LIBYA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	14,868	21	224	+ 14,644
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,027	9	744	+ 4,283
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,902	1	6,610	- 1,708
Stroke	4	4,771	2	2,603	+ 2,168
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,823	8	803	+ 3,019
Tuberculosis	6	1,949	7	812	+ 1,137
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,828	3	1,444	+ 384
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,583	40	92	+ 1,492
Kidney Disease	9	1,521	4	1,186	+ 335
Lung Disease	10	1,447	12	607	+ 840
Hypertension	11	1,414	6	915	+ 499
Liver Disease	12	1,378	11	630	+ 748
Low Birth Weight	13	1,343	18	359	+ 984
Violence	14	1,169	30	145	+ 1,024
Suicide	15	1,111	19	304	+ 807
Congenital Anomalies	16	863	14	493	+ 370
Birth Trauma	17	785	34	132	+ 653
Asthma	18	697	20	297	+ 400
Other Injuries	19	650	15	432	+ 218
Inflammatory/Heart	20	532	37	107	+ 424
Malnutrition	21	514	57	11	+ 503
Cervical Cancer	22	493	32	135	+ 358
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	492	10	743	- 251
Maternal Conditions	24	354	35	124	+ 230
Meningitis	25	326	47	41	+ 284
Fires	26	325	36	115	+ 210
Endocrine Disorders	27	308	29	153	+ 156
Oesophagus Cancer	28	308	49	33	+ 275
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	271	38	99	+ 172
Drownings	30	248	43	74	+ 174
Lymphomas	31	231	26	189	+ 42
Oral Cancer	32	210	41	81	+ 130
Breast Cancer	33	205	25	190	+ 15
Falls	34	185	24	204	- 19
Liver Cancer	35	172	28	153	+ 19
Epilepsy	36	169	44	67	+ 102
Skin Cancers	37	156	51	20	+ 136
Parkinson's Disease	38	142	27	159	- 17
Lung Cancers	39	136	13	592	- 456
Pertussis	40	134	55	17	+ 117
Prostate Cancer	41	134	39	96	+ 38
Poisonings	42	127	45	56	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	111	46	49	+ 62
Syphilis	44	109	61	6	+ 104
Alcohol	45	92	50	22	+ 71
Skin Disease	46	90	54	17	+ 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	83	16	427	- 344
Drug Use	48	77	17	371	- 294
Ovary Cancer	49	58	42	75	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	50	48	23	209	- 160
Leukemia	51	39	22	217	- 177
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	32	62	4	+ 28
Stomach Cancer	53	31	33	134	- 103
Schistosomiasis	54	30	59	9	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	55	28	58	10	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	56	28	60	8	+ 20
Appendicitis	57	23	56	15	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	58	22	67	0	+ 22
Encephalitis	59	21	53	19	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	60	19	31	136	- 117
Tetanus	61	19	64	1	+ 18
Hepatitis B	62	17	48	34	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	9	52	20	- 11
Malaria	64	2	76	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
War	69	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Diphtheria	70	1	68	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Botswana

Libya

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.