TRINIDAD/TOB. VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,846	12	196	+ 2,650
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	962	10	205	+ 757
Coronary Heart Disease	3	938	1	1,476	- 537
Stroke	4	913	3	822	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	5	732	2	1,275	- 544
Tuberculosis	6	373	43	22	+ 351
Road Traffic Accidents	7	350	15	130	+ 220
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	303	45	18	+ 285
Kidney Disease	9	291	5	439	- 148
Lung Disease	10	277	16	129	+ 148
Hypertension	11	271	11	201	+ 69
Liver Disease	12	264	14	136	+ 128
Low Birth Weight	13	257	23	83	+ 174
Violence	14	224	4	549	- 326
Suicide	15	213	17	121	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	16	165	22	93	+ 72
Birth Trauma	17	150	40	25	+ 125
Asthma	18	133	35	40	+ 93
Other Injuries	19	124	30	61	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	20	102	25	72	+ 30
Malnutrition	21	98	47	17	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	22	94	21	97	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	94	9	215	- 121
Maternal Conditions	24	68	50	10	+ 57
Meningitis	25	62	52	9	+ 53
Fires	26	62	48	16	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	27	59	18	119	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	28	59	41	24	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	52	31	52	- 0
Drownings	30	47	39	31	+ 17
Lymphomas	31	44	20	111	- 67
Oral Cancer	32	40	38	31	+ 9
Breast Cancer	33	39	7	258	- 219
Falls	34	35	33	43	- 8
Liver Cancer	35	33	28	66	- 33
Epilepsy	36	32	37	32	+ 0
Skin Cancers	37	30	57	4	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	38	27	32	51	- 24
Lung Cancers	39	26	8	217	- 191
Pertussis	40	26	67	0	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	41	26	6	330	- 304
Poisonings	42	24	59	1	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	21	49	11	+ 10
Syphilis	44	21	61	0	+ 21
Alcohol	45	18	42	23	- 5
Skin Disease	46	17	36	39	- 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	16	13	196	- 180
Drug Use	48	15	44	19	- 4
Ovary Cancer	49	11	24	80	- 69
Pancreas Cancer	50	9	19	114	- 105
Leukemia	51	8	29	62	- 55
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	6	53	8	- 2
Stomach Cancer	53	6	26	69	- 63
Schistosomiasis	54	6	71	0	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	55	5	51	10	- 5
Uterin Cancer	56	5	27	68	- 62
Appendicitis	57	4	56	4	- 0
Upper Respiratory	58	4	64	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	4	54	6	- 2
Bladder Cancer	60	4	34	41	- 37
Tetanus	61	4	65	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	3	60	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	58	2	- 1
Malaria	64	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	0	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	76	0	+ 0
War	69	0	46	17	- 17
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	55	5	- 5
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Botswana

Trinidad/Tob.

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.