BOTSWANA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,973	3	1,632	+ 341
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,427	23	164	+ 1,263
Stroke	3	946	4	1,588	- 642
Lung Cancers	4	803	39	45	+ 757
Lung Disease	5	777	10	482	+ 295
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	568	47	28	+ 541
Diabetes Mellitus	7	409	5	1,273	- 863
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	407	2	1,674	- 1,267
Prostate Cancer	9	345	41	45	+ 300
Breast Cancer	10	312	33	68	+ 243
Suicide	11	288	15	370	- 81
Kidney Disease	12	287	9	506	- 219
Pancreas Cancer	13	285	50	16	+ 269
Falls	14	285	34	62	+ 224
Lymphomas	15	278	31	77	+ 201
Endocrine Disorders	16	213	27	103	+ 110
Skin Cancers	17	212	37	52	+ 160
Leukemia	18	195	51	13	+ 182
Parkinson's Disease	19	186	38	47	+ 139
Liver Cancer	20	186	35	57	+ 129
Drug Use	21	163	48	26	+ 138
Other Injuries	22	150	19	216	- 66
Hypertension	23	149	11	471	- 321
Inflammatory/Heart	24	144	20	177	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	25	137	28	103	+ 34
Liver Disease	26	130	12	459	- 329
Stomach Cancer	27	118	53	10	+ 108
Other Neoplasms	28	115	55	9	+ 105
Road Traffic Accidents	29	114	7	608	- 495
Bladder Cancer	30	109	60	6	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	31	92	49	19	+ 72
Oral Cancer	32	89	32	70	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	33	65	16	287	- 222
Skin Disease	34	54	46	30	+ 25
Uterin Cancer	35	48	56	9	+ 39
Asthma	36	42	18	232	- 190
Alcohol	37	35	45	31	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	35	43	37	- 2
Cervical Cancer	39	31	22	164	- 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	27	8	527	- 500
Epilepsy	41	26	36	56	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	25	29	90	- 65
Low Birth Weight	43	23	13	447	- 424
Violence	44	22	14	389	- 367
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	21	52	11	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	46	17	63	3	+ 14
Drownings	47	16	30	83	- 66
Hepatitis C	48	16	66	1	+ 15
Anemia	49	14	84	0	+ 14
Birth Trauma	50	13	17	261	- 249
Malnutrition	51	11	21	171	- 160
Osteoarthritis	52	10	81	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	80	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	54	6	86	0	+ 6
Fires	55	5	26	108	- 103
Tuberculosis	56	5	6	649	- 644
HIV/AIDS	57	5	1	4,950	- 4,945
Hepatitis B	58	4	62	6	- 2
Oral conditions	59	4	82	0	+ 4
Meningitis	60	3	25	108	- 105
Poisonings	61	3	42	42	- 39
Appendicitis	62	2	57	8	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	118	- 116
Upper Respiratory	64	2	58	7	- 6
War	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	44	36	- 36
Encephalitis	68	0	59	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 44
Tetanus	70	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Australia

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.