URUGUAY VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,918	28	195	+ 6,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,339	6	1,370	+ 969
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,281	1	4,265	- 1,983
Stroke	4	2,220	2	2,850	- 630
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,779	11	747	+ 1,031
Tuberculosis	6	907	41	81	+ 826
Road Traffic Accidents	7	850	16	512	+ 339
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	737	35	134	+ 602
Kidney Disease	9	708	8	1,040	- 332
Lung Disease	10	673	4	1,706	- 1,033
Hypertension	11	658	15	648	+ 10
Liver Disease	12	641	27	206	+ 435
Low Birth Weight	13	625	42	73	+ 551
Violence	14	544	23	295	+ 249
Suicide	15	517	12	735	- 218
Congenital Anomalies	16	402	30	170	+ 231
Birth Trauma	17	365	53	22	+ 343
Asthma	18	324	37	127	+ 198
Other Injuries	19	302	10	774	- 472
Inflammatory/Heart	20	247	22	314	- 67
Malnutrition	21	239	43	73	+ 166
Cervical Cancer	22	229	29	172	+ 57
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	229	3	1,899	- 1,670
Maternal Conditions	24	165	60	9	+ 156
Meningitis	25	151	58	10	+ 141
Fires	26	151	48	54	+ 97
Endocrine Disorders	27	144	17	487	- 344
Oesophagus Cancer	28	143	24	286	- 143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	126	46	57	+ 69
Drownings	30	115	45	65	+ 51
Lymphomas	31	107	20	457	- 350
Oral Cancer	32	98	31	167	- 69
Breast Cancer	33	96	9	848	- 752
Falls	34	86	47	55	+ 31
Liver Cancer	35	80	34	147	- 67
Epilepsy	36	78	40	86	- 7
Skin Cancers	37	73	33	149	- 77
Parkinson's Disease	38	66	21	320	- 254
Lung Cancers	39	63	5	1,463	- 1,399
Pertussis	40	62	72	0	+ 62
Prostate Cancer	41	62	13	707	- 645
Poisonings	42	59	55	17	+ 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	52	50	39	+ 13
Syphilis	44	51	66	3	+ 48
Alcohol	45	43	39	104	- 62
Skin Disease	46	42	36	130	- 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	39	7	1,245	- 1,206
Drug Use	48	36	49	41	- 5
Ovary Cancer	49	27	32	160	- 133
Pancreas Cancer	50	23	14	656	- 633
Leukemia	51	18	25	280	- 262
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	51	35	- 20
Stomach Cancer	53	14	18	480	- 466
Schistosomiasis	54	14	77	0	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	55	13	19	464	- 450
Uterin Cancer	56	13	38	115	- 102
Appendicitis	57	11	59	9	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	10	62	5	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	10	64	4	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	60	9	26	276	- 267
Tetanus	61	9	71	0	+ 8
Hepatitis B	62	8	63	4	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	56	13	- 9
Malaria	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Measles	68	1	74	0	+ 1
War	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	2	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Botswana

Uruguay

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.