BOTSWANA VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	GREECE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,949	3	1,632	+ 3,317
Stroke	2	3,298	4	1,588	+ 1,710
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,940	2	1,674	+ 267
Lung Cancers	4	1,723	39	45	+ 1,678
Lung Disease	5	1,295	10	482	+ 813
Kidney Disease	6	1,115	9	506	+ 608
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	923	23	164	+ 759
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	765	47	28	+ 737
Hypertension	9	685	11	471	+ 214
Parkinson's Disease	10	620	38	47	+ 573
Breast Cancer	11	590	33	68	+ 522
Prostate Cancer	12	474	41	45	+ 429
Pancreas Cancer	13	446	50	16	+ 430
Liver Cancer	14	367	35	57	+ 309
Bladder Cancer	15	363	60	6	+ 357
Stomach Cancer	16	360	53	10	+ 349
Other Injuries	17	340	19	216	+ 124
Leukemia	18	317	51	13	+ 304
Lymphomas	19	297	31	77	+ 220
Diabetes Mellitus	20	296	5	1,273	- 976
Falls	21	292	34	62	+ 230
Road Traffic Accidents	22	204	7	608	- 405
Liver Disease	23	190	12	459	- 269
Inflammatory/Heart	24	170	20	177	- 7
Other Neoplasms	25	159	55	9	+ 150
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	143	29	90	+ 53
Ovary Cancer	27	131	49	19	+ 111
Suicide	28	125	15	370	- 245
Endocrine Disorders	29	123	27	103	+ 21
Oral Cancer	30	103	32	70	+ 33
Skin Cancers	31	103	37	52	+ 51
Drownings	32	102	30	83	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	33	87	56	9	+ 78
Epilepsy	34	58	36	56	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	35	58	28	103	- 45
Cervical Cancer	36	57	22	164	- 107
Drug Use	37	45	48	26	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	38	41	16	287	- 246
Fires	39	34	26	108	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	40	32	63	3	+ 29
Low Birth Weight	41	30	13	447	- 417
Violence	42	24	14	389	- 365
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	23	43	37	- 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	22	8	527	- 505
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	16	52	11	+ 5
Tuberculosis	46	16	6	649	- 633
Skin Disease	47	13	46	30	- 17
Hepatitis B	48	13	62	6	+ 7
Alcohol	49	12	45	31	- 19
HIV/AIDS	50	11	1	4,950	- 4,939
Anemia	51	11	84	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	52	9	66	1	+ 9
Meningitis	53	8	25	108	- 101
Schizophrenia	54	6	86	0	+ 6
Asthma	55	6	18	232	- 226
Poisonings	56	5	42	42	- 38
Birth Trauma	57	4	17	261	- 257
Appendicitis	58	2	57	8	- 5
Upper Respiratory	59	2	58	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	60	1	79	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	61	1	24	118	- 117
Tetanus	62	0	61	6	- 6
Oral conditions	63	0	82	0	+ 0
War	64	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	44	36	- 36
Malnutrition	66	0	21	171	- 171
Encephalitis	67	0	59	7	- 7
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 45
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	81	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Greece

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.