BOTSWANA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,754	3	1,632	+ 3,122
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,020	5	1,273	+ 1,747
Stroke	3	2,931	4	1,588	+ 1,343
Kidney Disease	4	1,384	9	506	+ 877
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,274	2	1,674	- 400
Lung Disease	6	1,014	10	482	+ 533
Suicide	7	790	15	370	+ 420
Hypertension	8	667	11	471	+ 196
Liver Disease	9	583	12	459	+ 125
Lung Cancers	10	564	39	45	+ 519
Drownings	11	424	30	83	+ 341
Breast Cancer	12	418	33	68	+ 349
Asthma	13	391	18	232	+ 159
Low Birth Weight	14	368	13	447	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	338	43	37	+ 301
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	330	8	527	- 197
Other Injuries	17	327	19	216	+ 111
Congenital Anomalies	18	327	16	287	+ 39
Tuberculosis	19	308	6	649	- 341
Stomach Cancer	20	289	53	10	+ 279
Birth Trauma	21	266	17	261	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	207	47	28	+ 180
Cervical Cancer	23	205	22	164	+ 41
Liver Cancer	24	201	35	57	+ 143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	163	29	90	+ 73
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	160	23	164	- 3
Falls	27	151	34	62	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	28	148	20	177	- 29
Prostate Cancer	29	136	41	45	+ 91
Endocrine Disorders	30	131	27	103	+ 28
Violence	31	130	14	389	- 260
Leukemia	32	124	51	13	+ 111
Parkinson's Disease	33	115	38	47	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	34	90	24	118	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	35	89	50	16	+ 73
Lymphomas	36	89	31	77	+ 12
Pertussis	37	87	40	45	+ 42
Oral Cancer	38	83	32	70	+ 13
Meningitis	39	79	25	108	- 30
Syphilis	40	74	44	36	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	41	70	56	9	+ 61
Skin Disease	42	67	46	30	+ 38
Epilepsy	43	67	36	56	+ 11
Malnutrition	44	65	21	171	- 106
Ovary Cancer	45	57	49	19	+ 37
Alcohol	46	56	45	31	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	47	54	28	103	- 49
Fires	48	50	26	108	- 59
Bladder Cancer	49	38	60	6	+ 32
Poisonings	50	25	42	42	- 17
Skin Cancers	51	22	37	52	- 30
Drug Use	52	15	48	26	- 10
Encephalitis	53	15	59	7	+ 8
Appendicitis	54	11	57	8	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	9	55	9	- 0
Measles	56	9	68	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	57	7	62	6	+ 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	4	7	608	- 604
Tetanus	59	4	61	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	52	11	- 7
Dengue	61	3	76	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	67	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Micronesia

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.