SENEGAL VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	38,067	20	1,186	+ 36,881
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,871	1	7,184	+ 5,687
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,552	2	6,224	+ 6,327
Stroke	4	12,214	4	5,342	+ 6,872
Diabetes Mellitus	5	9,788	10	2,395	+ 7,392
Tuberculosis	6	4,990	9	2,678	+ 2,311
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,680	6	3,832	+ 848
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,054	3	5,343	- 1,289
Kidney Disease	9	3,894	12	2,210	+ 1,684
Lung Disease	10	3,704	18	1,351	+ 2,353
Hypertension	11	3,621	21	1,095	+ 2,526
Liver Disease	12	3,528	13	2,147	+ 1,381
Low Birth Weight	13	3,438	7	3,636	- 198
Violence	14	2,993	19	1,247	+ 1,747
Suicide	15	2,844	24	978	+ 1,867
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,209	11	2,364	- 155
Birth Trauma	17	2,011	8	3,448	- 1,437
Asthma	18	1,785	25	936	+ 849
Other Injuries	19	1,664	16	1,512	+ 152
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,361	36	426	+ 935
Malnutrition	21	1,315	32	494	+ 821
Cervical Cancer	22	1,261	17	1,405	- 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,259	26	879	+ 380
Maternal Conditions	24	906	14	1,669	- 763
Meningitis	25	833	15	1,628	- 795
Fires	26	833	34	448	+ 385
Endocrine Disorders	27	790	23	1,041	- 251
Oesophagus Cancer	28	790	55	99	+ 690
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	693	35	433	+ 260
Drownings	30	635	33	494	+ 141
Lymphomas	31	591	39	315	+ 276
Oral Cancer	32	539	43	208	+ 331
Breast Cancer	33	526	27	861	- 335
Falls	34	474	30	622	- 149
Liver Cancer	35	440	22	1,087	- 647
Epilepsy	36	432	38	330	+ 101
Skin Cancers	37	399	51	147	+ 252
Parkinson's Disease	38	363	41	273	+ 91
Lung Cancers	39	349	44	180	+ 169
Pertussis	40	343	28	771	- 428
Prostate Cancer	41	342	29	642	- 300
Poisonings	42	325	40	315	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	285	46	166	+ 119
Syphilis	44	280	53	122	+ 158
Alcohol	45	236	59	74	+ 162
Skin Disease	46	230	47	159	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	212	37	384	- 172
Drug Use	48	198	52	138	+ 59
Ovary Cancer	49	149	42	220	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	50	124	48	159	- 35
Leukemia	51	100	54	113	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	81	67	15	+ 67
Stomach Cancer	53	79	31	557	- 478
Schistosomiasis	54	77	45	176	- 99
Other Neoplasms	55	73	62	24	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	56	72	56	94	- 22
Appendicitis	57	58	61	38	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	58	57	66	15	+ 42
Encephalitis	59	54	57	85	- 32
Bladder Cancer	60	49	50	155	- 105
Tetanus	61	48	58	85	- 37
Hepatitis B	62	44	60	70	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	63	23	64	20	+ 4
Malaria	64	5	5	4,595	- 4,590
Chlamydia	65	4	71	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	4	68	11	- 7
Ascariasis	67	3	65	18	- 14
Measles	68	3	49	158	- 155
War	69	3	69	4	- 1
Diphtheria	70	2	70	3	- 0
Otitis Media	71	2	72	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	21	- 21
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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Botswana

Senegal

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.