LUXEMBOURG VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,356	52	2	+ 1,353
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	458	8	111	+ 347
Coronary Heart Disease	3	447	1	655	- 208
Stroke	4	435	4	257	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	5	349	17	61	+ 287
Tuberculosis	6	178	55	2	+ 176
Road Traffic Accidents	7	167	30	25	+ 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	144	42	6	+ 138
Kidney Disease	9	139	9	91	+ 48
Lung Disease	10	132	5	242	- 110
Hypertension	11	129	19	54	+ 75
Liver Disease	12	126	12	75	+ 51
Low Birth Weight	13	122	49	3	+ 119
Violence	14	107	48	3	+ 103
Suicide	15	101	13	69	+ 32
Congenital Anomalies	16	79	37	10	+ 68
Birth Trauma	17	72	59	1	+ 71
Asthma	18	64	45	5	+ 59
Other Injuries	19	59	10	88	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	20	48	23	49	- 1
Malnutrition	21	47	32	19	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	22	45	38	10	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	45	2	298	- 253
Maternal Conditions	24	32	63	0	+ 32
Meningitis	25	30	58	1	+ 29
Fires	26	30	51	3	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	27	28	21	53	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	28	28	28	32	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	25	41	7	+ 18
Drownings	30	23	54	2	+ 21
Lymphomas	31	21	14	64	- 43
Oral Cancer	32	19	33	19	+ 0
Breast Cancer	33	19	7	113	- 95
Falls	34	17	18	61	- 44
Liver Cancer	35	16	25	49	- 33
Epilepsy	36	15	35	17	- 1
Skin Cancers	37	14	31	22	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	38	13	16	62	- 49
Lung Cancers	39	12	3	260	- 247
Pertussis	40	12	68	0	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	41	12	15	64	- 51
Poisonings	42	12	56	1	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	10	34	19	- 9
Syphilis	44	10	66	0	+ 10
Alcohol	45	8	29	25	- 17
Skin Disease	46	8	44	5	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	8	6	131	- 124
Drug Use	48	7	39	9	- 2
Ovary Cancer	49	5	27	35	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	50	4	11	82	- 77
Leukemia	51	4	20	53	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	3	53	2	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	53	3	22	51	- 48
Schistosomiasis	54	3	80	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	3	24	49	- 46
Uterin Cancer	56	3	36	16	- 13
Appendicitis	57	2	62	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	2	61	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	60	2	26	44	- 42
Tetanus	61	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	60	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	46	4	- 3
Malaria	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	47	4	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	70	0	+ 0
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	64	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	8	- 8
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	43	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Botswana

Luxembourg

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.