NEW ZEALAND VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,424	57	10	+ 10,414
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,525	7	920	+ 2,605
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,437	1	5,095	- 1,658
Stroke	4	3,345	3	2,378	+ 967
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,680	8	769	+ 1,912
Tuberculosis	6	1,366	52	17	+ 1,349
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,281	16	458	+ 824
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,110	37	81	+ 1,029
Kidney Disease	9	1,066	17	432	+ 634
Lung Disease	10	1,014	5	1,815	- 800
Hypertension	11	992	20	327	+ 665
Liver Disease	12	966	32	158	+ 808
Low Birth Weight	13	941	38	78	+ 863
Violence	14	820	42	57	+ 762
Suicide	15	779	15	528	+ 251
Congenital Anomalies	16	605	30	176	+ 429
Birth Trauma	17	551	54	15	+ 536
Asthma	18	489	36	91	+ 398
Other Injuries	19	456	28	218	+ 238
Inflammatory/Heart	20	373	23	313	+ 60
Malnutrition	21	360	55	14	+ 346
Cervical Cancer	22	345	41	61	+ 285
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	345	2	3,032	- 2,687
Maternal Conditions	24	248	63	5	+ 243
Meningitis	25	228	59	9	+ 219
Fires	26	228	53	17	+ 211
Endocrine Disorders	27	216	21	325	- 108
Oesophagus Cancer	28	216	25	279	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	190	39	70	+ 119
Drownings	30	174	44	54	+ 120
Lymphomas	31	162	13	608	- 446
Oral Cancer	32	147	31	164	- 16
Breast Cancer	33	144	10	737	- 593
Falls	34	130	11	627	- 497
Liver Cancer	35	121	24	288	- 167
Epilepsy	36	118	43	55	+ 63
Skin Cancers	37	109	12	612	- 502
Parkinson's Disease	38	100	19	353	- 254
Lung Cancers	39	96	4	1,873	- 1,778
Pertussis	40	94	65	1	+ 93
Prostate Cancer	41	94	9	739	- 645
Poisonings	42	89	58	9	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	78	35	113	- 35
Syphilis	44	77	70	0	+ 76
Alcohol	45	65	45	51	+ 13
Skin Disease	46	63	34	118	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	58	6	1,495	- 1,437
Drug Use	48	54	40	69	- 15
Ovary Cancer	49	41	29	207	- 166
Pancreas Cancer	50	34	14	543	- 509
Leukemia	51	27	18	391	- 364
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	22	46	47	- 25
Stomach Cancer	53	22	22	323	- 301
Schistosomiasis	54	21	77	0	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	55	20	27	245	- 225
Uterin Cancer	56	20	33	145	- 125
Appendicitis	57	16	62	6	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	58	16	64	4	+ 12
Encephalitis	59	15	66	1	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	60	13	26	267	- 253
Tetanus	61	13	69	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	62	12	56	14	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	6	47	43	- 37
Malaria	64	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	82	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Botswana

New Zealand

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.