BOTSWANA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,693	3	1,632	+ 1,061
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,944	2	1,674	+ 270
Stroke	3	1,537	4	1,588	- 51
Kidney Disease	4	816	9	506	+ 310
Hypertension	5	715	11	471	+ 244
Lung Disease	6	675	10	482	+ 193
Diabetes Mellitus	7	668	5	1,273	- 604
Tuberculosis	8	561	6	649	- 88
Violence	9	307	14	389	- 82
Road Traffic Accidents	10	270	7	608	- 339
Asthma	11	236	18	232	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	12	217	27	103	+ 114
Lung Cancers	13	213	39	45	+ 168
Low Birth Weight	14	210	13	447	- 237
Breast Cancer	15	203	33	68	+ 135
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	167	47	28	+ 139
Congenital Anomalies	17	167	16	287	- 120
Birth Trauma	18	165	17	261	- 97
Liver Cancer	19	159	35	57	+ 102
Liver Disease	20	147	12	459	- 312
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	142	29	90	+ 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	128	8	527	- 399
Other Neoplasms	23	107	55	9	+ 97
Malnutrition	24	89	21	171	- 82
Skin Disease	25	88	46	30	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	26	86	41	45	+ 41
Drownings	27	80	30	83	- 2
Falls	28	80	34	62	+ 18
Leukemia	29	75	51	13	+ 61
Inflammatory/Heart	30	73	20	177	- 104
Other Injuries	31	73	19	216	- 143
Anemia	32	71	84	0	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	33	64	22	164	- 100
Oral Cancer	34	60	32	70	- 10
Suicide	35	48	15	370	- 322
Lymphomas	36	47	31	77	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	37	44	50	16	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	38	42	24	118	- 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	42	23	164	- 122
Ovary Cancer	40	41	49	19	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	41	39	53	10	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	37	43	37	+ 0
Pertussis	43	36	40	45	- 8
Syphilis	44	24	44	36	- 12
Epilepsy	45	23	36	56	- 33
Dengue	46	22	76	0	+ 22
Meningitis	47	22	25	108	- 87
Measles	48	19	68	0	+ 18
War	49	17	69	0	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	50	16	56	9	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	16	80	0	+ 16
Drug Use	52	14	48	26	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	53	14	28	103	- 89
Fires	54	12	26	108	- 96
Parkinson's Disease	55	12	38	47	- 35
Hepatitis B	56	12	62	6	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	57	12	81	0	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	58	12	60	6	+ 5
Tetanus	59	11	61	6	+ 5
Alcohol	60	8	45	31	- 22
Skin Cancers	61	8	37	52	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	52	11	- 4
Appendicitis	63	6	57	8	- 2
Schistosomiasis	64	5	54	10	- 5
Poisonings	65	5	42	42	- 38
HIV/AIDS	66	4	1	4,950	- 4,946
Encephalitis	67	4	59	7	- 3
Schizophrenia	68	3	86	0	+ 3
Malaria	69	2	64	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	70	1	58	7	- 7
Leprosy	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	63	3	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	1	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	66	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Philippines

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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.