MALAWI VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	43,957	1	12,839	+ 31,118
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,862	2	7,739	+ 7,124
Coronary Heart Disease	3	14,493	7	4,929	+ 9,564
Stroke	4	14,104	5	5,939	+ 8,165
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,302	14	2,267	+ 9,035
Tuberculosis	6	5,761	11	2,992	+ 2,769
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,404	4	6,221	- 818
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,681	6	5,782	- 1,101
Kidney Disease	9	4,497	19	1,567	+ 2,930
Lung Disease	10	4,277	21	1,340	+ 2,937
Hypertension	11	4,181	17	1,797	+ 2,385
Liver Disease	12	4,074	10	3,259	+ 815
Low Birth Weight	13	3,970	8	4,339	- 369
Violence	14	3,456	32	406	+ 3,050
Suicide	15	3,285	23	1,007	+ 2,278
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,551	13	2,509	+ 42
Birth Trauma	17	2,322	9	3,563	- 1,241
Asthma	18	2,062	26	705	+ 1,357
Other Injuries	19	1,921	22	1,266	+ 655
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,572	35	370	+ 1,201
Malnutrition	21	1,518	20	1,499	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	22	1,456	12	2,876	- 1,420
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,454	25	782	+ 671
Maternal Conditions	24	1,046	15	1,854	- 808
Meningitis	25	962	18	1,792	- 830
Fires	26	962	34	380	+ 583
Endocrine Disorders	27	912	42	257	+ 655
Oesophagus Cancer	28	912	16	1,842	- 930
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	800	39	280	+ 520
Drownings	30	733	30	458	+ 275
Lymphomas	31	682	24	839	- 156
Oral Cancer	32	622	43	251	+ 371
Breast Cancer	33	607	27	600	+ 7
Falls	34	547	28	562	- 15
Liver Cancer	35	508	38	317	+ 192
Epilepsy	36	498	41	260	+ 238
Skin Cancers	37	461	36	331	+ 130
Parkinson's Disease	38	420	46	200	+ 220
Lung Cancers	39	403	51	131	+ 273
Pertussis	40	396	31	436	- 40
Prostate Cancer	41	395	40	271	+ 125
Poisonings	42	375	37	325	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	329	49	154	+ 175
Syphilis	44	323	29	480	- 157
Alcohol	45	273	52	114	+ 159
Skin Disease	46	266	53	101	+ 164
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	245	44	234	+ 11
Drug Use	48	228	59	48	+ 181
Ovary Cancer	49	172	48	158	+ 14
Pancreas Cancer	50	143	60	38	+ 105
Leukemia	51	116	56	82	+ 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	94	61	29	+ 65
Stomach Cancer	53	91	45	206	- 115
Schistosomiasis	54	89	50	143	- 54
Other Neoplasms	55	84	63	17	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	56	83	62	23	+ 61
Appendicitis	57	67	54	94	- 26
Upper Respiratory	58	66	57	60	+ 6
Encephalitis	59	62	58	48	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	60	57	33	388	- 331
Tetanus	61	55	47	178	- 122
Hepatitis B	62	51	55	88	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	63	27	66	9	+ 18
Malaria	64	6	3	6,308	- 6,302
Chlamydia	65	5	70	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	5	64	15	- 10
Ascariasis	67	4	69	4	- 0
Measles	68	3	67	6	- 3
War	69	3	71	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	3	72	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	2	68	5	- 4
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	65	9	- 9
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	74	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	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Botswana

Malawi

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.