BOTSWANA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,667	3	1,632	+ 35
Stroke	2	1,243	4	1,588	- 345
Lung Disease	3	1,107	10	482	+ 625
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,106	5	1,273	- 167
Tuberculosis	5	968	6	649	+ 319
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	633	2	1,674	- 1,041
Malaria	7	597	64	1	+ 596
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	560	8	527	+ 33
Asthma	9	449	18	232	+ 217
Low Birth Weight	10	405	13	447	- 42
Birth Trauma	11	367	17	261	+ 105
Road Traffic Accidents	12	270	7	608	- 339
Hypertension	13	267	11	471	- 204
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	261	43	37	+ 224
Violence	15	236	14	389	- 153
Congenital Anomalies	16	232	16	287	- 55
Breast Cancer	17	186	33	68	+ 118
Kidney Disease	18	168	9	506	- 339
Cervical Cancer	19	162	22	164	- 2
Other Injuries	20	158	19	216	- 59
Liver Cancer	21	157	35	57	+ 100
Liver Disease	22	152	12	459	- 306
Lung Cancers	23	152	39	45	+ 106
HIV/AIDS	24	149	1	4,950	- 4,801
Oral Cancer	25	141	32	70	+ 71
Falls	26	122	34	62	+ 61
Fires	27	119	26	108	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	28	109	53	10	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	109	47	28	+ 81
Maternal Conditions	30	103	24	118	- 15
Skin Cancers	31	102	37	52	+ 50
Lymphomas	32	86	31	77	+ 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	84	23	164	- 80
Meningitis	34	79	25	108	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	74	29	90	- 17
Prostate Cancer	36	69	41	45	+ 25
Suicide	37	63	15	370	- 307
Leukemia	38	62	51	13	+ 49
Pertussis	39	60	40	45	+ 16
Drownings	40	58	30	83	- 24
Measles	41	58	68	0	+ 58
Syphilis	42	57	44	36	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	43	56	20	177	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	44	49	28	103	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	45	45	38	47	- 2
Ovary Cancer	46	44	49	19	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	47	37	27	103	- 65
Malnutrition	48	33	21	171	- 138
Skin Disease	49	31	46	30	+ 1
Poisonings	50	30	42	42	- 13
Epilepsy	51	27	36	56	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	52	26	50	16	+ 10
Alcohol	53	23	45	31	- 8
Bladder Cancer	54	20	60	6	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	55	20	56	9	+ 10
Tetanus	56	12	61	6	+ 5
Encephalitis	57	7	59	7	+ 1
Hepatitis B	58	7	62	6	+ 1
Appendicitis	59	5	57	8	- 3
Other Neoplasms	60	4	55	9	- 6
Drug Use	61	3	48	26	- 23
Hepatitis C	62	2	66	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	2	67	0	+ 1
Dengue	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	52	11	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	7	- 7
War	69	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	54	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

New Guinea

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.