GAMBIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,097	2	1,125	+ 3,972
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,723	1	1,340	+ 383
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,680	3	1,007	+ 674
Stroke	4	1,635	4	802	+ 833
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,310	15	290	+ 1,021
Tuberculosis	6	668	10	445	+ 223
Road Traffic Accidents	7	627	6	695	- 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	543	9	626	- 83
Kidney Disease	9	521	16	266	+ 256
Lung Disease	10	496	19	206	+ 290
Hypertension	11	485	22	172	+ 313
Liver Disease	12	472	14	323	+ 149
Low Birth Weight	13	460	8	662	- 201
Violence	14	401	20	195	+ 206
Suicide	15	381	25	113	+ 268
Congenital Anomalies	16	296	11	383	- 87
Birth Trauma	17	269	5	754	- 485
Asthma	18	239	24	134	+ 105
Other Injuries	19	223	21	194	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	20	182	32	59	+ 123
Malnutrition	21	176	26	110	+ 66
Cervical Cancer	22	169	23	145	+ 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	169	28	89	+ 80
Maternal Conditions	24	121	13	345	- 224
Meningitis	25	112	18	229	- 117
Fires	26	112	31	67	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	27	106	17	230	- 124
Oesophagus Cancer	28	106	54	5	+ 100
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	93	33	56	+ 36
Drownings	30	85	30	69	+ 16
Lymphomas	31	79	51	12	+ 68
Oral Cancer	32	72	71	0	+ 72
Breast Cancer	33	70	40	26	+ 44
Falls	34	63	29	83	- 20
Liver Cancer	35	59	12	377	- 318
Epilepsy	36	58	35	43	+ 15
Skin Cancers	37	53	68	0	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	38	49	37	34	+ 14
Lung Cancers	39	47	38	34	+ 13
Pertussis	40	46	27	99	- 53
Prostate Cancer	41	46	43	21	+ 25
Poisonings	42	44	36	42	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	38	41	24	+ 14
Syphilis	44	38	34	55	- 17
Alcohol	45	32	50	12	+ 20
Skin Disease	46	31	44	19	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	28	52	11	+ 18
Drug Use	48	26	39	28	- 1
Ovary Cancer	49	20	61	2	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	50	17	53	6	+ 11
Leukemia	51	13	59	2	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	62	2	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	53	11	47	14	- 3
Schistosomiasis	54	10	42	23	- 12
Other Neoplasms	55	10	57	3	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	56	10	66	1	+ 9
Appendicitis	57	8	55	5	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	8	64	2	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	7	48	14	- 6
Bladder Cancer	60	7	56	4	+ 2
Tetanus	61	6	45	18	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	6	46	14	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	58	3	+ 0
Malaria	64	1	7	674	- 673
Chlamydia	65	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 1
Measles	68	0	49	13	- 13
War	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	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	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	2	- 2
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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Botswana

Gambia

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.