BOTSWANA VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,444	3	1,632	+ 5,812
Stroke	2	2,068	4	1,588	+ 480
Lung Cancers	3	1,631	39	45	+ 1,585
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,265	2	1,674	- 409
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	924	47	28	+ 897
Lung Disease	6	865	10	482	+ 383
Other Neoplasms	7	585	55	9	+ 576
Diabetes Mellitus	8	566	5	1,273	- 707
Breast Cancer	9	504	33	68	+ 436
Liver Disease	10	500	12	459	+ 42
Prostate Cancer	11	410	41	45	+ 366
Stomach Cancer	12	374	53	10	+ 364
Pancreas Cancer	13	343	50	16	+ 327
Alcohol	14	331	45	31	+ 301
Hypertension	15	312	11	471	- 159
Falls	16	298	34	62	+ 236
Bladder Cancer	17	297	60	6	+ 291
Suicide	18	271	15	370	- 99
Lymphomas	19	262	31	77	+ 185
Kidney Disease	20	257	9	506	- 249
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	234	23	164	+ 70
Road Traffic Accidents	22	225	7	608	- 384
Inflammatory/Heart	23	221	20	177	+ 44
Leukemia	24	219	51	13	+ 206
Oral Cancer	25	214	32	70	+ 144
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	196	29	90	+ 105
Ovary Cancer	27	185	49	19	+ 166
Other Injuries	28	160	19	216	- 57
Liver Cancer	29	145	35	57	+ 88
Uterin Cancer	30	137	56	9	+ 127
Skin Cancers	31	136	37	52	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	32	121	22	164	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	33	114	28	103	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	34	95	38	47	+ 48
Epilepsy	35	72	36	56	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	36	58	16	287	- 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	53	8	527	- 474
Endocrine Disorders	38	53	27	103	- 50
Drownings	39	40	30	83	- 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	39	43	37	+ 2
Tuberculosis	41	38	6	649	- 611
Low Birth Weight	42	37	13	447	- 410
Asthma	43	34	18	232	- 198
Multiple Sclerosis	44	32	63	3	+ 29
Fires	45	30	26	108	- 78
Skin Disease	46	30	46	30	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	23	52	11	+ 13
Drug Use	48	20	48	26	- 5
Violence	49	19	14	389	- 371
Malnutrition	50	18	21	171	- 153
Poisonings	51	13	42	42	- 29
Hepatitis C	52	12	66	1	+ 11
Meningitis	53	11	25	108	- 98
HIV/AIDS	54	7	1	4,950	- 4,942
Appendicitis	55	4	57	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	3	62	6	- 2
Birth Trauma	57	3	17	261	- 258
Schizophrenia	58	2	86	0	+ 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	1	58	7	- 6
Osteoarthritis	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Anemia	62	1	84	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	1	24	118	- 117
Encephalitis	64	0	59	7	- 7
Oral conditions	65	0	82	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	61	6	- 6
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	44	36	- 36
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	71	0	40	45	- 45
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	65	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Poland

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.