BOTSWANA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,823	3	1,632	+ 1,191
Stroke	2	1,737	4	1,588	+ 149
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,264	5	1,273	- 9
Lung Disease	4	668	10	482	+ 186
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	623	2	1,674	- 1,051
Kidney Disease	6	616	9	506	+ 110
Hypertension	7	350	11	471	- 121
Liver Disease	8	321	12	459	- 138
Lung Cancers	9	311	39	45	+ 265
Road Traffic Accidents	10	301	7	608	- 307
Suicide	11	290	15	370	- 80
Asthma	12	244	18	232	+ 12
Breast Cancer	13	225	33	68	+ 157
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	222	23	164	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	15	206	16	287	- 81
Low Birth Weight	16	192	13	447	- 255
Stomach Cancer	17	188	53	10	+ 177
Measles	18	182	68	0	+ 182
Drownings	19	155	30	83	+ 72
Other Injuries	20	151	19	216	- 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	140	8	527	- 387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	139	47	28	+ 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	133	43	37	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	24	125	41	45	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	25	117	49	19	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	102	29	90	+ 12
Falls	27	93	34	62	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	28	86	38	47	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	29	84	20	177	- 93
Liver Cancer	30	79	35	57	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	31	71	27	103	- 32
Cervical Cancer	32	69	22	164	- 95
Lymphomas	33	66	31	77	- 11
Violence	34	65	14	389	- 324
Birth Trauma	35	64	17	261	- 198
Uterin Cancer	36	62	56	9	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	37	62	24	118	- 56
Bladder Cancer	38	56	60	6	+ 50
Oral Cancer	39	51	32	70	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	40	43	50	16	+ 27
Skin Disease	41	40	46	30	+ 11
Leukemia	42	37	51	13	+ 24
Malnutrition	43	33	21	171	- 138
Meningitis	44	28	25	108	- 80
Epilepsy	45	27	36	56	- 29
Alcohol	46	25	45	31	- 6
Skin Cancers	47	23	37	52	- 29
Fires	48	21	26	108	- 87
Syphilis	49	21	44	36	- 16
Tuberculosis	50	20	6	649	- 628
Oesophagus Cancer	51	11	28	103	- 92
Poisonings	52	10	42	42	- 32
Other Neoplasms	53	8	55	9	- 2
Encephalitis	54	7	59	7	- 0
Drug Use	55	6	48	26	- 19
Appendicitis	56	5	57	8	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	4	62	6	- 2
Pertussis	58	3	40	45	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	52	11	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	63	3	- 1
Dengue	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
War	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	65	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	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.