BOTSWANA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,265	3	1,632	+ 633
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,905	23	164	+ 1,742
Stroke	3	1,303	4	1,588	- 285
Lung Cancers	4	1,278	39	45	+ 1,233
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	783	47	28	+ 756
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	709	2	1,674	- 965
Lung Disease	7	653	10	482	+ 172
Breast Cancer	8	557	33	68	+ 488
Other Injuries	9	542	19	216	+ 326
Pancreas Cancer	10	443	50	16	+ 427
Kidney Disease	11	411	9	506	- 95
Diabetes Mellitus	12	391	5	1,273	- 882
Prostate Cancer	13	390	41	45	+ 345
Lymphomas	14	361	31	77	+ 284
Liver Cancer	15	343	35	57	+ 286
Suicide	16	321	15	370	- 49
Other Neoplasms	17	314	55	9	+ 305
Falls	18	297	34	62	+ 235
Endocrine Disorders	19	290	27	103	+ 187
Parkinson's Disease	20	271	38	47	+ 224
Leukemia	21	267	51	13	+ 254
Liver Disease	22	265	12	459	- 194
Hypertension	23	255	11	471	- 216
Bladder Cancer	24	235	60	6	+ 229
Inflammatory/Heart	25	217	20	177	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	26	198	53	10	+ 188
Oral Cancer	27	168	32	70	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	28	167	28	103	+ 65
Malnutrition	29	151	21	171	- 20
Ovary Cancer	30	142	49	19	+ 123
Road Traffic Accidents	31	120	7	608	- 489
Skin Cancers	32	117	37	52	+ 65
Alcohol	33	114	45	31	+ 84
Uterin Cancer	34	98	56	9	+ 88
Congenital Anomalies	35	72	16	287	- 215
Drug Use	36	67	48	26	+ 42
Epilepsy	37	67	36	56	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	65	8	527	- 462
Skin Disease	39	57	46	30	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	40	56	22	164	- 108
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	43	37	+ 13
Asthma	42	37	18	232	- 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	35	29	90	- 55
Anemia	44	35	84	0	+ 35
Drownings	45	31	30	83	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	46	27	63	3	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	47	23	13	447	- 424
Schizophrenia	48	23	86	0	+ 23
Violence	49	19	14	389	- 370
Tuberculosis	50	16	6	649	- 633
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	15	52	11	+ 5
Hepatitis C	52	15	66	1	+ 14
Fires	53	14	26	108	- 94
HIV/AIDS	54	13	1	4,950	- 4,937
Birth Trauma	55	11	17	261	- 250
Osteoarthritis	56	9	81	0	+ 9
Poisonings	57	8	42	42	- 34
Meningitis	58	6	25	108	- 103
Hepatitis B	59	5	62	6	- 1
Oral conditions	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	57	8	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	58	7	- 5
Maternal Conditions	64	2	24	118	- 116
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	7	- 7
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	44	36	- 36
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 44
Tetanus	70	0	61	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	71	0	54	10	- 10
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	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.