BOTSWANA VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,820	3	1,632	+ 3,188
Stroke	2	1,423	4	1,588	- 165
Lung Cancers	3	1,152	39	45	+ 1,107
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,141	23	164	+ 977
Lung Disease	5	1,122	10	482	+ 641
Hypertension	6	984	11	471	+ 513
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	635	47	28	+ 607
Kidney Disease	8	614	9	506	+ 108
Diabetes Mellitus	9	572	5	1,273	- 701
Pancreas Cancer	10	520	50	16	+ 503
Breast Cancer	11	507	33	68	+ 439
Other Injuries	12	465	19	216	+ 248
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	427	2	1,674	- 1,246
Inflammatory/Heart	14	414	20	177	+ 237
Prostate Cancer	15	410	41	45	+ 366
Liver Disease	16	373	12	459	- 85
Suicide	17	357	15	370	- 13
Lymphomas	18	319	31	77	+ 242
Parkinson's Disease	19	301	38	47	+ 254
Endocrine Disorders	20	294	27	103	+ 192
Falls	21	268	34	62	+ 207
Liver Cancer	22	252	35	57	+ 195
Leukemia	23	240	51	13	+ 227
Stomach Cancer	24	223	53	10	+ 213
Other Neoplasms	25	223	55	9	+ 213
Bladder Cancer	26	169	60	6	+ 162
Oral Cancer	27	168	32	70	+ 98
Skin Cancers	28	160	37	52	+ 108
Alcohol	29	147	45	31	+ 116
Ovary Cancer	30	140	49	19	+ 121
Road Traffic Accidents	31	119	7	608	- 489
Oesophagus Cancer	32	111	28	103	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	103	43	37	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	34	89	16	287	- 198
Uterin Cancer	35	75	56	9	+ 66
Epilepsy	36	61	36	56	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	37	56	22	164	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	38	46	63	3	+ 43
Drug Use	39	44	48	26	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	42	8	527	- 486
Hepatitis C	41	40	66	1	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	39	29	90	- 51
Skin Disease	43	27	46	30	- 3
Anemia	44	27	84	0	+ 27
Asthma	45	22	18	232	- 210
Malnutrition	46	19	21	171	- 152
Violence	47	13	14	389	- 376
Drownings	48	12	30	83	- 71
HIV/AIDS	49	11	1	4,950	- 4,939
Tuberculosis	50	11	6	649	- 638
Low Birth Weight	51	11	13	447	- 436
Fires	52	10	26	108	- 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	52	11	- 1
Birth Trauma	54	9	17	261	- 252
Upper Respiratory	55	7	58	7	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	57	6	81	0	+ 6
Meningitis	58	6	25	108	- 102
Appendicitis	59	4	57	8	- 3
Poisonings	60	4	42	42	- 38
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	62	6	- 3
Schizophrenia	63	1	86	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	24	118	- 117
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	44	36	- 36
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	40	45	- 45
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Austria

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.