JORDAN VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	22,569	63	2	+ 22,567
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,631	8	937	+ 6,693
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,441	1	4,856	+ 2,585
Stroke	4	7,241	2	2,908	+ 4,333
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,803	4	1,684	+ 4,119
Tuberculosis	6	2,958	53	12	+ 2,946
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,774	3	1,717	+ 1,057
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,403	30	152	+ 2,251
Kidney Disease	9	2,309	6	1,494	+ 815
Lung Disease	10	2,196	15	444	+ 1,752
Hypertension	11	2,147	5	1,532	+ 615
Liver Disease	12	2,092	14	494	+ 1,598
Low Birth Weight	13	2,038	10	857	+ 1,181
Violence	14	1,775	21	269	+ 1,506
Suicide	15	1,686	28	165	+ 1,521
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,310	9	934	+ 376
Birth Trauma	17	1,192	20	271	+ 921
Asthma	18	1,059	35	114	+ 944
Other Injuries	19	987	19	294	+ 693
Inflammatory/Heart	20	807	38	74	+ 733
Malnutrition	21	780	51	15	+ 765
Cervical Cancer	22	748	41	64	+ 684
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	746	11	706	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	24	537	44	53	+ 484
Meningitis	25	494	37	78	+ 416
Fires	26	494	29	153	+ 341
Endocrine Disorders	27	468	26	180	+ 288
Oesophagus Cancer	28	468	42	63	+ 405
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	411	40	67	+ 344
Drownings	30	376	36	107	+ 269
Lymphomas	31	350	18	323	+ 27
Oral Cancer	32	319	31	143	+ 177
Breast Cancer	33	312	12	686	- 374
Falls	34	281	24	191	+ 90
Liver Cancer	35	261	25	186	+ 75
Epilepsy	36	256	46	49	+ 207
Skin Cancers	37	237	49	38	+ 199
Parkinson's Disease	38	215	27	169	+ 46
Lung Cancers	39	207	7	1,059	- 852
Pertussis	40	203	43	55	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	41	203	33	131	+ 72
Poisonings	42	193	47	47	+ 146
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	169	50	22	+ 147
Syphilis	44	166	45	52	+ 114
Alcohol	45	140	55	11	+ 129
Skin Disease	46	136	48	42	+ 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	126	13	616	- 491
Drug Use	48	117	34	115	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	49	88	32	139	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	50	74	22	245	- 172
Leukemia	51	60	16	370	- 310
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	48	61	4	+ 44
Stomach Cancer	53	47	17	365	- 318
Schistosomiasis	54	46	62	3	+ 43
Other Neoplasms	55	43	57	9	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	56	43	39	74	- 31
Appendicitis	57	35	58	8	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	58	34	69	0	+ 34
Encephalitis	59	32	52	14	+ 18
Bladder Cancer	60	29	23	213	- 183
Tetanus	61	28	56	11	+ 18
Hepatitis B	62	26	60	4	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	63	14	54	12	+ 2
Malaria	64	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	64	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	2	68	0	+ 2
Measles	68	2	65	1	+ 1
War	69	2	59	6	- 5
Diphtheria	70	1	67	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	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 JORDAN

Botswana

Jordan

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.