BOTSWANA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,644	3	1,632	+ 1,012
Lung Disease	2	1,530	10	482	+ 1,048
Stroke	3	1,212	4	1,588	- 376
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,166	8	527	+ 639
Tuberculosis	5	758	6	649	+ 109
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	682	2	1,674	- 991
Diabetes Mellitus	7	472	5	1,273	- 800
Liver Disease	8	467	12	459	+ 8
Low Birth Weight	9	415	13	447	- 32
Falls	10	393	34	62	+ 331
Kidney Disease	11	388	9	506	- 119
Road Traffic Accidents	12	370	7	608	- 239
Asthma	13	341	18	232	+ 109
Suicide	14	301	15	370	- 68
Other Injuries	15	260	19	216	+ 44
Oral Cancer	16	233	32	70	+ 163
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	220	23	164	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	219	43	37	+ 182
Hypertension	19	188	11	471	- 283
Birth Trauma	20	179	17	261	- 83
Lung Cancers	21	154	39	45	+ 108
Breast Cancer	22	144	33	68	+ 76
Congenital Anomalies	23	144	16	287	- 143
Stomach Cancer	24	141	53	10	+ 131
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	135	47	28	+ 107
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	118	29	90	+ 28
Violence	27	90	14	389	- 299
Drownings	28	85	30	83	+ 2
Encephalitis	29	84	59	7	+ 77
Cervical Cancer	30	79	22	164	- 85
HIV/AIDS	31	77	1	4,950	- 4,873
Parkinson's Disease	32	75	38	47	+ 28
Lymphomas	33	70	31	77	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	34	68	28	103	- 35
Leukemia	35	58	51	13	+ 45
Meningitis	36	58	25	108	- 50
Pancreas Cancer	37	57	50	16	+ 41
Prostate Cancer	38	54	41	45	+ 9
Liver Cancer	39	53	35	57	- 4
Epilepsy	40	53	36	56	- 3
Maternal Conditions	41	45	24	118	- 73
Fires	42	40	26	108	- 68
Alcohol	43	40	45	31	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	44	38	49	19	+ 19
Skin Disease	45	31	46	30	+ 1
Dengue	46	31	76	0	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	47	27	27	103	- 76
Bladder Cancer	48	24	60	6	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	49	22	20	177	- 155
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	52	11	+ 10
Measles	51	21	68	0	+ 20
Drug Use	52	20	48	26	- 5
Appendicitis	53	20	57	8	+ 12
Pertussis	54	18	40	45	- 27
Malnutrition	55	15	21	171	- 156
Hepatitis B	56	14	62	6	+ 8
Malaria	57	13	64	1	+ 13
Tetanus	58	12	61	6	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	59	12	56	9	+ 2
Skin Cancers	60	9	37	52	- 43
Poisonings	61	6	42	42	- 36
Other Neoplasms	62	5	55	9	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	63	3	+ 1
Syphilis	64	3	44	36	- 33
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	2	79	0	+ 2
War	67	2	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	58	7	- 6
Chlamydia	69	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	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.