COSTA RICA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,635	25	192	+ 10,443
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,596	7	836	+ 2,760
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,507	1	2,639	+ 867
Stroke	4	3,412	2	1,624	+ 1,788
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,734	5	953	+ 1,781
Tuberculosis	6	1,394	50	32	+ 1,362
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,307	9	746	+ 562
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,133	39	87	+ 1,045
Kidney Disease	9	1,088	3	1,482	- 394
Lung Disease	10	1,035	4	1,046	- 12
Hypertension	11	1,012	6	863	+ 149
Liver Disease	12	986	18	370	+ 616
Low Birth Weight	13	960	28	178	+ 783
Violence	14	836	11	635	+ 201
Suicide	15	795	15	407	+ 388
Congenital Anomalies	16	617	21	315	+ 302
Birth Trauma	17	562	47	48	+ 514
Asthma	18	499	45	60	+ 438
Other Injuries	19	465	13	571	- 106
Inflammatory/Heart	20	380	26	191	+ 189
Malnutrition	21	367	48	37	+ 331
Cervical Cancer	22	352	29	159	+ 193
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	352	8	818	- 467
Maternal Conditions	24	253	55	17	+ 236
Meningitis	25	233	54	18	+ 215
Fires	26	233	58	10	+ 223
Endocrine Disorders	27	221	27	183	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	28	221	44	61	+ 160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	194	42	74	+ 120
Drownings	30	177	37	97	+ 81
Lymphomas	31	165	19	356	- 191
Oral Cancer	32	150	38	96	+ 54
Breast Cancer	33	147	16	384	- 237
Falls	34	132	35	116	+ 16
Liver Cancer	35	123	17	382	- 259
Epilepsy	36	121	34	116	+ 4
Skin Cancers	37	112	31	137	- 25
Parkinson's Disease	38	102	30	138	- 37
Lung Cancers	39	98	20	343	- 246
Pertussis	40	96	69	0	+ 96
Prostate Cancer	41	96	14	448	- 352
Poisonings	42	91	60	5	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	80	49	32	+ 47
Syphilis	44	78	65	1	+ 77
Alcohol	45	66	33	126	- 60
Skin Disease	46	64	32	126	- 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	59	12	621	- 561
Drug Use	48	55	43	63	- 8
Ovary Cancer	49	42	40	80	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	50	35	22	294	- 259
Leukemia	51	28	24	262	- 234
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	23	46	55	- 32
Stomach Cancer	53	22	10	661	- 638
Schistosomiasis	54	22	76	0	+ 22
Other Neoplasms	55	20	23	266	- 245
Uterin Cancer	56	20	41	80	- 60
Appendicitis	57	16	52	22	- 5
Upper Respiratory	58	16	62	3	+ 13
Encephalitis	59	15	63	3	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	60	14	36	100	- 86
Tetanus	61	13	74	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	62	12	59	7	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	57	11	- 4
Malaria	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	64	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	75	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Botswana

Costa Rica

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.