SOLOMON ISL. VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,468	80	0	+ 1,468
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	496	3	371	+ 126
Coronary Heart Disease	3	484	1	975	- 491
Stroke	4	471	2	670	- 199
Diabetes Mellitus	5	377	4	322	+ 55
Tuberculosis	6	192	23	45	+ 148
Road Traffic Accidents	7	180	8	111	+ 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	156	5	218	- 62
Kidney Disease	9	150	15	64	+ 87
Lung Disease	10	143	6	209	- 66
Hypertension	11	140	13	76	+ 64
Liver Disease	12	136	10	89	+ 47
Low Birth Weight	13	133	14	65	+ 68
Violence	14	115	30	26	+ 89
Suicide	15	110	9	98	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	16	85	16	63	+ 22
Birth Trauma	17	78	21	51	+ 26
Asthma	18	69	12	78	- 10
Other Injuries	19	64	17	60	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	20	52	37	17	+ 35
Malnutrition	21	51	36	19	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	22	49	25	41	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	49	28	32	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	24	35	22	46	- 11
Meningitis	25	32	43	13	+ 20
Fires	26	32	40	14	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	27	30	39	15	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	28	30	57	1	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	27	32	22	+ 5
Drownings	30	24	11	80	- 56
Lymphomas	31	23	42	13	+ 10
Oral Cancer	32	21	49	8	+ 13
Breast Cancer	33	20	26	34	- 14
Falls	34	18	20	55	- 36
Liver Cancer	35	17	18	60	- 43
Epilepsy	36	17	45	11	+ 6
Skin Cancers	37	15	69	0	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	38	14	34	21	- 7
Lung Cancers	39	13	27	33	- 20
Pertussis	40	13	50	7	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	41	13	41	13	+ 0
Poisonings	42	13	38	15	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	11	19	59	- 48
Syphilis	44	11	29	28	- 17
Alcohol	45	9	48	9	+ 0
Skin Disease	46	9	46	10	- 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	8	31	23	- 15
Drug Use	48	8	58	1	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	49	6	33	21	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	50	5	51	4	+ 0
Leukemia	51	4	35	20	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	3	60	0	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	53	3	44	12	- 9
Schistosomiasis	54	3	77	0	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	55	3	56	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	56	3	47	9	- 6
Appendicitis	57	2	55	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	2	64	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	2	54	2	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	60	2	52	4	- 2
Tetanus	61	2	59	1	+ 1
Hepatitis B	62	2	53	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	61	0	+ 0
Malaria	64	0	7	146	- 145
Chlamydia	65	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	75	0	+ 0
War	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	24	41	- 41
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOLOMON ISL.

Botswana

Solomon Isl.

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.