BOTSWANA VS SOUTH KOREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH KOREA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,320	3	1,632	- 312
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,254	2	1,674	- 420
Stroke	3	1,204	4	1,588	- 384
Lung Cancers	4	955	39	45	+ 909
Suicide	5	689	15	370	+ 319
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	571	23	164	+ 408
Liver Cancer	7	545	35	57	+ 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	479	47	28	+ 451
Kidney Disease	9	476	9	506	- 31
Stomach Cancer	10	406	53	10	+ 396
Lung Disease	11	401	10	482	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	12	329	50	16	+ 313
Diabetes Mellitus	13	321	5	1,273	- 952
Liver Disease	14	299	12	459	- 160
Road Traffic Accidents	15	207	7	608	- 401
Parkinson's Disease	16	186	38	47	+ 139
Hypertension	17	175	11	471	- 296
Other Injuries	18	171	19	216	- 45
Lymphomas	19	164	31	77	+ 87
Falls	20	138	34	62	+ 76
Breast Cancer	21	136	33	68	+ 67
Prostate Cancer	22	109	41	45	+ 64
Leukemia	23	101	51	13	+ 88
Tuberculosis	24	92	6	649	- 557
Endocrine Disorders	25	89	27	103	- 14
Other Neoplasms	26	85	55	9	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	27	83	60	6	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	28	82	28	103	- 21
Oral Cancer	29	69	32	70	- 1
Ovary Cancer	30	63	49	19	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	31	62	20	177	- 115
Asthma	32	54	18	232	- 178
Alcohol	33	51	45	31	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	34	50	22	164	- 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	44	8	527	- 483
Skin Disease	36	33	46	30	+ 3
Skin Cancers	37	28	37	52	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	25	29	90	- 65
Hepatitis B	39	25	62	6	+ 19
Epilepsy	40	25	36	56	- 31
Congenital Anomalies	41	24	16	287	- 263
Drownings	42	24	30	83	- 59
Uterin Cancer	43	20	56	9	+ 10
Violence	44	18	14	389	- 371
Low Birth Weight	45	17	13	447	- 430
Anemia	46	15	84	0	+ 15
Fires	47	12	26	108	- 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	11	43	37	- 27
Hepatitis C	49	8	66	1	+ 7
Drug Use	50	7	48	26	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	7	52	11	- 4
Poisonings	52	5	42	42	- 37
Malnutrition	53	4	21	171	- 167
Birth Trauma	54	4	17	261	- 257
HIV/AIDS	55	4	1	4,950	- 4,946
Schizophrenia	56	4	86	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	3	57	8	- 5
Meningitis	58	2	25	108	- 106
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	2	80	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	24	118	- 116
Syphilis	62	1	44	36	- 35
Upper Respiratory	63	1	58	7	- 6
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	59	7	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	0	63	3	- 3
Pertussis	67	0	40	45	- 44
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	61	6	- 6
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Malaria	71	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	54	10	- 10
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	74	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	81	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

South Korea

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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.