HAITI VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	23,740	5	2,706	+ 21,034
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,027	3	7,064	+ 963
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,828	1	13,208	- 5,381
Stroke	4	7,617	2	11,779	- 4,162
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,104	4	5,026	+ 1,078
Tuberculosis	6	3,112	22	1,007	+ 2,104
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,918	13	2,115	+ 804
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,528	8	2,540	- 11
Kidney Disease	9	2,429	6	2,701	- 272
Lung Disease	10	2,310	11	2,334	- 24
Hypertension	11	2,258	7	2,632	- 374
Liver Disease	12	2,200	10	2,425	- 225
Low Birth Weight	13	2,144	9	2,516	- 372
Violence	14	1,867	12	2,330	- 463
Suicide	15	1,774	21	1,085	+ 689
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,378	15	1,819	- 441
Birth Trauma	17	1,254	14	2,100	- 846
Asthma	18	1,113	20	1,107	+ 6
Other Injuries	19	1,038	16	1,499	- 461
Inflammatory/Heart	20	849	25	941	- 92
Malnutrition	21	820	29	717	+ 103
Cervical Cancer	22	787	34	573	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	785	23	955	- 170
Maternal Conditions	24	565	18	1,349	- 784
Meningitis	25	520	28	780	- 260
Fires	26	520	37	470	+ 50
Endocrine Disorders	27	493	24	951	- 459
Oesophagus Cancer	28	492	49	155	+ 337
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	432	31	704	- 272
Drownings	30	396	19	1,306	- 910
Lymphomas	31	369	47	235	+ 133
Oral Cancer	32	336	45	261	+ 75
Breast Cancer	33	328	30	705	- 377
Falls	34	295	35	549	- 254
Liver Cancer	35	275	33	662	- 388
Epilepsy	36	269	41	409	- 139
Skin Cancers	37	249	56	56	+ 193
Parkinson's Disease	38	227	42	329	- 103
Lung Cancers	39	218	36	492	- 274
Pertussis	40	214	38	446	- 232
Prostate Cancer	41	214	17	1,356	- 1,143
Poisonings	42	203	50	154	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	178	27	814	- 636
Syphilis	44	175	46	251	- 77
Alcohol	45	147	39	428	- 280
Skin Disease	46	143	40	425	- 281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	132	32	680	- 548
Drug Use	48	123	52	140	- 17
Ovary Cancer	49	93	51	153	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	50	77	44	268	- 191
Leukemia	51	63	43	300	- 238
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	51	58	37	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	53	49	26	863	- 814
Schistosomiasis	54	48	76	0	+ 48
Other Neoplasms	55	45	60	31	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	56	45	57	42	+ 3
Appendicitis	57	36	48	172	- 135
Upper Respiratory	58	36	63	19	+ 17
Encephalitis	59	33	54	118	- 84
Bladder Cancer	60	31	55	92	- 61
Tetanus	61	30	53	119	- 89
Hepatitis B	62	28	62	26	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	61	28	- 14
Malaria	64	3	59	36	- 33
Chlamydia	65	3	68	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	7	- 5
Ascariasis	67	2	67	5	- 3
Measles	68	2	74	0	+ 2
War	69	2	66	5	- 4
Diphtheria	70	1	69	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	70	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	64	17	- 17
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Botswana

Haiti

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.