BOTSWANA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,126	3	1,632	+ 1,494
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,927	23	164	+ 1,763
Stroke	3	1,516	4	1,588	- 73
Lung Cancers	4	1,387	39	45	+ 1,341
Lung Disease	5	1,317	10	482	+ 836
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,162	2	1,674	- 512
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	681	47	28	+ 653
Kidney Disease	8	604	9	506	+ 98
Breast Cancer	9	529	33	68	+ 461
Suicide	10	432	15	370	+ 62
Other Injuries	11	410	19	216	+ 194
Other Neoplasms	12	374	55	9	+ 365
Prostate Cancer	13	373	41	45	+ 329
Pancreas Cancer	14	370	50	16	+ 354
Falls	15	359	34	62	+ 298
Lymphomas	16	318	31	77	+ 241
Liver Disease	17	293	12	459	- 166
Endocrine Disorders	18	293	27	103	+ 190
Parkinson's Disease	19	282	38	47	+ 235
Diabetes Mellitus	20	260	5	1,273	- 1,013
Leukemia	21	245	51	13	+ 232
Bladder Cancer	22	221	60	6	+ 214
Inflammatory/Heart	23	217	20	177	+ 40
Liver Cancer	24	200	35	57	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	25	184	28	103	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	26	177	53	10	+ 166
Hypertension	27	151	11	471	- 319
Oral Cancer	28	138	32	70	+ 68
Road Traffic Accidents	29	136	7	608	- 472
Ovary Cancer	30	134	49	19	+ 114
Skin Cancers	31	107	37	52	+ 55
Alcohol	32	102	45	31	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	85	8	527	- 442
Uterin Cancer	34	79	56	9	+ 69
Skin Disease	35	78	46	30	+ 48
Epilepsy	36	71	36	56	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	60	43	37	+ 23
Malnutrition	38	59	21	171	- 112
Drug Use	39	59	48	26	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	40	58	16	287	- 230
Cervical Cancer	41	50	22	164	- 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	43	29	90	- 47
Anemia	43	41	84	0	+ 41
Violence	44	31	14	389	- 359
Multiple Sclerosis	45	30	63	3	+ 27
Asthma	46	26	18	232	- 206
Drownings	47	16	30	83	- 66
Fires	48	15	26	108	- 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	15	52	11	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	50	14	13	447	- 433
Osteoarthritis	51	12	81	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	52	11	66	1	+ 10
Birth Trauma	53	10	17	261	- 252
Tuberculosis	54	9	6	649	- 639
Poisonings	55	8	42	42	- 34
Schizophrenia	56	8	86	0	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	57	7	1	4,950	- 4,942
Meningitis	58	6	25	108	- 103
Upper Respiratory	59	5	58	7	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	80	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	3	57	8	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	3	62	6	- 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	24	118	- 117
Otitis Media	65	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	7	- 7
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	40	45	- 44
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	44	36	- 36
Chlamydia	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	76	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

Belgium

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.