BOTSWANA VS TURKMENISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKMENISTAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,241	3	1,632	+ 2,609
Stroke	2	2,035	4	1,588	+ 447
HIV/AIDS	3	1,283	1	4,950	- 3,667
Liver Disease	4	861	12	459	+ 402
Low Birth Weight	5	495	13	447	+ 48
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	485	2	1,674	- 1,189
Birth Trauma	7	389	17	261	+ 127
Road Traffic Accidents	8	341	7	608	- 267
Congenital Anomalies	9	328	16	287	+ 41
Diabetes Mellitus	10	296	5	1,273	- 977
Inflammatory/Heart	11	283	20	177	+ 106
Kidney Disease	12	270	9	506	- 236
Tuberculosis	13	254	6	649	- 395
Hypertension	14	204	11	471	- 267
Stomach Cancer	15	189	53	10	+ 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	188	23	164	+ 24
Lung Cancers	17	178	39	45	+ 133
Breast Cancer	18	178	33	68	+ 110
Oesophagus Cancer	19	167	28	103	+ 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	149	8	527	- 378
Suicide	21	144	15	370	- 226
Other Injuries	22	143	19	216	- 73
Lung Disease	23	136	10	482	- 346
Liver Cancer	24	119	35	57	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	25	107	22	164	- 57
Oral Cancer	26	77	32	70	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	27	76	47	28	+ 48
Violence	28	72	14	389	- 317
Drownings	29	65	30	83	- 17
Alcohol	30	61	45	31	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	31	60	27	103	- 43
Leukemia	32	58	51	13	+ 45
Lymphomas	33	56	31	77	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	34	53	50	16	+ 37
Fires	35	52	26	108	- 56
Falls	36	44	34	62	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	44	29	90	- 46
Epilepsy	38	42	36	56	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	39	41	38	47	- 6
Ovary Cancer	40	40	49	19	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	39	43	37	+ 2
Encephalitis	42	31	59	7	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	43	29	60	6	+ 23
Meningitis	44	27	25	108	- 82
Prostate Cancer	45	25	41	45	- 19
Uterin Cancer	46	25	56	9	+ 15
Skin Cancers	47	23	37	52	- 29
Drug Use	48	20	48	26	- 6
Asthma	49	19	18	232	- 213
Poisonings	50	16	42	42	- 27
Hepatitis B	51	15	62	6	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	52	11	58	7	+ 3
Tetanus	53	7	61	6	+ 0
Skin Disease	54	4	46	30	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	55	4	63	3	+ 1
Malnutrition	56	3	21	171	- 168
Other Neoplasms	57	3	55	9	- 6
Appendicitis	58	3	57	8	- 5
Maternal Conditions	59	2	24	118	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	52	11	- 9
Pertussis	61	1	40	45	- 43
Leishmaniasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	66	1	+ 0
War	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	44	36	- 36
Dengue	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	10	- 10
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Turkmenistan

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.