BOTSWANA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,697	3	1,632	+ 8,065
Stroke	2	6,712	4	1,588	+ 5,124
Hypertension	3	1,486	11	471	+ 1,016
Lung Cancers	4	1,366	39	45	+ 1,320
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,264	2	1,674	- 410
Liver Disease	6	1,204	12	459	+ 746
Lung Disease	7	994	10	482	+ 512
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	923	47	28	+ 895
Kidney Disease	9	699	9	506	+ 192
Inflammatory/Heart	10	599	20	177	+ 422
Breast Cancer	11	520	33	68	+ 452
Stomach Cancer	12	467	53	10	+ 457
Liver Cancer	13	420	35	57	+ 363
Pancreas Cancer	14	396	50	16	+ 380
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	383	23	164	+ 220
Prostate Cancer	16	331	41	45	+ 286
Oral Cancer	17	309	32	70	+ 239
Diabetes Mellitus	18	301	5	1,273	- 971
Other Injuries	19	289	19	216	+ 73
Road Traffic Accidents	20	269	7	608	- 339
Suicide	21	255	15	370	- 115
Cervical Cancer	22	253	22	164	+ 89
Bladder Cancer	23	232	60	6	+ 225
Falls	24	203	34	62	+ 142
Lymphomas	25	187	31	77	+ 110
Leukemia	26	181	51	13	+ 168
Ovary Cancer	27	150	49	19	+ 130
Tuberculosis	28	137	6	649	- 512
Skin Cancers	29	135	37	52	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	30	102	28	103	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	31	100	38	47	+ 53
Drownings	32	80	30	83	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	72	29	90	- 18
Uterin Cancer	34	71	56	9	+ 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	59	43	37	+ 22
Fires	36	57	26	108	- 51
Alcohol	37	55	45	31	+ 25
Congenital Anomalies	38	50	16	287	- 238
Poisonings	39	49	42	42	+ 7
Drug Use	40	47	48	26	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	41	43	13	447	- 404
Epilepsy	42	42	36	56	- 14
Other Neoplasms	43	39	55	9	+ 30
Violence	44	34	14	389	- 355
Asthma	45	30	18	232	- 202
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	30	8	527	- 497
HIV/AIDS	47	30	1	4,950	- 4,920
Endocrine Disorders	48	26	27	103	- 77
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	19	80	0	+ 19
Malnutrition	50	19	21	171	- 152
Schizophrenia	51	14	86	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	13	66	1	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	13	46	30	- 17
Meningitis	54	10	25	108	- 98
Multiple Sclerosis	55	9	63	3	+ 6
Anemia	56	8	84	0	+ 8
Birth Trauma	57	5	17	261	- 256
Maternal Conditions	58	5	24	118	- 113
Hepatitis B	59	4	62	6	- 2
Appendicitis	60	3	57	8	- 5
Measles	61	1	68	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	62	1	59	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	64	0	82	0	+ 0
War	65	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	66	0	44	36	- 36
Tetanus	67	0	61	6	- 6
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 45
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	52	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Romania

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.