SOUTH SUDAN VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		SOUTH SUDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	25,658	2	7,915	+ 17,744
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,675	1	9,918	- 1,242
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,460	10	2,930	+ 5,530
Stroke	4	8,233	9	3,541	+ 4,691
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,597	17	1,312	+ 5,285
Tuberculosis	6	3,363	8	3,771	- 408
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,154	7	4,063	- 909
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,732	3	7,270	- 4,537
Kidney Disease	9	2,625	20	1,090	+ 1,535
Lung Disease	10	2,497	23	894	+ 1,603
Hypertension	11	2,441	19	1,131	+ 1,310
Liver Disease	12	2,378	12	1,823	+ 555
Low Birth Weight	13	2,317	6	4,339	- 2,022
Violence	14	2,018	15	1,584	+ 434
Suicide	15	1,917	33	425	+ 1,492
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,489	11	2,020	- 531
Birth Trauma	17	1,355	5	5,210	- 3,855
Asthma	18	1,203	28	587	+ 616
Other Injuries	19	1,122	18	1,207	- 85
Inflammatory/Heart	20	917	45	217	+ 701
Malnutrition	21	886	14	1,660	- 774
Cervical Cancer	22	850	25	761	+ 90
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	849	29	543	+ 306
Maternal Conditions	24	610	16	1,521	- 910
Meningitis	25	562	13	1,780	- 1,218
Fires	26	562	32	433	+ 128
Endocrine Disorders	27	532	46	192	+ 341
Oesophagus Cancer	28	532	31	435	+ 97
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	467	48	186	+ 281
Drownings	30	428	30	466	- 38
Lymphomas	31	398	34	422	- 24
Oral Cancer	32	363	43	259	+ 104
Breast Cancer	33	354	26	695	- 340
Falls	34	319	41	269	+ 50
Liver Cancer	35	297	38	346	- 49
Epilepsy	36	291	50	152	+ 138
Skin Cancers	37	269	51	127	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	38	245	52	125	+ 120
Lung Cancers	39	235	49	164	+ 71
Pertussis	40	231	24	784	- 553
Prostate Cancer	41	231	35	409	- 178
Poisonings	42	219	42	259	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	192	53	121	+ 71
Syphilis	44	189	37	351	- 162
Alcohol	45	159	62	53	+ 106
Skin Disease	46	155	55	97	+ 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	143	36	360	- 217
Drug Use	48	133	63	33	+ 100
Ovary Cancer	49	100	47	188	- 88
Pancreas Cancer	50	84	54	109	- 25
Leukemia	51	68	40	314	- 246
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	55	65	16	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	53	53	44	241	- 188
Schistosomiasis	54	52	58	72	- 20
Other Neoplasms	55	49	66	14	+ 35
Uterin Cancer	56	49	60	66	- 17
Appendicitis	57	39	61	65	- 26
Upper Respiratory	58	38	59	70	- 31
Encephalitis	59	36	64	32	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	60	33	56	88	- 55
Tetanus	61	32	22	937	- 905
Hepatitis B	62	30	57	77	- 47
Multiple Sclerosis	63	16	72	4	+ 12
Malaria	64	4	4	5,342	- 5,338
Chlamydia	65	3	73	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	3	69	11	- 8
Ascariasis	67	2	68	11	- 9
Measles	68	2	39	334	- 332
War	69	2	27	614	- 612
Diphtheria	70	2	67	12	- 10
Otitis Media	71	1	70	6	- 5
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	79	0	21	1,005	- 1,005
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOUTH SUDAN

Botswana

South Sudan

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.