BENIN VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	29,685	11	2,263	+ 27,422
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,037	1	10,205	- 168
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,788	5	5,397	+ 4,390
Stroke	4	9,525	4	5,855	+ 3,670
Diabetes Mellitus	5	7,632	14	1,912	+ 5,720
Tuberculosis	6	3,891	23	919	+ 2,972
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,649	8	3,162	+ 487
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,161	3	6,830	- 3,669
Kidney Disease	9	3,037	13	1,929	+ 1,108
Lung Disease	10	2,889	17	1,220	+ 1,669
Hypertension	11	2,824	19	1,088	+ 1,735
Liver Disease	12	2,751	9	2,447	+ 304
Low Birth Weight	13	2,681	6	4,908	- 2,227
Violence	14	2,334	28	726	+ 1,608
Suicide	15	2,218	22	922	+ 1,296
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,723	10	2,265	- 542
Birth Trauma	17	1,568	7	3,950	- 2,382
Asthma	18	1,392	24	891	+ 502
Other Injuries	19	1,298	15	1,532	- 235
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,061	33	457	+ 604
Malnutrition	21	1,025	21	928	+ 98
Cervical Cancer	22	983	30	669	+ 315
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	982	29	715	+ 267
Maternal Conditions	24	706	20	1,039	- 333
Meningitis	25	650	12	1,967	- 1,317
Fires	26	650	35	431	+ 219
Endocrine Disorders	27	616	16	1,454	- 838
Oesophagus Cancer	28	616	39	326	+ 290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	540	34	442	+ 98
Drownings	30	495	31	570	- 75
Lymphomas	31	461	36	387	+ 74
Oral Cancer	32	420	49	156	+ 264
Breast Cancer	33	410	27	784	- 374
Falls	34	369	32	543	- 174
Liver Cancer	35	343	40	322	+ 22
Epilepsy	36	337	37	369	- 32
Skin Cancers	37	311	54	102	+ 210
Parkinson's Disease	38	283	43	212	+ 72
Lung Cancers	39	272	59	66	+ 206
Pertussis	40	267	18	1,168	- 900
Prostate Cancer	41	267	25	867	- 600
Poisonings	42	254	42	307	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	222	45	197	+ 25
Syphilis	44	218	51	150	+ 68
Alcohol	45	184	58	85	+ 99
Skin Disease	46	179	52	144	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	165	41	311	- 146
Drug Use	48	154	44	197	- 43
Ovary Cancer	49	116	56	86	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	50	97	48	177	- 80
Leukemia	51	78	46	196	- 117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	63	67	11	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	53	62	38	361	- 299
Schistosomiasis	54	60	47	183	- 123
Other Neoplasms	55	57	63	20	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	56	56	55	99	- 43
Appendicitis	57	45	60	45	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	58	45	64	17	+ 27
Encephalitis	59	42	57	85	- 43
Bladder Cancer	60	38	61	43	- 5
Tetanus	61	37	50	156	- 119
Hepatitis B	62	35	53	143	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	63	18	66	16	+ 3
Malaria	64	4	2	7,037	- 7,033
Chlamydia	65	3	70	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	17	- 14
Ascariasis	67	3	62	40	- 37
Measles	68	2	26	788	- 786
War	69	2	69	2	- 0
Diphtheria	70	2	68	10	- 9
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Botswana

Benin

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.