BOTSWANA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,065	3	1,632	- 567
Stroke	2	638	4	1,588	- 950
Road Traffic Accidents	3	377	7	608	- 232
Diabetes Mellitus	4	369	5	1,273	- 903
Hypertension	5	336	11	471	- 135
Kidney Disease	6	328	9	506	- 179
Lung Cancers	7	232	39	45	+ 187
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	206	2	1,674	- 1,468
Congenital Anomalies	9	205	16	287	- 82
Low Birth Weight	10	188	13	447	- 259
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	155	23	164	- 9
Breast Cancer	12	150	33	68	+ 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	135	47	28	+ 108
Liver Disease	14	108	12	459	- 350
Lung Disease	15	97	10	482	- 384
Leukemia	16	81	51	13	+ 68
Stomach Cancer	17	80	53	10	+ 70
Lymphomas	18	71	31	77	- 6
Other Injuries	19	64	19	216	- 152
Birth Trauma	20	59	17	261	- 202
Violence	21	59	14	389	- 330
Pancreas Cancer	22	54	50	16	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	23	47	60	6	+ 40
Falls	24	42	34	62	- 20
Liver Cancer	25	41	35	57	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	26	40	27	103	- 63
Parkinson's Disease	27	37	38	47	- 10
Suicide	28	36	15	370	- 334
Fires	29	34	26	108	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	33	8	527	- 494
Oral Cancer	31	31	32	70	- 39
Ovary Cancer	32	31	49	19	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	33	29	41	45	- 16
Drug Use	34	25	48	26	- 1
Asthma	35	25	18	232	- 207
Drownings	36	23	30	83	- 59
Meningitis	37	17	25	108	- 91
Inflammatory/Heart	38	16	20	177	- 161
Uterin Cancer	39	16	56	9	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	15	29	90	- 75
Cervical Cancer	41	14	22	164	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	42	14	28	103	- 89
Pertussis	43	12	40	45	- 33
Maternal Conditions	44	12	24	118	- 106
Syphilis	45	11	44	36	- 25
Epilepsy	46	11	36	56	- 45
Poisonings	47	10	42	42	- 32
Skin Disease	48	9	46	30	- 21
Skin Cancers	49	8	37	52	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	43	37	- 32
Malnutrition	51	3	21	171	- 168
Encephalitis	52	3	59	7	- 4
Tuberculosis	53	3	6	649	- 646
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	63	3	- 0
Alcohol	55	2	45	31	- 28
Tetanus	56	2	61	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	57	2	55	9	- 7
Appendicitis	58	2	57	8	- 6
War	59	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	62	6	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	52	11	- 10
Schistosomiasis	62	1	54	10	- 9
HIV/AIDS	63	0	1	4,950	- 4,949
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Measles	65	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	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.