TUNISIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	24,336	32	261	+ 24,075
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,228	7	1,912	+ 6,316
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,024	1	20,658	- 12,634
Stroke	4	7,808	2	8,509	- 701
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,257	9	1,773	+ 4,484
Tuberculosis	6	3,190	41	136	+ 3,053
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,992	6	1,928	+ 1,063
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	2,592	40	184	+ 2,408
Kidney Disease	9	2,490	4	2,574	- 84
Lung Disease	10	2,368	10	1,754	+ 615
Hypertension	11	2,315	3	2,824	- 509
Liver Disease	12	2,255	11	1,313	+ 942
Low Birth Weight	13	2,198	14	924	+ 1,274
Violence	14	1,914	24	410	+ 1,504
Suicide	15	1,818	26	383	+ 1,436
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,412	12	980	+ 432
Birth Trauma	17	1,285	22	436	+ 850
Asthma	18	1,141	16	665	+ 476
Other Injuries	19	1,064	27	372	+ 692
Inflammatory/Heart	20	870	30	298	+ 572
Malnutrition	21	841	60	24	+ 817
Cervical Cancer	22	806	38	201	+ 605
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	805	5	2,507	- 1,703
Maternal Conditions	24	579	47	83	+ 496
Meningitis	25	533	46	86	+ 447
Fires	26	533	37	202	+ 330
Endocrine Disorders	27	505	31	285	+ 219
Oesophagus Cancer	28	505	44	109	+ 396
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	443	33	237	+ 206
Drownings	30	406	43	122	+ 284
Lymphomas	31	378	18	616	- 239
Oral Cancer	32	344	35	232	+ 112
Breast Cancer	33	336	15	781	- 445
Falls	34	303	21	445	- 142
Liver Cancer	35	281	29	360	- 78
Epilepsy	36	276	45	101	+ 175
Skin Cancers	37	255	36	214	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	38	232	20	469	- 237
Lung Cancers	39	223	8	1,849	- 1,626
Pertussis	40	219	52	40	+ 179
Prostate Cancer	41	219	23	417	- 198
Poisonings	42	208	48	81	+ 127
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	182	42	123	+ 59
Syphilis	44	179	61	18	+ 161
Alcohol	45	151	55	31	+ 120
Skin Disease	46	147	51	41	+ 106
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	136	13	971	- 836
Drug Use	48	126	34	235	- 109
Ovary Cancer	49	95	39	192	- 97
Pancreas Cancer	50	79	28	361	- 282
Leukemia	51	64	25	385	- 321
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	52	62	9	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	53	50	19	583	- 532
Schistosomiasis	54	49	63	8	+ 41
Other Neoplasms	55	46	59	24	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	56	46	50	46	+ 0
Appendicitis	57	37	58	25	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	58	36	66	1	+ 36
Encephalitis	59	34	53	38	- 3
Bladder Cancer	60	31	17	654	- 622
Tetanus	61	31	56	26	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	28	49	70	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	54	33	- 18
Malaria	64	3	73	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	65	3	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	2	67	1	+ 2
Measles	68	2	78	0	+ 2
War	69	2	57	25	- 23
Diphtheria	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	1	70	0	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	64	3	- 3
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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Botswana

Tunisia

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.