MONTENEGRO VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		MONTENEGRO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,212	73	0	+ 1,212
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	410	12	81	+ 329
Coronary Heart Disease	3	399	2	1,748	- 1,348
Stroke	4	389	1	2,208	- 1,819
Diabetes Mellitus	5	312	6	174	+ 137
Tuberculosis	6	159	51	1	+ 158
Road Traffic Accidents	7	149	21	48	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	129	56	1	+ 128
Kidney Disease	9	124	7	147	- 23
Lung Disease	10	118	11	90	+ 28
Hypertension	11	115	18	55	+ 60
Liver Disease	12	112	17	57	+ 56
Low Birth Weight	13	109	43	5	+ 104
Violence	14	95	29	18	+ 78
Suicide	15	91	8	132	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	16	70	45	4	+ 67
Birth Trauma	17	64	41	6	+ 58
Asthma	18	57	46	4	+ 53
Other Injuries	19	53	23	29	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	20	43	4	311	- 268
Malnutrition	21	42	53	1	+ 41
Cervical Cancer	22	40	27	20	+ 20
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	40	5	227	- 187
Maternal Conditions	24	29	58	0	+ 28
Meningitis	25	27	49	1	+ 25
Fires	26	27	32	14	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	27	25	40	7	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	28	25	30	17	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	22	26	21	+ 2
Drownings	30	20	36	11	+ 10
Lymphomas	31	19	24	27	- 8
Oral Cancer	32	17	37	10	+ 7
Breast Cancer	33	17	9	127	- 110
Falls	34	15	14	67	- 52
Liver Cancer	35	14	20	50	- 36
Epilepsy	36	14	42	6	+ 8
Skin Cancers	37	13	35	12	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	38	12	15	66	- 55
Lung Cancers	39	11	3	340	- 329
Pertussis	40	11	55	1	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	41	11	13	75	- 65
Poisonings	42	10	44	4	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	9	34	13	- 4
Syphilis	44	9	59	0	+ 9
Alcohol	45	8	38	9	- 2
Skin Disease	46	7	54	1	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	7	10	113	- 106
Drug Use	48	6	31	14	- 8
Ovary Cancer	49	5	28	19	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	50	4	16	64	- 60
Leukemia	51	3	25	23	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	3	48	2	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	53	3	19	50	- 48
Schistosomiasis	54	2	69	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	55	2	47	2	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	56	2	33	14	- 11
Appendicitis	57	2	52	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	2	60	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	2	50	1	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	60	2	22	35	- 34
Tetanus	61	2	62	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	1	61	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	39	8	- 7
Malaria	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	67	0	+ 0
War	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	57	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONTENEGRO

Botswana

Montenegro

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.