BOTSWANA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,132	3	1,632	- 500
Violence	2	859	14	389	+ 470
Diabetes Mellitus	3	829	5	1,273	- 444
Stroke	4	748	4	1,588	- 841
HIV/AIDS	5	702	1	4,950	- 4,247
Kidney Disease	6	603	9	506	+ 97
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	569	2	1,674	- 1,105
Road Traffic Accidents	8	519	7	608	- 90
Liver Disease	9	340	12	459	- 119
Prostate Cancer	10	279	41	45	+ 234
Lung Disease	11	271	10	482	- 211
Hypertension	12	270	11	471	- 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	264	23	164	+ 100
Other Injuries	14	209	19	216	- 7
Lung Cancers	15	180	39	45	+ 134
Suicide	16	163	15	370	- 207
Cervical Cancer	17	162	22	164	- 2
Drownings	18	140	30	83	+ 58
Liver Cancer	19	140	35	57	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	20	137	53	10	+ 126
Congenital Anomalies	21	136	16	287	- 151
Endocrine Disorders	22	133	27	103	+ 30
Breast Cancer	23	128	33	68	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	118	47	28	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	25	116	13	447	- 331
Inflammatory/Heart	26	106	20	177	- 71
Falls	27	76	34	62	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	28	65	38	47	+ 18
Malnutrition	29	58	21	171	- 113
Alcohol	30	57	45	31	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	31	55	50	16	+ 39
Birth Trauma	32	54	17	261	- 207
Tuberculosis	33	52	6	649	- 597
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	51	8	527	- 476
Asthma	35	45	18	232	- 187
Epilepsy	36	45	36	56	- 11
Skin Disease	37	32	46	30	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	30	29	90	- 60
Leukemia	39	23	51	13	+ 10
Fires	40	21	26	108	- 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	43	37	- 17
Maternal Conditions	42	14	24	118	- 104
Oesophagus Cancer	43	13	28	103	- 90
Appendicitis	44	9	57	8	+ 1
Poisonings	45	8	42	42	- 34
Meningitis	46	8	25	108	- 100
Drug Use	47	8	48	26	- 17
Encephalitis	48	8	59	7	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	52	11	- 4
Lymphomas	50	6	31	77	- 70
Uterin Cancer	51	6	56	9	- 3
Ovary Cancer	52	6	49	19	- 14
Other Neoplasms	53	5	55	9	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	63	3	- 1
Dengue	55	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	62	6	- 5
Chagas disease	57	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	58	7	- 7
Tetanus	59	1	61	6	- 6
War	60	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	66	1	- 0
Syphilis	62	0	44	36	- 36
Pertussis	63	0	40	45	- 44
Ascariasis	64	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	65	0	65	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	37	52	- 52
Oral Cancer	67	0	32	70	- 70
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	54	10	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	84	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	60	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Belize

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.