SWAZILAND VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,299	1	2,314	- 15
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	777	2	921	- 143
Coronary Heart Disease	3	758	5	755	+ 3
Stroke	4	738	4	800	- 63
Diabetes Mellitus	5	591	3	892	- 301
Tuberculosis	6	301	13	256	+ 45
Road Traffic Accidents	7	283	7	384	- 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	245	6	517	- 272
Kidney Disease	9	235	8	381	- 146
Lung Disease	10	224	12	264	- 41
Hypertension	11	219	10	292	- 73
Liver Disease	12	213	11	274	- 61
Low Birth Weight	13	208	14	233	- 25
Violence	14	181	16	212	- 32
Suicide	15	172	9	338	- 166
Congenital Anomalies	16	133	19	160	- 27
Birth Trauma	17	121	18	166	- 45
Asthma	18	108	20	150	- 42
Other Injuries	19	100	17	190	- 90
Inflammatory/Heart	20	82	24	94	- 12
Malnutrition	21	79	22	106	- 26
Cervical Cancer	22	76	15	215	- 139
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	76	27	77	- 1
Maternal Conditions	24	55	21	116	- 61
Meningitis	25	50	23	97	- 47
Fires	26	50	26	84	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	27	48	28	74	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	28	48	44	18	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	42	29	51	- 9
Drownings	30	38	25	87	- 49
Lymphomas	31	36	36	31	+ 5
Oral Cancer	32	33	51	10	+ 22
Breast Cancer	33	32	35	37	- 5
Falls	34	29	32	41	- 13
Liver Cancer	35	27	37	29	- 3
Epilepsy	36	26	30	46	- 20
Skin Cancers	37	24	42	20	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	38	22	41	24	- 2
Lung Cancers	39	21	46	17	+ 4
Pertussis	40	21	33	39	- 18
Prostate Cancer	41	21	31	45	- 24
Poisonings	42	20	34	37	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	17	39	26	- 9
Syphilis	44	17	45	17	- 1
Alcohol	45	14	48	16	- 2
Skin Disease	46	14	40	25	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	13	43	19	- 6
Drug Use	48	12	38	27	- 15
Ovary Cancer	49	9	52	10	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	50	7	56	6	+ 1
Leukemia	51	6	47	16	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	5	58	5	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	53	5	53	7	- 2
Schistosomiasis	54	5	49	13	- 8
Other Neoplasms	55	4	61	4	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	56	4	50	11	- 7
Appendicitis	57	4	54	7	- 3
Upper Respiratory	58	3	60	4	- 1
Encephalitis	59	3	59	5	- 2
Bladder Cancer	60	3	55	6	- 3
Tetanus	61	3	62	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	3	57	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	63	1	- 0
Malaria	64	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	64	1	- 0
War	69	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Botswana

Swaziland

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.