GABON VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,959	2	1,128	+ 3,831
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,677	4	966	+ 711
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,635	3	1,019	+ 616
Stroke	4	1,591	5	896	+ 695
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,275	6	643	+ 632
Tuberculosis	6	650	1	1,819	- 1,169
Road Traffic Accidents	7	610	8	518	+ 91
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	528	14	318	+ 210
Kidney Disease	9	507	12	384	+ 124
Lung Disease	10	483	16	215	+ 267
Hypertension	11	472	11	412	+ 59
Liver Disease	12	460	10	416	+ 43
Low Birth Weight	13	448	9	494	- 47
Violence	14	390	17	184	+ 206
Suicide	15	371	18	183	+ 188
Congenital Anomalies	16	288	15	285	+ 2
Birth Trauma	17	262	13	362	- 101
Asthma	18	233	28	90	+ 142
Other Injuries	19	217	22	140	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	20	177	24	101	+ 76
Malnutrition	21	171	33	78	+ 94
Cervical Cancer	22	164	26	96	+ 68
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	164	19	152	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	24	118	21	145	- 27
Meningitis	25	109	23	113	- 4
Fires	26	109	39	39	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	27	103	25	98	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	28	103	44	35	+ 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	90	41	36	+ 54
Drownings	30	83	38	42	+ 41
Lymphomas	31	77	49	32	+ 45
Oral Cancer	32	70	34	69	+ 1
Breast Cancer	33	68	27	92	- 24
Falls	34	62	30	84	- 23
Liver Cancer	35	57	35	53	+ 5
Epilepsy	36	56	40	37	+ 19
Skin Cancers	37	52	46	34	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	38	47	36	47	+ 0
Lung Cancers	39	45	29	87	- 42
Pertussis	40	45	31	81	- 37
Prostate Cancer	41	45	32	80	- 35
Poisonings	42	42	50	28	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	37	54	20	+ 17
Syphilis	44	36	47	33	+ 4
Alcohol	45	31	56	19	+ 11
Skin Disease	46	30	52	22	+ 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	28	37	43	- 15
Drug Use	48	26	45	34	- 8
Ovary Cancer	49	19	51	27	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	50	16	53	21	- 4
Leukemia	51	13	57	17	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	63	6	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	53	10	48	32	- 22
Schistosomiasis	54	10	58	14	- 4
Other Neoplasms	55	9	64	5	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	56	9	55	19	- 10
Appendicitis	57	8	61	7	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	7	66	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	7	60	7	- 0
Bladder Cancer	60	6	43	35	- 28
Tetanus	61	6	59	8	- 2
Hepatitis B	62	6	62	7	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	67	2	+ 1
Malaria	64	1	7	540	- 539
Chlamydia	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	20	146	- 146
War	69	0	65	3	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Botswana

Gabon

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.