BULGARIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,699	54	20	+ 13,680
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,632	9	1,396	+ 3,236
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,517	1	36,513	- 31,996
Stroke	4	4,396	2	21,347	- 16,952
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,522	11	1,344	+ 2,178
Tuberculosis	6	1,796	38	104	+ 1,692
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,684	17	647	+ 1,037
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,459	51	27	+ 1,432
Kidney Disease	9	1,401	7	1,855	- 453
Lung Disease	10	1,333	4	3,993	- 2,660
Hypertension	11	1,303	3	5,916	- 4,613
Liver Disease	12	1,270	8	1,804	- 534
Low Birth Weight	13	1,237	37	116	+ 1,121
Violence	14	1,077	41	84	+ 993
Suicide	15	1,024	15	681	+ 343
Congenital Anomalies	16	795	32	160	+ 635
Birth Trauma	17	724	47	40	+ 684
Asthma	18	643	50	28	+ 615
Other Injuries	19	599	21	437	+ 161
Inflammatory/Heart	20	490	24	409	+ 80
Malnutrition	21	473	67	1	+ 472
Cervical Cancer	22	454	22	422	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	453	33	147	+ 306
Maternal Conditions	24	326	59	6	+ 320
Meningitis	25	300	49	31	+ 269
Fires	26	300	36	124	+ 176
Endocrine Disorders	27	284	34	146	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	28	284	31	195	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	249	30	276	- 27
Drownings	30	228	35	129	+ 99
Lymphomas	31	213	19	499	- 287
Oral Cancer	32	194	25	408	- 214
Breast Cancer	33	189	10	1,358	- 1,168
Falls	34	170	26	381	- 211
Liver Cancer	35	158	16	664	- 505
Epilepsy	36	155	39	93	+ 62
Skin Cancers	37	144	28	328	- 185
Parkinson's Disease	38	131	29	284	- 153
Lung Cancers	39	126	5	3,288	- 3,162
Pertussis	40	123	72	0	+ 123
Prostate Cancer	41	123	14	1,016	- 892
Poisonings	42	117	48	38	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	103	43	56	+ 46
Syphilis	44	101	66	2	+ 99
Alcohol	45	85	46	44	+ 41
Skin Disease	46	83	44	53	+ 30
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	76	6	2,591	- 2,515
Drug Use	48	71	42	76	- 5
Ovary Cancer	49	53	23	420	- 367
Pancreas Cancer	50	45	13	1,063	- 1,018
Leukemia	51	36	20	460	- 424
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	29	60	5	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	53	28	12	1,175	- 1,146
Schistosomiasis	54	28	83	0	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	55	26	40	93	- 67
Uterin Cancer	56	26	27	369	- 343
Appendicitis	57	21	57	7	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	58	21	61	4	+ 16
Encephalitis	59	19	63	3	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	60	18	18	637	- 619
Tetanus	61	17	69	0	+ 17
Hepatitis B	62	16	53	22	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	45	52	- 43
Malaria	64	2	81	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	56	10	- 8
Ascariasis	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	70	0	+ 1
War	69	1	64	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	74	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	68	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	65	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	62	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	25	- 25
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	15	- 15
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Botswana

Bulgaria

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.