BOTSWANA VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,587	3	1,632	+ 955
Stroke	2	1,018	4	1,588	- 570
Road Traffic Accidents	3	494	7	608	- 115
Hypertension	4	455	11	471	- 16
Diabetes Mellitus	5	386	5	1,273	- 887
Kidney Disease	6	327	9	506	- 179
Lung Disease	7	316	10	482	- 165
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	312	2	1,674	- 1,362
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	306	23	164	+ 143
Stomach Cancer	10	272	53	10	+ 262
Lung Cancers	11	188	39	45	+ 143
Liver Disease	12	184	12	459	- 275
Low Birth Weight	13	135	13	447	- 312
Congenital Anomalies	14	134	16	287	- 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	127	47	28	+ 99
Suicide	16	120	15	370	- 250
Other Injuries	17	112	19	216	- 104
Leukemia	18	110	51	13	+ 97
Breast Cancer	19	104	33	68	+ 35
Liver Cancer	20	103	35	57	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	21	99	41	45	+ 55
Asthma	22	93	18	232	- 139
Lymphomas	23	80	31	77	+ 3
Falls	24	78	34	62	+ 17
Birth Trauma	25	76	17	261	- 186
Parkinson's Disease	26	71	38	47	+ 23
Violence	27	70	14	389	- 319
HIV/AIDS	28	70	1	4,950	- 4,880
Pancreas Cancer	29	67	50	16	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	30	66	28	103	- 37
Drug Use	31	62	48	26	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	32	58	27	103	- 45
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	51	8	527	- 476
Fires	34	51	26	108	- 58
Inflammatory/Heart	35	45	20	177	- 132
Bladder Cancer	36	39	60	6	+ 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	35	29	90	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	28	43	37	- 9
Ovary Cancer	39	26	49	19	+ 7
Drownings	40	26	30	83	- 57
Tuberculosis	41	24	6	649	- 624
War	42	24	69	0	+ 23
Poisonings	43	23	42	42	- 20
Epilepsy	44	20	36	56	- 36
Oral Cancer	45	18	32	70	- 52
Meningitis	46	18	25	108	- 91
Skin Cancers	47	14	37	52	- 38
Cervical Cancer	48	14	22	164	- 150
Hepatitis B	49	12	62	6	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	50	11	63	3	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	51	10	56	9	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	52	8	24	118	- 110
Alcohol	53	7	45	31	- 24
Encephalitis	54	7	59	7	- 0
Skin Disease	55	7	46	30	- 23
Malnutrition	56	4	21	171	- 167
Appendicitis	57	4	57	8	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	3	55	9	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	52	11	- 8
Pertussis	60	2	40	45	- 43
Syphilis	61	1	44	36	- 35
Tetanus	62	1	61	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	64	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	65	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	54	10	- 10
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	69	0	66	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	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

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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.