BOTSWANA VS NO MACEDONIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NO MACEDONIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,335	4	1,588	+ 4,747
Coronary Heart Disease	2	5,072	3	1,632	+ 3,440
Inflammatory/Heart	3	4,876	20	177	+ 4,699
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,266	5	1,273	- 6
Lung Cancers	5	1,211	39	45	+ 1,165
Lung Disease	6	926	10	482	+ 444
Hypertension	7	720	11	471	+ 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	643	47	28	+ 615
Kidney Disease	9	592	9	506	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	10	522	53	10	+ 512
Breast Cancer	11	443	33	68	+ 375
Pancreas Cancer	12	306	50	16	+ 290
Liver Cancer	13	298	35	57	+ 241
Prostate Cancer	14	297	41	45	+ 253
Liver Disease	15	250	12	459	- 209
Suicide	16	225	15	370	- 145
Other Injuries	17	210	19	216	- 6
Bladder Cancer	18	186	60	6	+ 180
Influenza and Pneumonia	19	180	2	1,674	- 1,494
Parkinson's Disease	20	161	38	47	+ 114
Skin Cancers	21	145	37	52	+ 93
Leukemia	22	131	51	13	+ 118
Uterin Cancer	23	124	56	9	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	24	123	7	608	- 485
Lymphomas	25	110	31	77	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	26	107	49	19	+ 88
Falls	27	89	34	62	+ 28
Low Birth Weight	28	84	13	447	- 363
Oral Cancer	29	82	32	70	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	81	23	164	- 82
Cervical Cancer	31	78	22	164	- 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	64	29	90	- 26
Asthma	33	61	18	232	- 171
Oesophagus Cancer	34	52	28	103	- 51
Tuberculosis	35	36	6	649	- 612
Violence	36	35	14	389	- 354
Congenital Anomalies	37	33	16	287	- 254
Epilepsy	38	26	36	56	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	39	24	63	3	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	40	22	55	9	+ 12
Drownings	41	20	30	83	- 62
Alcohol	42	16	45	31	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	15	43	37	- 22
Endocrine Disorders	44	14	27	103	- 89
Poisonings	45	13	42	42	- 29
Fires	46	13	26	108	- 96
Drug Use	47	10	48	26	- 15
Birth Trauma	48	8	17	261	- 253
Hepatitis B	49	8	62	6	+ 2
Pertussis	50	4	40	45	- 40
Meningitis	51	4	25	108	- 104
Anemia	52	4	84	0	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	3	80	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	54	2	24	118	- 116
Appendicitis	55	2	57	8	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	56	1	8	527	- 526
Skin Disease	57	1	46	30	- 29
Malnutrition	58	1	21	171	- 170
Encephalitis	59	1	59	7	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	0	52	11	- 10
HIV/AIDS	61	0	1	4,950	- 4,949
Syphilis	62	0	44	36	- 36
War	63	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	64	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	58	7	- 7
Diphtheria	66	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	66	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	75	0	61	6	- 6
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	10	- 10
Otitis Media	80	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	83	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

No Macedonia

Botswana

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.