BOTSWANA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,319	3	1,632	- 313
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,241	2	1,674	- 432
Diabetes Mellitus	3	931	5	1,273	- 342
Kidney Disease	4	843	9	506	+ 336
Liver Disease	5	763	12	459	+ 304
Stroke	6	651	4	1,588	- 937
Violence	7	592	14	389	+ 203
Road Traffic Accidents	8	541	7	608	- 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	351	8	527	- 176
Other Injuries	10	331	19	216	+ 115
Malnutrition	11	266	21	171	+ 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	263	23	164	+ 99
Lung Disease	13	255	10	482	- 226
Alcohol	14	241	45	31	+ 211
Liver Cancer	15	237	35	57	+ 180
Low Birth Weight	16	223	13	447	- 224
Stomach Cancer	17	211	53	10	+ 201
Congenital Anomalies	18	204	16	287	- 84
Birth Trauma	19	197	17	261	- 65
Falls	20	184	34	62	+ 123
HIV/AIDS	21	157	1	4,950	- 4,792
Suicide	22	140	15	370	- 230
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	138	29	90	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	24	114	41	45	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	25	108	22	164	- 56
Hypertension	26	91	11	471	- 380
Leukemia	27	81	51	13	+ 68
Breast Cancer	28	66	33	68	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	29	65	27	103	- 38
Maternal Conditions	30	63	24	118	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	62	47	28	+ 35
Drownings	32	62	30	83	- 20
Epilepsy	33	62	36	56	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	34	53	38	47	+ 5
Lung Cancers	35	53	39	45	+ 7
Asthma	36	45	18	232	- 187
Tuberculosis	37	40	6	649	- 608
Pancreas Cancer	38	38	50	16	+ 22
Poisonings	39	37	42	42	- 5
Drug Use	40	36	48	26	+ 11
Meningitis	41	36	25	108	- 72
Skin Disease	42	31	46	30	+ 1
Lymphomas	43	31	31	77	- 46
Inflammatory/Heart	44	30	20	177	- 147
Fires	45	28	26	108	- 81
Skin Cancers	46	26	37	52	- 26
Appendicitis	47	22	57	8	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	48	19	28	103	- 83
Oral Cancer	49	19	32	70	- 51
Ovary Cancer	50	18	49	19	- 1
Encephalitis	51	14	59	7	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	52	11	+ 0
Pertussis	53	9	40	45	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	43	37	- 29
Bladder Cancer	55	8	60	6	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	56	6	55	9	- 4
Upper Respiratory	57	5	58	7	- 3
Dengue	58	4	76	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	4	56	9	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	63	3	- 0
Chagas disease	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	61	6	- 5
Ascariasis	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Syphilis	64	0	44	36	- 36
Hepatitis B	65	0	62	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	54	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Guatemala

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.