TANZANIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	136,257	1	27,402	+ 108,856
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	46,070	2	26,028	+ 20,042
Coronary Heart Disease	3	44,927	9	13,215	+ 31,712
Stroke	4	43,720	7	16,894	+ 26,826
Diabetes Mellitus	5	35,033	15	6,247	+ 28,787
Tuberculosis	6	17,859	4	20,269	- 2,410
Road Traffic Accidents	7	16,750	5	18,054	- 1,304
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	14,511	6	17,587	- 3,076
Kidney Disease	9	13,939	19	4,547	+ 9,392
Lung Disease	10	13,259	22	3,051	+ 10,207
Hypertension	11	12,960	17	5,209	+ 7,752
Liver Disease	12	12,628	13	6,586	+ 6,042
Low Birth Weight	13	12,306	10	12,173	+ 133
Violence	14	10,714	18	4,713	+ 6,001
Suicide	15	10,181	24	2,474	+ 7,707
Congenital Anomalies	16	7,908	11	9,791	- 1,883
Birth Trauma	17	7,197	8	15,086	- 7,889
Asthma	18	6,391	30	1,700	+ 4,690
Other Injuries	19	5,956	20	4,270	+ 1,686
Inflammatory/Heart	20	4,872	38	1,227	+ 3,645
Malnutrition	21	4,707	16	5,574	- 868
Cervical Cancer	22	4,514	14	6,424	- 1,909
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	4,506	27	2,048	+ 2,458
Maternal Conditions	24	3,242	12	6,835	- 3,593
Meningitis	25	2,983	21	3,188	- 205
Fires	26	2,982	35	1,424	+ 1,558
Endocrine Disorders	27	2,827	29	1,778	+ 1,049
Oesophagus Cancer	28	2,826	25	2,247	+ 579
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	2,480	46	462	+ 2,018
Drownings	30	2,272	32	1,642	+ 631
Lymphomas	31	2,115	41	805	+ 1,310
Oral Cancer	32	1,928	31	1,646	+ 282
Breast Cancer	33	1,882	37	1,285	+ 597
Falls	34	1,695	34	1,533	+ 162
Liver Cancer	35	1,576	36	1,413	+ 163
Epilepsy	36	1,545	43	707	+ 838
Skin Cancers	37	1,429	42	744	+ 685
Parkinson's Disease	38	1,301	45	513	+ 787
Lung Cancers	39	1,250	61	159	+ 1,091
Pertussis	40	1,228	23	2,774	- 1,546
Prostate Cancer	41	1,225	28	1,819	- 594
Poisonings	42	1,164	40	1,170	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	1,020	50	401	+ 620
Syphilis	44	1,003	26	2,115	- 1,112
Alcohol	45	845	56	270	+ 575
Skin Disease	46	823	52	359	+ 464
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	759	33	1,567	- 808
Drug Use	48	707	48	404	+ 303
Ovary Cancer	49	532	53	337	+ 195
Pancreas Cancer	50	444	62	158	+ 286
Leukemia	51	359	47	416	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	291	63	81	+ 210
Stomach Cancer	53	282	39	1,190	- 908
Schistosomiasis	54	276	51	371	- 95
Other Neoplasms	55	260	64	58	+ 202
Uterin Cancer	56	259	57	218	+ 41
Appendicitis	57	209	58	218	- 9
Upper Respiratory	58	204	54	299	- 94
Encephalitis	59	192	59	199	- 7
Bladder Cancer	60	176	44	667	- 491
Tetanus	61	172	49	402	- 230
Hepatitis B	62	159	60	168	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	84	68	27	+ 57
Malaria	64	20	3	21,758	- 21,738
Chlamydia	65	14	71	9	+ 6
Hepatitis C	66	14	66	40	- 26
Ascariasis	67	12	65	56	- 43
Measles	68	10	55	295	- 284
War	69	10	67	30	- 20
Diphtheria	70	8	70	11	- 3
Otitis Media	71	6	69	17	- 11
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Botswana

Tanzania

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.