
Multiple Sclerosis	48	33	63	3	+ 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	25	80	0	+ 25
Osteoarthritis	50	21	81	0	+ 21
Anemia	51	19	84	0	+ 19
Poisonings	52	17	42	42	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	17	8	527	- 510
Meningitis	54	15	25	108	- 93
Low Birth Weight	55	14	13	447	- 433
Schizophrenia	56	13	86	0	+ 13
Birth Trauma	57	10	17	261	- 251
Hepatitis C	58	8	66	1	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	4	57	8	- 3
Oral conditions	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	61	2	24	118	- 115
Syphilis	62	2	44	36	- 34
Encephalitis	63	0	59	7	- 7
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis B	65	0	62	6	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	0	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	70	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	73	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	1	- 1
Malnutrition	79	0	21	171	- 171
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	82	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	83	0	40	45	- 45
Measles	84	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Estonia

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.