BOTSWANA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,098	4	1,588	+ 1,510
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,882	3	1,632	+ 1,250
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,095	5	1,273	+ 822
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,782	2	1,674	+ 109
Prostate Cancer	5	1,330	41	45	+ 1,285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	927	47	28	+ 899
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	919	23	164	+ 756
Breast Cancer	8	766	33	68	+ 698
Endocrine Disorders	9	752	27	103	+ 649
Kidney Disease	10	744	9	506	+ 237
Other Injuries	11	633	19	216	+ 416
Lung Disease	12	595	10	482	+ 113
Hypertension	13	580	11	471	+ 109
Skin Disease	14	503	46	30	+ 473
Lymphomas	15	409	31	77	+ 332
Lung Cancers	16	344	39	45	+ 298
Inflammatory/Heart	17	314	20	177	+ 137
Pancreas Cancer	18	312	50	16	+ 296
Violence	19	261	14	389	- 129
Leukemia	20	234	51	13	+ 221
HIV/AIDS	21	227	1	4,950	- 4,723
Stomach Cancer	22	223	53	10	+ 213
Cervical Cancer	23	222	22	164	+ 58
Other Neoplasms	24	208	55	9	+ 199
Road Traffic Accidents	25	189	7	608	- 419
Liver Disease	26	184	12	459	- 275
Uterin Cancer	27	171	56	9	+ 161
Oral Cancer	28	144	32	70	+ 74
Congenital Anomalies	29	144	16	287	- 143
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	140	80	0	+ 140
Parkinson's Disease	31	132	38	47	+ 85
Ovary Cancer	32	125	49	19	+ 106
Liver Cancer	33	116	35	57	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	114	29	90	+ 24
Asthma	35	105	18	232	- 128
Oesophagus Cancer	36	93	28	103	- 10
Anemia	37	90	84	0	+ 90
Epilepsy	38	76	36	56	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	39	76	60	6	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	55	8	527	- 472
Falls	41	53	34	62	- 8
Low Birth Weight	42	43	13	447	- 404
Birth Trauma	43	42	17	261	- 220
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	37	52	11	+ 27
Meningitis	45	35	25	108	- 74
Alcohol	46	33	45	31	+ 2
Skin Cancers	47	32	37	52	- 20
Poisonings	48	17	42	42	- 26
Malnutrition	49	16	21	171	- 155
Osteoarthritis	50	16	81	0	+ 16
Suicide	51	14	15	370	- 356
Hepatitis B	52	13	62	6	+ 7
Drug Use	53	12	48	26	- 14
Dengue	54	11	76	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	9	43	37	- 28
Maternal Conditions	56	9	24	118	- 108
Drownings	57	9	30	83	- 74
Upper Respiratory	58	8	58	7	+ 1
Schizophrenia	59	8	86	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	60	8	6	649	- 641
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	63	3	+ 3
Fires	62	5	26	108	- 104
Oral conditions	63	5	82	0	+ 5
Syphilis	64	3	44	36	- 33
Appendicitis	65	3	57	8	- 5
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	40	45	- 45
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	61	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	59	7	- 7
Hepatitis C	83	0	66	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Barbados

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.