AUSTRIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	18,113	49	41	+ 18,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,124	13	1,563	+ 4,561
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,972	1	17,638	- 11,665
Stroke	4	5,812	2	5,208	+ 603
Diabetes Mellitus	5	4,657	9	2,093	+ 2,564
Tuberculosis	6	2,374	50	41	+ 2,333
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,227	31	436	+ 1,791
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,929	40	152	+ 1,777
Kidney Disease	9	1,853	8	2,247	- 394
Lung Disease	10	1,763	5	4,107	- 2,344
Hypertension	11	1,723	6	3,601	- 1,878
Liver Disease	12	1,679	16	1,366	+ 313
Low Birth Weight	13	1,636	51	40	+ 1,596
Violence	14	1,424	47	47	+ 1,378
Suicide	15	1,353	17	1,307	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,051	34	327	+ 724
Birth Trauma	17	957	54	34	+ 923
Asthma	18	850	45	81	+ 769
Other Injuries	19	792	12	1,700	- 909
Inflammatory/Heart	20	648	14	1,515	- 868
Malnutrition	21	626	46	71	+ 555
Cervical Cancer	22	600	37	205	+ 395
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	599	4	4,174	- 3,575
Maternal Conditions	24	431	64	4	+ 427
Meningitis	25	397	58	22	+ 375
Fires	26	396	52	36	+ 361
Endocrine Disorders	27	376	20	1,077	- 702
Oesophagus Cancer	28	376	32	406	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	330	42	142	+ 188
Drownings	30	302	48	42	+ 260
Lymphomas	31	281	18	1,167	- 886
Oral Cancer	32	256	27	614	- 358
Breast Cancer	33	250	11	1,857	- 1,607
Falls	34	225	21	982	- 757
Liver Cancer	35	210	22	922	- 712
Epilepsy	36	205	36	222	- 17
Skin Cancers	37	190	28	585	- 395
Parkinson's Disease	38	173	19	1,102	- 930
Lung Cancers	39	166	3	4,217	- 4,051
Pertussis	40	163	70	0	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	41	163	15	1,501	- 1,338
Poisonings	42	155	60	15	+ 140
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	136	33	379	- 243
Syphilis	44	133	66	1	+ 132
Alcohol	45	112	29	538	- 426
Skin Disease	46	109	43	99	+ 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	101	7	2,324	- 2,223
Drug Use	48	94	39	161	- 67
Ovary Cancer	49	71	30	513	- 443
Pancreas Cancer	50	59	10	1,901	- 1,842
Leukemia	51	48	23	878	- 831
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	39	53	35	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	53	38	24	817	- 779
Schistosomiasis	54	37	74	0	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	55	35	25	814	- 780
Uterin Cancer	56	34	35	275	- 241
Appendicitis	57	28	59	15	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	58	27	55	26	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	25	68	1	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	60	23	26	617	- 594
Tetanus	61	23	72	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	62	21	62	8	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	63	11	38	170	- 159
Malaria	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	41	147	- 145
Ascariasis	67	2	79	0	+ 2
Measles	68	1	73	0	+ 1
War	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	65	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	99	- 99
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	63	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Botswana

Austria

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.