MAURITIUS VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,647	13	141	+ 2,506
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	895	7	346	+ 549
Coronary Heart Disease	3	873	2	1,805	- 932
Stroke	4	849	3	985	- 136
Diabetes Mellitus	5	681	1	1,873	- 1,193
Tuberculosis	6	347	45	17	+ 330
Road Traffic Accidents	7	325	11	155	+ 170
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	282	42	23	+ 259
Kidney Disease	9	271	4	724	- 453
Lung Disease	10	258	5	646	- 389
Hypertension	11	252	6	592	- 340
Liver Disease	12	245	12	145	+ 100
Low Birth Weight	13	239	35	37	+ 202
Violence	14	208	41	30	+ 178
Suicide	15	198	14	120	+ 78
Congenital Anomalies	16	154	25	57	+ 97
Birth Trauma	17	140	36	37	+ 103
Asthma	18	124	17	107	+ 17
Other Injuries	19	116	21	66	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	20	95	16	108	- 13
Malnutrition	21	91	54	4	+ 88
Cervical Cancer	22	88	30	49	+ 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	88	34	42	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	24	63	48	11	+ 52
Meningitis	25	58	57	2	+ 56
Fires	26	58	50	10	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	27	55	19	101	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	28	55	37	35	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	48	43	22	+ 26
Drownings	30	44	33	43	+ 1
Lymphomas	31	41	24	57	- 16
Oral Cancer	32	37	23	63	- 26
Breast Cancer	33	37	8	232	- 196
Falls	34	33	26	57	- 24
Liver Cancer	35	31	27	56	- 26
Epilepsy	36	30	38	35	- 5
Skin Cancers	37	28	53	5	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	38	25	47	12	+ 14
Lung Cancers	39	24	9	182	- 158
Pertussis	40	24	66	0	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	41	24	15	115	- 91
Poisonings	42	23	49	11	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	20	56	3	+ 17
Syphilis	44	19	67	0	+ 19
Alcohol	45	16	29	53	- 37
Skin Disease	46	16	22	64	- 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	15	10	182	- 167
Drug Use	48	14	46	16	- 2
Ovary Cancer	49	10	32	46	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	50	9	28	55	- 46
Leukemia	51	7	31	48	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	60	1	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	53	5	18	104	- 99
Schistosomiasis	54	5	69	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	55	5	20	77	- 72
Uterin Cancer	56	5	40	32	- 27
Appendicitis	57	4	59	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	58	4	63	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	4	61	1	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	60	3	44	21	- 17
Tetanus	61	3	76	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Malaria	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	51	9	- 9
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	77	0	+ 0
War	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	39	33	- 33
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	52	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Botswana

Mauritius

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.