SAUDI ARABIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	73,811	47	192	+ 73,619
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	24,956	5	6,132	+ 18,824
Coronary Heart Disease	3	24,337	1	39,037	- 14,700
Stroke	4	23,683	2	16,793	+ 6,890
Diabetes Mellitus	5	18,978	9	3,890	+ 15,088
Tuberculosis	6	9,674	27	752	+ 8,923
Road Traffic Accidents	7	9,073	3	12,317	- 3,244
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	7,860	35	457	+ 7,404
Kidney Disease	9	7,551	4	9,051	- 1,500
Lung Disease	10	7,182	10	2,842	+ 4,340
Hypertension	11	7,021	22	834	+ 6,187
Liver Disease	12	6,840	7	4,931	+ 1,909
Low Birth Weight	13	6,666	18	989	+ 5,677
Violence	14	5,804	30	646	+ 5,158
Suicide	15	5,515	13	2,046	+ 3,469
Congenital Anomalies	16	4,284	12	2,307	+ 1,977
Birth Trauma	17	3,899	37	343	+ 3,556
Asthma	18	3,462	17	1,168	+ 2,294
Other Injuries	19	3,227	8	4,004	- 778
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,639	16	1,342	+ 1,298
Malnutrition	21	2,550	52	79	+ 2,470
Cervical Cancer	22	2,445	49	157	+ 2,289
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,441	11	2,442	- 1
Maternal Conditions	24	1,756	48	172	+ 1,584
Meningitis	25	1,616	45	227	+ 1,390
Fires	26	1,616	23	825	+ 790
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,531	15	1,447	+ 84
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,531	44	229	+ 1,302
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,343	41	275	+ 1,068
Drownings	30	1,231	24	821	+ 410
Lymphomas	31	1,146	28	716	+ 430
Oral Cancer	32	1,044	34	465	+ 580
Breast Cancer	33	1,019	20	908	+ 112
Falls	34	918	6	5,340	- 4,422
Liver Cancer	35	854	21	845	+ 9
Epilepsy	36	837	29	694	+ 142
Skin Cancers	37	774	55	55	+ 720
Parkinson's Disease	38	705	25	776	- 72
Lung Cancers	39	677	26	775	- 98
Pertussis	40	665	54	56	+ 609
Prostate Cancer	41	664	50	148	+ 516
Poisonings	42	630	40	279	+ 351
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	553	39	280	+ 273
Syphilis	44	543	59	33	+ 511
Alcohol	45	458	51	128	+ 329
Skin Disease	46	446	32	516	- 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	411	14	1,630	- 1,219
Drug Use	48	383	33	491	- 108
Ovary Cancer	49	288	42	247	+ 41
Pancreas Cancer	50	240	31	526	- 286
Leukemia	51	195	19	925	- 730
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	158	62	9	+ 149
Stomach Cancer	53	153	36	389	- 236
Schistosomiasis	54	149	60	25	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	55	141	57	40	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	56	140	38	323	- 183
Appendicitis	57	113	58	35	+ 78
Upper Respiratory	58	111	70	1	+ 110
Encephalitis	59	104	43	234	- 131
Bladder Cancer	60	96	46	214	- 119
Tetanus	61	93	61	16	+ 78
Hepatitis B	62	86	53	57	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	63	45	56	49	- 3
Malaria	64	11	75	0	+ 11
Chlamydia	65	8	71	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	66	8	64	7	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	7	66	1	+ 5
Measles	68	6	68	1	+ 5
War	69	5	65	3	+ 2
Diphtheria	70	4	69	1	+ 4
Otitis Media	71	3	72	0	+ 3
Leprosy	72	0	73	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	63	9	- 9
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	67	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 SAUDI ARABIA

Botswana

Saudi Arabia

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.