BOTSWANA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,152	2	1,674	- 521
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,035	3	1,632	- 597
Stroke	3	580	4	1,588	- 1,008
Kidney Disease	4	544	9	506	+ 37
Liver Disease	5	479	12	459	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	437	23	164	+ 273
Stomach Cancer	7	381	53	10	+ 371
Diabetes Mellitus	8	334	5	1,273	- 939
Road Traffic Accidents	9	332	7	608	- 277
Lung Cancers	10	238	39	45	+ 193
Prostate Cancer	11	238	41	45	+ 194
Violence	12	226	14	389	- 163
Other Injuries	13	216	19	216	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	199	47	28	+ 171
Lung Disease	15	189	10	482	- 292
Liver Cancer	16	186	35	57	+ 129
Tuberculosis	17	179	6	649	- 470
Lymphomas	18	169	31	77	+ 93
Congenital Anomalies	19	150	16	287	- 137
Breast Cancer	20	148	33	68	+ 80
Cervical Cancer	21	145	22	164	- 19
Leukemia	22	139	51	13	+ 126
Pancreas Cancer	23	121	50	16	+ 105
Low Birth Weight	24	111	13	447	- 336
Falls	25	97	34	62	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	26	95	38	47	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	83	8	527	- 444
Hypertension	28	80	11	471	- 391
Malnutrition	29	76	21	171	- 95
Suicide	30	68	15	370	- 302
HIV/AIDS	31	64	1	4,950	- 4,886
Skin Cancers	32	59	37	52	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	33	54	49	19	+ 34
Drug Use	34	48	48	26	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	46	29	90	- 44
Drownings	36	44	30	83	- 39
Birth Trauma	37	40	17	261	- 221
Oral Cancer	38	39	32	70	- 31
Inflammatory/Heart	39	37	20	177	- 140
Endocrine Disorders	40	36	27	103	- 67
Bladder Cancer	41	35	60	6	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	42	30	28	103	- 73
Maternal Conditions	43	26	24	118	- 92
Alcohol	44	24	45	31	- 7
Uterin Cancer	45	23	56	9	+ 13
Encephalitis	46	21	59	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	47	20	36	56	- 36
Pertussis	48	20	40	45	- 25
Fires	49	18	26	108	- 90
Asthma	50	16	18	232	- 217
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	15	43	37	- 22
Syphilis	52	14	44	36	- 23
Appendicitis	53	13	57	8	+ 5
Skin Disease	54	12	46	30	- 18
Poisonings	55	9	42	42	- 33
Meningitis	56	9	25	108	- 100
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	8	52	11	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	4	55	9	- 5
Chagas disease	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	61	6	- 3
Malaria	61	3	64	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	58	7	- 7
Hepatitis B	64	1	62	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Dengue	66	0	76	0	+ 0
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

Peru

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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.