SLOVAKIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		SLOVAKIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,237	65	2	+ 11,235
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,799	6	2,024	+ 1,776
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,705	1	10,654	- 6,949
Stroke	4	3,606	3	3,756	- 150
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,889	16	750	+ 2,140
Tuberculosis	6	1,473	50	26	+ 1,446
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,381	27	331	+ 1,050
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,197	47	34	+ 1,163
Kidney Disease	9	1,150	14	830	+ 319
Lung Disease	10	1,093	9	1,121	- 28
Hypertension	11	1,069	11	1,034	+ 35
Liver Disease	12	1,041	7	1,425	- 384
Low Birth Weight	13	1,015	39	97	+ 918
Violence	14	884	42	59	+ 824
Suicide	15	840	19	660	+ 180
Congenital Anomalies	16	652	36	167	+ 485
Birth Trauma	17	594	52	15	+ 579
Asthma	18	527	44	47	+ 480
Other Injuries	19	491	20	554	- 62
Inflammatory/Heart	20	402	25	339	+ 63
Malnutrition	21	388	49	29	+ 359
Cervical Cancer	22	372	32	273	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	372	2	4,482	- 4,110
Maternal Conditions	24	267	63	3	+ 265
Meningitis	25	246	51	25	+ 221
Fires	26	246	46	39	+ 207
Endocrine Disorders	27	233	37	163	+ 70
Oesophagus Cancer	28	233	28	314	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	205	31	274	- 69
Drownings	30	187	38	144	+ 44
Lymphomas	31	174	17	736	- 561
Oral Cancer	32	159	18	716	- 557
Breast Cancer	33	155	10	1,071	- 916
Falls	34	140	8	1,277	- 1,138
Liver Cancer	35	130	22	469	- 339
Epilepsy	36	127	35	168	- 40
Skin Cancers	37	118	24	357	- 239
Parkinson's Disease	38	107	29	310	- 203
Lung Cancers	39	103	4	2,562	- 2,459
Pertussis	40	101	61	4	+ 98
Prostate Cancer	41	101	12	968	- 867
Poisonings	42	96	48	30	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	84	41	70	+ 15
Syphilis	44	83	62	3	+ 79
Alcohol	45	70	33	219	- 150
Skin Disease	46	68	34	170	- 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	63	5	2,528	- 2,466
Drug Use	48	58	45	45	+ 14
Ovary Cancer	49	44	26	334	- 290
Pancreas Cancer	50	37	13	876	- 839
Leukemia	51	30	23	448	- 419
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	24	53	15	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	53	23	15	827	- 803
Schistosomiasis	54	23	74	0	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	55	21	40	93	- 71
Uterin Cancer	56	21	30	280	- 258
Appendicitis	57	17	55	9	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	58	17	58	6	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	16	67	1	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	60	15	21	489	- 474
Tetanus	61	14	71	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	62	13	56	8	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	43	55	- 48
Malaria	64	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	54	12	- 11
Ascariasis	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	72	0	+ 1
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	64	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	59	5	- 5
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVAKIA

Botswana

Slovakia

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.