DJIBOUTI VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		DJIBOUTI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,010	5	348	+ 1,661
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	679	3	671	+ 9
Coronary Heart Disease	3	663	1	687	- 25
Stroke	4	645	2	680	- 35
Diabetes Mellitus	5	517	7	284	+ 232
Tuberculosis	6	263	9	243	+ 21
Road Traffic Accidents	7	247	11	229	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	214	4	364	- 150
Kidney Disease	9	206	13	186	+ 19
Lung Disease	10	196	16	120	+ 75
Hypertension	11	191	12	211	- 20
Liver Disease	12	186	6	295	- 108
Low Birth Weight	13	181	8	251	- 70
Violence	14	158	24	64	+ 94
Suicide	15	150	19	94	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	16	117	18	113	+ 4
Birth Trauma	17	106	15	166	- 60
Asthma	18	94	22	68	+ 26
Other Injuries	19	88	10	233	- 145
Inflammatory/Heart	20	72	28	45	+ 27
Malnutrition	21	69	14	170	- 100
Cervical Cancer	22	67	29	40	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	66	21	90	- 24
Maternal Conditions	24	48	31	40	+ 8
Meningitis	25	44	17	117	- 73
Fires	26	44	33	33	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	27	42	38	25	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	28	42	36	27	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	37	34	32	+ 5
Drownings	30	34	35	28	+ 5
Lymphomas	31	31	30	40	- 9
Oral Cancer	32	28	45	17	+ 12
Breast Cancer	33	28	20	91	- 63
Falls	34	25	26	45	- 20
Liver Cancer	35	23	43	19	+ 4
Epilepsy	36	23	37	26	- 3
Skin Cancers	37	21	53	12	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	38	19	41	23	- 3
Lung Cancers	39	18	42	20	- 2
Pertussis	40	18	25	50	- 31
Prostate Cancer	41	18	44	17	+ 1
Poisonings	42	17	39	25	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	15	48	15	+ 0
Syphilis	44	15	52	13	+ 2
Alcohol	45	12	49	15	- 2
Skin Disease	46	12	55	12	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	11	32	38	- 26
Drug Use	48	10	54	12	- 2
Ovary Cancer	49	8	40	23	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	50	7	58	6	+ 1
Leukemia	51	5	27	45	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	4	62	3	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	53	4	50	14	- 10
Schistosomiasis	54	4	64	3	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	4	65	2	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	56	4	60	4	- 0
Appendicitis	57	3	57	6	- 3
Upper Respiratory	58	3	61	4	- 1
Encephalitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
Bladder Cancer	60	3	47	15	- 13
Tetanus	61	3	46	16	- 14
Hepatitis B	62	2	56	8	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	67	2	- 0
Malaria	64	0	23	66	- 66
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	66	2	- 2
War	69	0	63	3	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	51	14	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DJIBOUTI

Botswana

Djibouti

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.