MAURITANIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,742	25	231	+ 8,511
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,956	1	2,756	+ 200
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,882	4	1,636	+ 1,247
Stroke	4	2,805	6	1,307	+ 1,498
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,248	12	594	+ 1,653
Tuberculosis	6	1,146	9	717	+ 429
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,075	8	1,158	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	931	3	1,656	- 725
Kidney Disease	9	894	15	555	+ 339
Lung Disease	10	851	23	275	+ 576
Hypertension	11	831	22	286	+ 545
Liver Disease	12	810	13	586	+ 225
Low Birth Weight	13	789	2	2,014	- 1,225
Violence	14	687	16	491	+ 196
Suicide	15	653	30	141	+ 512
Congenital Anomalies	16	507	10	665	- 158
Birth Trauma	17	462	7	1,204	- 743
Asthma	18	410	29	170	+ 240
Other Injuries	19	382	19	343	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	20	313	36	110	+ 203
Malnutrition	21	302	17	462	- 160
Cervical Cancer	22	290	20	333	- 44
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	289	24	251	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	24	208	11	639	- 431
Meningitis	25	191	18	357	- 166
Fires	26	191	33	123	+ 68
Endocrine Disorders	27	181	27	197	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	28	181	54	30	+ 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	159	38	83	+ 76
Drownings	30	146	35	116	+ 30
Lymphomas	31	136	43	65	+ 71
Oral Cancer	32	124	48	45	+ 79
Breast Cancer	33	121	28	189	- 68
Falls	34	109	31	140	- 31
Liver Cancer	35	101	21	312	- 210
Epilepsy	36	99	39	75	+ 25
Skin Cancers	37	92	46	50	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	38	83	41	69	+ 14
Lung Cancers	39	80	44	60	+ 20
Pertussis	40	79	14	574	- 496
Prostate Cancer	41	79	34	118	- 40
Poisonings	42	75	42	67	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	65	52	34	+ 32
Syphilis	44	64	26	204	- 139
Alcohol	45	54	58	16	+ 38
Skin Disease	46	53	47	47	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	49	37	110	- 61
Drug Use	48	45	40	71	- 26
Ovary Cancer	49	34	49	43	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	50	28	51	39	- 10
Leukemia	51	23	55	22	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	19	64	4	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	53	18	32	132	- 114
Schistosomiasis	54	18	59	14	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	55	17	62	7	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	56	17	57	17	- 0
Appendicitis	57	13	60	9	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	58	13	68	3	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	12	53	33	- 21
Bladder Cancer	60	11	50	42	- 31
Tetanus	61	11	45	58	- 47
Hepatitis B	62	10	56	22	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	63	5	63	5	+ 0
Malaria	64	1	5	1,423	- 1,421
Chlamydia	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	66	3	- 2
Measles	68	1	61	9	- 8
War	69	1	70	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	65	3	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Botswana

Mauritania

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.