BOTSWANA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,904	3	1,632	+ 2,272
Stroke	2	2,518	4	1,588	+ 930
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,666	23	164	+ 1,502
Lung Cancers	4	1,373	39	45	+ 1,327
Lung Disease	5	1,302	10	482	+ 820
Hypertension	6	1,203	11	471	+ 732
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	854	47	28	+ 827
Diabetes Mellitus	8	797	5	1,273	- 475
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	657	2	1,674	- 1,017
Breast Cancer	10	557	33	68	+ 489
Kidney Disease	11	512	9	506	+ 5
Other Injuries	12	487	19	216	+ 271
Pancreas Cancer	13	486	50	16	+ 470
Stomach Cancer	14	412	53	10	+ 402
Other Neoplasms	15	401	55	9	+ 392
Lymphomas	16	389	31	77	+ 312
Liver Cancer	17	387	35	57	+ 329
Endocrine Disorders	18	339	27	103	+ 236
Parkinson's Disease	19	339	38	47	+ 292
Prostate Cancer	20	338	41	45	+ 294
Leukemia	21	270	51	13	+ 257
Bladder Cancer	22	270	60	6	+ 263
Liver Disease	23	223	12	459	- 235
Inflammatory/Heart	24	222	20	177	+ 45
Falls	25	170	34	62	+ 108
Suicide	26	162	15	370	- 207
Oral Cancer	27	134	32	70	+ 64
Ovary Cancer	28	132	49	19	+ 113
Skin Cancers	29	130	37	52	+ 78
Road Traffic Accidents	30	129	7	608	- 479
Hepatitis C	31	99	66	1	+ 98
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	89	43	37	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	33	88	56	9	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	34	82	28	103	- 20
Anemia	35	67	84	0	+ 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	65	8	527	- 462
Congenital Anomalies	37	58	16	287	- 229
Skin Disease	38	58	46	30	+ 28
Epilepsy	39	54	36	56	- 2
Cervical Cancer	40	46	22	164	- 118
Malnutrition	41	31	21	171	- 140
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	28	52	11	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	28	29	90	- 62
Multiple Sclerosis	44	27	63	3	+ 24
Drug Use	45	26	48	26	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	46	21	1	4,950	- 4,929
Asthma	47	20	18	232	- 212
Osteoarthritis	48	19	81	0	+ 19
Schizophrenia	49	17	86	0	+ 17
Violence	50	16	14	389	- 373
Low Birth Weight	51	14	13	447	- 433
Drownings	52	14	30	83	- 69
Tuberculosis	53	14	6	649	- 635
Hepatitis B	54	13	62	6	+ 8
Alcohol	55	11	45	31	- 20
Fires	56	11	26	108	- 97
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	80	0	+ 10
Poisonings	58	6	42	42	- 36
Birth Trauma	59	6	17	261	- 256
Meningitis	60	5	25	108	- 103
Appendicitis	61	2	57	8	- 6
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	61	6	- 5
Upper Respiratory	64	1	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	24	118	- 118
Encephalitis	68	0	59	7	- 7
Syphilis	69	0	44	36	- 36
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	40	45	- 45
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	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.