BOTSWANA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,843	3	1,632	+ 1,211
Stroke	2	1,219	4	1,588	- 369
Road Traffic Accidents	3	469	7	608	- 140
Hypertension	4	436	11	471	- 35
Kidney Disease	5	392	9	506	- 114
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	380	2	1,674	- 1,294
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	294	23	164	+ 130
Low Birth Weight	8	284	13	447	- 163
Diabetes Mellitus	9	244	5	1,273	- 1,029
Lung Disease	10	243	10	482	- 238
Congenital Anomalies	11	227	16	287	- 60
Lung Cancers	12	205	39	45	+ 159
Birth Trauma	13	198	17	261	- 63
Breast Cancer	14	181	33	68	+ 112
Liver Disease	15	181	12	459	- 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	164	47	28	+ 136
Tuberculosis	17	148	6	649	- 501
Asthma	18	106	18	232	- 126
Stomach Cancer	19	106	53	10	+ 96
Lymphomas	20	96	31	77	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	21	74	60	6	+ 68
Other Injuries	22	73	19	216	- 143
Falls	23	69	34	62	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	24	65	38	47	+ 18
Leukemia	25	60	51	13	+ 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	58	8	527	- 469
Cervical Cancer	27	57	22	164	- 107
Suicide	28	56	15	370	- 314
Prostate Cancer	29	56	41	45	+ 11
Drug Use	30	51	48	26	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	31	51	50	16	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	32	48	27	103	- 54
Maternal Conditions	33	48	24	118	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	34	43	20	177	- 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	38	29	90	- 53
Violence	36	37	14	389	- 352
Skin Cancers	37	37	37	52	- 15
Oral Cancer	38	36	32	70	- 34
Fires	39	33	26	108	- 75
Ovary Cancer	40	32	49	19	+ 13
Liver Cancer	41	29	35	57	- 29
Drownings	42	23	30	83	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	19	43	37	- 18
Epilepsy	44	18	36	56	- 38
Meningitis	45	17	25	108	- 92
Oesophagus Cancer	46	16	28	103	- 86
Poisonings	47	15	42	42	- 27
HIV/AIDS	48	10	1	4,950	- 4,940
Pertussis	49	9	40	45	- 36
Hepatitis B	50	9	62	6	+ 3
Encephalitis	51	8	59	7	+ 1
Skin Disease	52	6	46	30	- 24
Malnutrition	53	4	21	171	- 167
Alcohol	54	4	45	31	- 26
Appendicitis	55	4	57	8	- 3
Uterin Cancer	56	4	56	9	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	57	4	63	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	3	55	9	- 6
Measles	59	3	68	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	3	61	6	- 4
Syphilis	61	2	44	36	- 34
War	62	2	69	0	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	63	1	54	10	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	52	11	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Algeria

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.