BOTSWANA VS ISRAEL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ISRAEL		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,335	3	1,632	- 297
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	781	23	164	+ 617
Kidney Disease	3	635	9	506	+ 129
Stroke	4	634	4	1,588	- 955
Lung Cancers	5	528	39	45	+ 483
Diabetes Mellitus	6	499	5	1,273	- 774
Lung Disease	7	403	10	482	- 79
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	396	2	1,674	- 1,278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	394	47	28	+ 366
Breast Cancer	10	322	33	68	+ 254
Pancreas Cancer	11	267	50	16	+ 250
Endocrine Disorders	12	261	27	103	+ 159
Lymphomas	13	241	31	77	+ 164
Other Injuries	14	216	19	216	- 1
Leukemia	15	159	51	13	+ 146
Stomach Cancer	16	147	53	10	+ 137
Prostate Cancer	17	136	41	45	+ 91
Bladder Cancer	18	129	60	6	+ 123
Suicide	19	118	15	370	- 252
Other Neoplasms	20	109	55	9	+ 100
Hypertension	21	104	11	471	- 366
Parkinson's Disease	22	104	38	47	+ 56
Skin Cancers	23	99	37	52	+ 47
Skin Disease	24	96	46	30	+ 66
Liver Cancer	25	90	35	57	+ 33
Road Traffic Accidents	26	87	7	608	- 522
Ovary Cancer	27	84	49	19	+ 65
Liver Disease	28	76	12	459	- 383
Congenital Anomalies	29	76	16	287	- 211
Inflammatory/Heart	30	56	20	177	- 121
Uterin Cancer	31	53	56	9	+ 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	43	8	527	- 484
Oral Cancer	33	39	32	70	- 31
Anemia	34	39	84	0	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	38	43	37	+ 0
Asthma	36	37	18	232	- 195
Oesophagus Cancer	37	36	28	103	- 67
Cervical Cancer	38	35	22	164	- 129
Falls	39	32	34	62	- 29
Epilepsy	40	28	36	56	- 28
Violence	41	27	14	389	- 362
Low Birth Weight	42	25	13	447	- 423
Drug Use	43	18	48	26	- 8
Schizophrenia	44	17	86	0	+ 17
Drownings	45	10	30	83	- 72
Hepatitis C	46	10	66	1	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	47	10	63	3	+ 7
Malnutrition	48	10	21	171	- 161
Alcohol	49	10	45	31	- 21
Birth Trauma	50	9	17	261	- 252
Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	9	29	90	- 81
HIV/AIDS	52	7	1	4,950	- 4,943
Fires	53	6	26	108	- 102
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	6	52	11	- 5
Meningitis	55	5	25	108	- 103
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	80	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	57	4	6	649	- 645
Hepatitis B	58	4	62	6	- 2
Osteoarthritis	59	2	81	0	+ 2
War	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	24	118	- 116
Upper Respiratory	62	1	58	7	- 6
Poisonings	63	1	42	42	- 41
Appendicitis	64	1	57	8	- 7
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	59	7	- 6
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 45
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Syphilis	71	0	44	36	- 36
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	74	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	78	0	54	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	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.