EL SALVADOR VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	13,388	9	842	+ 12,546
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,527	4	2,418	+ 2,109
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,414	1	5,814	- 1,399
Stroke	4	4,296	5	1,595	+ 2,701
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,442	7	1,385	+ 2,057
Tuberculosis	6	1,755	46	60	+ 1,695
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,646	8	1,347	+ 299
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,426	27	199	+ 1,227
Kidney Disease	9	1,370	3	4,726	- 3,356
Lung Disease	10	1,303	6	1,493	- 190
Hypertension	11	1,273	31	146	+ 1,127
Liver Disease	12	1,241	10	797	+ 444
Low Birth Weight	13	1,209	19	317	+ 892
Violence	14	1,053	2	5,485	- 4,433
Suicide	15	1,000	15	391	+ 610
Congenital Anomalies	16	777	14	449	+ 328
Birth Trauma	17	707	37	121	+ 586
Asthma	18	628	35	122	+ 506
Other Injuries	19	585	38	95	+ 490
Inflammatory/Heart	20	479	42	78	+ 401
Malnutrition	21	462	26	214	+ 248
Cervical Cancer	22	444	13	451	- 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	443	18	320	+ 123
Maternal Conditions	24	319	53	26	+ 292
Meningitis	25	293	51	36	+ 258
Fires	26	293	54	21	+ 272
Endocrine Disorders	27	278	25	223	+ 55
Oesophagus Cancer	28	278	41	80	+ 197
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	244	30	157	+ 87
Drownings	30	223	33	137	+ 87
Lymphomas	31	208	28	186	+ 22
Oral Cancer	32	189	39	94	+ 96
Breast Cancer	33	185	22	291	- 107
Falls	34	167	24	243	- 76
Liver Cancer	35	155	16	355	- 200
Epilepsy	36	152	48	50	+ 101
Skin Cancers	37	140	47	60	+ 81
Parkinson's Disease	38	128	44	70	+ 58
Lung Cancers	39	123	23	290	- 167
Pertussis	40	121	52	32	+ 88
Prostate Cancer	41	120	17	328	- 208
Poisonings	42	114	57	15	+ 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	100	65	6	+ 94
Syphilis	44	99	58	14	+ 84
Alcohol	45	83	12	648	- 565
Skin Disease	46	81	36	121	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	75	20	315	- 240
Drug Use	48	69	43	74	- 4
Ovary Cancer	49	52	40	93	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	50	44	29	161	- 117
Leukemia	51	35	21	312	- 276
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	29	59	14	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	53	28	11	702	- 674
Schistosomiasis	54	27	82	0	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	55	26	32	145	- 120
Uterin Cancer	56	25	50	39	- 14
Appendicitis	57	20	56	18	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	20	62	9	+ 12
Encephalitis	59	19	63	7	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	60	17	49	42	- 24
Tetanus	61	17	60	11	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	16	66	5	+ 11
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	64	7	+ 1
Malaria	64	2	80	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	76	0	+ 1
War	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	61	9	- 9
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	34	131	- 131
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	67	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Botswana

El Salvador

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.