BOTSWANA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,120	3	1,632	+ 2,488
Stroke	2	3,155	4	1,588	+ 1,567
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,786	5	1,273	+ 513
Hypertension	4	988	11	471	+ 517
Suicide	5	973	15	370	+ 603
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	930	2	1,674	- 743
HIV/AIDS	7	791	1	4,950	- 4,159
Kidney Disease	8	720	9	506	+ 214
Liver Disease	9	607	12	459	+ 149
Violence	10	597	14	389	+ 208
Road Traffic Accidents	11	540	7	608	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	12	538	27	103	+ 436
Lung Disease	13	537	10	482	+ 55
Other Injuries	14	516	19	216	+ 300
Drownings	15	447	30	83	+ 364
Tuberculosis	16	423	6	649	- 226
Prostate Cancer	17	380	41	45	+ 336
Anemia	18	305	84	0	+ 305
Breast Cancer	19	296	33	68	+ 227
Inflammatory/Heart	20	283	20	177	+ 106
Cervical Cancer	21	282	22	164	+ 118
Low Birth Weight	22	275	13	447	- 172
Congenital Anomalies	23	212	16	287	- 75
Birth Trauma	24	199	17	261	- 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	181	47	28	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	168	29	90	+ 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	147	8	527	- 381
Other Neoplasms	28	124	55	9	+ 114
Lung Cancers	29	116	39	45	+ 71
Malnutrition	30	115	21	171	- 56
Stomach Cancer	31	105	53	10	+ 95
Lymphomas	32	99	31	77	+ 22
Malaria	33	93	64	1	+ 92
Liver Cancer	34	89	35	57	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	35	87	24	118	- 31
Asthma	36	79	18	232	- 154
Epilepsy	37	73	36	56	+ 17
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	70	23	164	- 93
Leukemia	39	65	51	13	+ 52
Oral Cancer	40	62	32	70	- 8
Fires	41	60	26	108	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	42	59	50	16	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	43	55	49	19	+ 35
Meningitis	44	54	25	108	- 55
Drug Use	45	48	48	26	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	46	40	56	9	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	40	43	37	+ 3
Falls	48	34	34	62	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	49	28	38	47	- 19
Bladder Cancer	50	24	60	6	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	51	24	28	103	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	24	80	0	+ 24
Encephalitis	53	22	59	7	+ 15
Appendicitis	54	18	57	8	+ 11
Skin Cancers	55	15	37	52	- 37
Skin Disease	56	10	46	30	- 20
Alcohol	57	10	45	31	- 21
Osteoarthritis	58	9	81	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	59	6	62	6	+ 0
Dengue	60	6	76	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	63	3	+ 1
Schizophrenia	62	3	86	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	52	11	- 7
War	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Poisonings	65	2	42	42	- 40
Upper Respiratory	66	2	58	7	- 6
Oral conditions	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	66	1	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	44	36	- 36
Tetanus	72	1	61	6	- 6
Pertussis	73	0	40	45	- 44
Ascariasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	1	- 1
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	54	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Guyana

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.