BOTSWANA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,455	3	1,632	+ 823
War	2	1,565	69	0	+ 1,565
Stroke	3	1,164	4	1,588	- 424
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	895	2	1,674	- 779
Low Birth Weight	5	771	13	447	+ 324
Birth Trauma	6	655	17	261	+ 394
Tuberculosis	7	601	6	649	- 48
Hypertension	8	488	11	471	+ 18
Maternal Conditions	9	477	24	118	+ 359
Kidney Disease	10	403	9	506	- 104
Road Traffic Accidents	11	369	7	608	- 240
Diabetes Mellitus	12	351	5	1,273	- 921
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	339	8	527	- 188
Congenital Anomalies	14	305	16	287	+ 18
Lung Disease	15	284	10	482	- 198
Liver Disease	16	281	12	459	- 178
Asthma	17	208	18	232	- 24
Other Injuries	18	198	19	216	- 18
Violence	19	196	14	389	- 193
Meningitis	20	160	25	108	+ 52
Pertussis	21	129	40	45	+ 84
Breast Cancer	22	111	33	68	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	108	23	164	- 56
Suicide	24	96	15	370	- 274
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	92	29	90	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	26	92	53	10	+ 81
Oral Cancer	27	90	32	70	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	28	83	27	103	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	29	80	28	103	- 22
Tetanus	30	77	61	6	+ 70
Encephalitis	31	73	59	7	+ 66
Lung Cancers	32	66	39	45	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	64	43	37	+ 27
Drownings	34	61	30	83	- 22
Epilepsy	35	61	36	56	+ 5
Lymphomas	36	58	31	77	- 19
Falls	37	55	34	62	- 6
Hepatitis B	38	53	62	6	+ 47
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	45	47	28	+ 18
Liver Cancer	40	40	35	57	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	41	38	38	47	- 9
Leukemia	42	37	51	13	+ 24
Malnutrition	43	36	21	171	- 135
Cervical Cancer	44	33	22	164	- 131
Inflammatory/Heart	45	32	20	177	- 145
HIV/AIDS	46	28	1	4,950	- 4,921
Poisonings	47	23	42	42	- 19
Ovary Cancer	48	23	49	19	+ 3
Measles	49	21	68	0	+ 21
Fires	50	21	26	108	- 87
Drug Use	51	20	48	26	- 6
Appendicitis	52	18	57	8	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	53	18	56	9	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	54	17	60	6	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	55	16	41	45	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	56	14	50	16	- 2
Malaria	57	11	64	1	+ 11
Alcohol	58	9	45	31	- 22
Skin Cancers	59	9	37	52	- 43
Syphilis	60	6	44	36	- 31
Skin Disease	61	6	46	30	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	63	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	63	2	55	9	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	52	11	- 9
Ascariasis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Afghanistan

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.