LESOTHO VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,499	1	4,767	- 268
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,521	2	3,214	- 1,693
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,483	5	2,101	- 617
Stroke	4	1,444	3	2,817	- 1,373
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,157	6	2,000	- 843
Tuberculosis	6	590	8	1,208	- 619
Road Traffic Accidents	7	553	16	678	- 125
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	479	4	2,354	- 1,875
Kidney Disease	9	460	10	1,015	- 554
Lung Disease	10	438	9	1,102	- 664
Hypertension	11	428	11	990	- 562
Liver Disease	12	417	14	792	- 375
Low Birth Weight	13	406	12	957	- 550
Violence	14	354	13	924	- 570
Suicide	15	336	7	1,539	- 1,203
Congenital Anomalies	16	261	19	389	- 128
Birth Trauma	17	238	15	717	- 480
Asthma	18	211	17	678	- 467
Other Injuries	19	197	18	533	- 336
Inflammatory/Heart	20	161	23	305	- 144
Malnutrition	21	155	21	357	- 202
Cervical Cancer	22	149	20	372	- 223
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	149	29	194	- 45
Maternal Conditions	24	107	24	292	- 185
Meningitis	25	99	22	318	- 219
Fires	26	98	26	269	- 170
Endocrine Disorders	27	93	27	235	- 142
Oesophagus Cancer	28	93	37	73	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	82	25	279	- 197
Drownings	30	75	28	200	- 125
Lymphomas	31	70	36	78	- 8
Oral Cancer	32	64	42	52	+ 12
Breast Cancer	33	62	34	97	- 35
Falls	34	56	31	128	- 72
Liver Cancer	35	52	39	71	- 19
Epilepsy	36	51	30	143	- 92
Skin Cancers	37	47	46	46	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	38	43	41	55	- 12
Lung Cancers	39	41	43	51	- 10
Pertussis	40	41	44	51	- 10
Prostate Cancer	41	40	35	81	- 40
Poisonings	42	38	33	111	- 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	32	126	- 92
Syphilis	44	33	45	50	- 17
Alcohol	45	28	38	71	- 43
Skin Disease	46	27	40	70	- 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	25	48	40	- 15
Drug Use	48	23	50	32	- 8
Ovary Cancer	49	18	53	24	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	50	15	58	12	+ 2
Leukemia	51	12	49	39	- 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	10	56	18	- 8
Stomach Cancer	53	9	60	11	- 1
Schistosomiasis	54	9	76	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	55	9	62	9	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	9	54	23	- 15
Appendicitis	57	7	52	25	- 18
Upper Respiratory	58	7	55	18	- 11
Encephalitis	59	6	57	14	- 7
Bladder Cancer	60	6	61	10	- 4
Tetanus	61	6	47	45	- 39
Hepatitis B	62	5	51	27	- 21
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	63	6	- 3
Malaria	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	0	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	66	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 0
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 11
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	75	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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Botswana

Lesotho

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.