BOTSWANA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,299	3	1,632	+ 667
Stroke	2	1,035	4	1,588	- 554
War	3	985	69	0	+ 984
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	913	2	1,674	- 760
Low Birth Weight	5	672	13	447	+ 225
Road Traffic Accidents	6	653	7	608	+ 44
Birth Trauma	7	453	17	261	+ 191
Hypertension	8	404	11	471	- 67
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	333	8	527	- 194
Congenital Anomalies	10	327	16	287	+ 40
Lung Disease	11	244	10	482	- 238
Measles	12	230	68	0	+ 230
Liver Disease	13	220	12	459	- 238
Violence	14	216	14	389	- 173
Kidney Disease	15	204	9	506	- 302
Other Injuries	16	170	19	216	- 47
Asthma	17	161	18	232	- 72
Tuberculosis	18	145	6	649	- 504
Diabetes Mellitus	19	137	5	1,273	- 1,136
Malaria	20	131	64	1	+ 130
Suicide	21	130	15	370	- 240
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	107	23	164	- 57
Pertussis	23	94	40	45	+ 50
Falls	24	89	34	62	+ 28
Drownings	25	87	30	83	+ 5
Breast Cancer	26	86	33	68	+ 18
Malnutrition	27	81	21	171	- 90
Meningitis	28	78	25	108	- 31
Fires	29	76	26	108	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	70	47	28	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	31	69	53	10	+ 59
Maternal Conditions	32	68	24	118	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	64	29	90	- 27
Leukemia	34	59	51	13	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	35	58	28	103	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	36	56	27	103	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	54	43	37	+ 17
Drug Use	38	47	48	26	+ 21
Liver Cancer	39	46	35	57	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	40	45	20	177	- 132
Lung Cancers	41	43	39	45	- 2
Oral Cancer	42	42	32	70	- 28
Epilepsy	43	41	36	56	- 15
Poisonings	44	41	42	42	- 2
Lymphomas	45	33	31	77	- 44
HIV/AIDS	46	30	1	4,950	- 4,920
Tetanus	47	30	61	6	+ 24
Encephalitis	48	28	59	7	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	49	28	38	47	- 20
Hepatitis B	50	23	62	6	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	51	22	50	16	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	52	14	49	19	- 5
Syphilis	53	13	44	36	- 23
Appendicitis	54	12	57	8	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	12	60	6	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	56	9	54	10	- 1
Cervical Cancer	57	9	22	164	- 155
Skin Cancers	58	8	37	52	- 44
Alcohol	59	6	45	31	- 25
Dengue	60	5	76	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	46	30	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	3	+ 0
Prostate Cancer	63	3	41	45	- 42
Other Neoplasms	64	2	55	9	- 8
Ascariasis	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	52	11	- 10
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	1	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	56	9	- 9
Upper Respiratory	70	0	58	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	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
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	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.