BOTSWANA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	950	2	1,674	- 724
Stroke	2	910	4	1,588	- 678
Road Traffic Accidents	3	669	7	608	+ 60
Coronary Heart Disease	4	649	3	1,632	- 983
Malaria	5	593	64	1	+ 593
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	561	8	527	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	7	508	1	4,950	- 4,441
Liver Disease	8	458	12	459	- 0
Low Birth Weight	9	394	13	447	- 53
Birth Trauma	10	340	17	261	+ 78
Diabetes Mellitus	11	334	5	1,273	- 938
Congenital Anomalies	12	320	16	287	+ 32
Lung Disease	13	280	10	482	- 202
Hypertension	14	244	11	471	- 227
Kidney Disease	15	217	9	506	- 289
Malnutrition	16	210	21	171	+ 39
Other Injuries	17	170	19	216	- 47
Cervical Cancer	18	169	22	164	+ 5
Meningitis	19	152	25	108	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	20	140	53	10	+ 130
Maternal Conditions	21	130	24	118	+ 12
Asthma	22	129	18	232	- 103
Liver Cancer	23	127	35	57	+ 70
Suicide	24	127	15	370	- 243
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	118	23	164	- 45
Tuberculosis	26	112	6	649	- 536
Breast Cancer	27	108	33	68	+ 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	106	47	28	+ 79
Violence	29	99	14	389	- 291
Lymphomas	30	81	31	77	+ 4
Falls	31	74	34	62	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	32	71	41	45	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	65	29	90	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	34	62	20	177	- 115
Leukemia	35	57	51	13	+ 44
Drownings	36	51	30	83	- 31
Oral Cancer	37	49	32	70	- 21
Fires	38	49	26	108	- 60
Lung Cancers	39	42	39	45	- 3
Poisonings	40	40	42	42	- 3
Endocrine Disorders	41	39	27	103	- 63
Pertussis	42	39	40	45	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	43	38	50	16	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	44	38	28	103	- 64
Epilepsy	45	34	36	56	- 22
Syphilis	46	31	44	36	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	47	26	38	47	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	24	43	37	- 13
Alcohol	49	23	45	31	- 8
Skin Cancers	50	20	37	52	- 32
Schistosomiasis	51	20	54	10	+ 10
Skin Disease	52	18	46	30	- 11
Ovary Cancer	53	17	49	19	- 3
Appendicitis	54	13	57	8	+ 5
Hepatitis B	55	12	62	6	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	56	10	56	9	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	10	58	7	+ 3
Tetanus	58	9	61	6	+ 3
Measles	59	9	68	0	+ 9
Drug Use	60	8	48	26	- 18
Encephalitis	61	7	59	7	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	62	6	60	6	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	52	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	64	3	55	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 0
War	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

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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.