KUWAIT VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,339	48	7	+ 6,332
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,143	4	340	+ 1,803
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,090	1	2,325	- 235
Stroke	4	2,034	3	599	+ 1,435
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,630	6	242	+ 1,388
Tuberculosis	6	831	34	31	+ 800
Road Traffic Accidents	7	779	2	649	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	675	49	6	+ 669
Kidney Disease	9	648	8	204	+ 445
Lung Disease	10	617	21	84	+ 533
Hypertension	11	603	5	256	+ 347
Liver Disease	12	587	11	192	+ 396
Low Birth Weight	13	572	13	158	+ 415
Violence	14	498	23	75	+ 424
Suicide	15	474	18	122	+ 351
Congenital Anomalies	16	368	9	202	+ 166
Birth Trauma	17	335	47	7	+ 328
Asthma	18	297	40	21	+ 276
Other Injuries	19	277	22	83	+ 194
Inflammatory/Heart	20	227	31	36	+ 190
Malnutrition	21	219	60	0	+ 219
Cervical Cancer	22	210	33	32	+ 178
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	210	14	139	+ 70
Maternal Conditions	24	151	54	4	+ 147
Meningitis	25	139	45	9	+ 130
Fires	26	139	38	28	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	27	132	28	44	+ 88
Oesophagus Cancer	28	131	32	35	+ 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	115	43	14	+ 102
Drownings	30	106	41	19	+ 86
Lymphomas	31	98	15	132	- 33
Oral Cancer	32	90	24	74	+ 16
Breast Cancer	33	88	7	230	- 142
Falls	34	79	19	102	- 24
Liver Cancer	35	73	16	129	- 56
Epilepsy	36	72	39	22	+ 50
Skin Cancers	37	66	37	28	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	38	61	36	29	+ 32
Lung Cancers	39	58	12	161	- 103
Pertussis	40	57	63	0	+ 57
Prostate Cancer	41	57	26	58	- 1
Poisonings	42	54	42	16	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	47	46	8	+ 39
Syphilis	44	47	64	0	+ 47
Alcohol	45	39	44	12	+ 28
Skin Disease	46	38	53	4	+ 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	35	10	198	- 163
Drug Use	48	33	30	38	- 5
Ovary Cancer	49	25	29	41	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	50	21	20	89	- 68
Leukemia	51	17	17	123	- 106
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	14	56	1	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	53	13	25	72	- 59
Schistosomiasis	54	13	77	0	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	55	12	51	4	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	56	12	35	31	- 19
Appendicitis	57	10	55	1	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	58	10	62	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	9	52	4	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	60	8	27	52	- 44
Tetanus	61	8	66	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	62	7	58	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	50	5	- 1
Malaria	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	59	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Measles	68	0	61	0	+ 0
War	69	0	57	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Botswana

Kuwait

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.