BOTSWANA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,284	3	1,632	+ 2,652
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,491	23	164	+ 1,327
Stroke	3	1,451	4	1,588	- 138
Lung Cancers	4	1,356	39	45	+ 1,311
Lung Disease	5	1,247	10	482	+ 765
Hypertension	6	781	11	471	+ 310
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	758	47	28	+ 731
Kidney Disease	8	663	9	506	+ 157
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	603	2	1,674	- 1,070
Breast Cancer	10	549	33	68	+ 481
Pancreas Cancer	11	524	50	16	+ 507
Prostate Cancer	12	480	41	45	+ 436
Diabetes Mellitus	13	453	5	1,273	- 819
Falls	14	446	34	62	+ 385
Liver Disease	15	443	12	459	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	16	367	38	47	+ 320
Lymphomas	17	357	31	77	+ 280
Endocrine Disorders	18	311	27	103	+ 208
Suicide	19	300	15	370	- 70
Stomach Cancer	20	281	53	10	+ 271
Inflammatory/Heart	21	259	20	177	+ 82
Leukemia	22	255	51	13	+ 241
Other Injuries	23	240	19	216	+ 24
Other Neoplasms	24	238	55	9	+ 228
Liver Cancer	25	235	35	57	+ 177
Alcohol	26	182	45	31	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	27	181	28	103	+ 78
Bladder Cancer	28	180	60	6	+ 174
Oral Cancer	29	175	32	70	+ 105
Ovary Cancer	30	151	49	19	+ 132
Skin Cancers	31	118	37	52	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	112	8	527	- 416
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	105	43	37	+ 68
Road Traffic Accidents	34	92	7	608	- 516
Epilepsy	35	90	36	56	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	36	67	16	287	- 221
Uterin Cancer	37	65	56	9	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	63	29	90	- 27
Cervical Cancer	39	62	22	164	- 102
Drug Use	40	56	48	26	+ 31
Multiple Sclerosis	41	46	63	3	+ 43
Skin Disease	42	45	46	30	+ 15
Anemia	43	29	84	0	+ 29
Asthma	44	27	18	232	- 205
Low Birth Weight	45	22	13	447	- 425
Violence	46	22	14	389	- 367
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	16	52	11	+ 5
Hepatitis C	48	15	66	1	+ 14
Drownings	49	13	30	83	- 69
Malnutrition	50	13	21	171	- 158
Schizophrenia	51	11	86	0	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	52	11	81	0	+ 11
Fires	53	10	26	108	- 98
HIV/AIDS	54	10	1	4,950	- 4,940
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	8	80	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	56	8	6	649	- 641
Birth Trauma	57	7	17	261	- 254
Poisonings	58	6	42	42	- 36
Hepatitis B	59	5	62	6	- 0
Meningitis	60	5	25	108	- 103
Upper Respiratory	61	4	58	7	- 3
Appendicitis	62	4	57	8	- 4
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	24	118	- 117
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	7	- 7
Syphilis	68	0	44	36	- 36
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 45
Measles	70	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	61	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	83	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	65	1	- 1
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.