ERITREA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,813	25	308	+ 12,506
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,332	1	3,277	+ 1,056
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,225	4	2,154	+ 2,071
Stroke	4	4,111	2	2,564	+ 1,547
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,294	7	944	+ 2,350
Tuberculosis	6	1,679	14	543	+ 1,136
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,575	5	1,326	+ 249
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,365	3	2,292	- 928
Kidney Disease	9	1,311	12	578	+ 733
Lung Disease	10	1,247	9	662	+ 585
Hypertension	11	1,219	8	926	+ 293
Liver Disease	12	1,187	6	1,215	- 27
Low Birth Weight	13	1,157	16	531	+ 626
Violence	14	1,008	20	384	+ 623
Suicide	15	957	21	382	+ 576
Congenital Anomalies	16	744	18	432	+ 312
Birth Trauma	17	677	11	616	+ 60
Asthma	18	601	22	326	+ 275
Other Injuries	19	560	15	540	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	20	458	32	123	+ 335
Malnutrition	21	443	10	660	- 217
Cervical Cancer	22	425	30	132	+ 292
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	424	24	310	+ 114
Maternal Conditions	24	305	13	544	- 239
Meningitis	25	281	19	404	- 124
Fires	26	280	31	132	+ 149
Endocrine Disorders	27	266	43	71	+ 195
Oesophagus Cancer	28	266	39	81	+ 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	233	27	147	+ 86
Drownings	30	214	33	118	+ 96
Lymphomas	31	199	28	147	+ 52
Oral Cancer	32	181	44	71	+ 110
Breast Cancer	33	177	23	311	- 135
Falls	34	159	26	168	- 9
Liver Cancer	35	148	45	69	+ 79
Epilepsy	36	145	38	81	+ 64
Skin Cancers	37	134	56	30	+ 105
Parkinson's Disease	38	122	37	85	+ 38
Lung Cancers	39	118	46	62	+ 56
Pertussis	40	115	36	90	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	41	115	47	54	+ 61
Poisonings	42	109	34	114	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	96	41	77	+ 19
Syphilis	44	94	54	35	+ 59
Alcohol	45	79	49	45	+ 34
Skin Disease	46	77	50	45	+ 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	71	35	113	- 42
Drug Use	48	66	53	36	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	49	50	40	79	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	50	42	58	20	+ 22
Leukemia	51	34	29	144	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	27	64	12	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	53	27	48	48	- 22
Schistosomiasis	54	26	42	73	- 47
Other Neoplasms	55	24	66	6	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	56	24	61	18	+ 7
Appendicitis	57	20	55	31	- 12
Upper Respiratory	58	19	60	18	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	18	62	16	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	60	17	51	42	- 25
Tetanus	61	16	52	37	- 21
Hepatitis B	62	15	57	28	- 13
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	67	4	+ 4
Malaria	64	2	17	437	- 435
Chlamydia	65	1	70	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	6	- 5
Ascariasis	67	1	68	2	- 1
Measles	68	1	63	13	- 12
War	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	69	2	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	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	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	59	19	- 19
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	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Botswana

Eritrea

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.