VENEZUELA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	63,118	6	7,490	+ 55,628
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	21,341	7	7,188	+ 14,153
Coronary Heart Disease	3	20,811	1	26,905	- 6,094
Stroke	4	20,252	3	12,133	+ 8,119
Diabetes Mellitus	5	16,228	4	11,176	+ 5,052
Tuberculosis	6	8,273	31	748	+ 7,525
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,759	5	11,127	- 3,368
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	6,722	22	1,359	+ 5,363
Kidney Disease	9	6,457	8	5,932	+ 525
Lung Disease	10	6,142	10	5,150	+ 992
Hypertension	11	6,004	9	5,195	+ 809
Liver Disease	12	5,849	16	2,340	+ 3,509
Low Birth Weight	13	5,700	12	3,088	+ 2,612
Violence	14	4,963	2	18,132	- 13,169
Suicide	15	4,716	34	585	+ 4,131
Congenital Anomalies	16	3,663	14	2,846	+ 818
Birth Trauma	17	3,334	24	1,087	+ 2,247
Asthma	18	2,960	46	311	+ 2,649
Other Injuries	19	2,759	21	1,693	+ 1,066
Inflammatory/Heart	20	2,257	33	599	+ 1,658
Malnutrition	21	2,180	32	629	+ 1,551
Cervical Cancer	22	2,091	20	1,986	+ 105
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	2,087	35	572	+ 1,515
Maternal Conditions	24	1,502	39	422	+ 1,079
Meningitis	25	1,382	49	251	+ 1,131
Fires	26	1,382	54	144	+ 1,237
Endocrine Disorders	27	1,309	30	760	+ 550
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,309	44	370	+ 939
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,149	40	418	+ 731
Drownings	30	1,053	43	388	+ 664
Lymphomas	31	980	23	1,248	- 268
Oral Cancer	32	893	38	544	+ 349
Breast Cancer	33	872	15	2,563	- 1,692
Falls	34	785	28	865	- 80
Liver Cancer	35	730	26	1,029	- 299
Epilepsy	36	716	41	411	+ 305
Skin Cancers	37	662	37	553	+ 109
Parkinson's Disease	38	603	48	252	+ 351
Lung Cancers	39	579	11	3,900	- 3,321
Pertussis	40	569	64	26	+ 543
Prostate Cancer	41	568	13	2,848	- 2,281
Poisonings	42	539	58	68	+ 472
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	473	57	80	+ 393
Syphilis	44	465	67	15	+ 449
Alcohol	45	391	62	34	+ 357
Skin Disease	46	381	66	18	+ 364
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	352	19	2,037	- 1,686
Drug Use	48	328	50	225	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	49	246	36	563	- 316
Pancreas Cancer	50	206	25	1,082	- 876
Leukemia	51	166	27	1,007	- 841
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	135	52	180	- 45
Stomach Cancer	53	131	17	2,175	- 2,044
Schistosomiasis	54	128	76	1	+ 127
Other Neoplasms	55	120	18	2,167	- 2,047
Uterin Cancer	56	120	47	309	- 189
Appendicitis	57	97	56	98	- 1
Upper Respiratory	58	95	74	1	+ 93
Encephalitis	59	89	61	37	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	60	82	45	365	- 283
Tetanus	61	80	68	8	+ 72
Hepatitis B	62	74	63	30	+ 44
Multiple Sclerosis	63	39	60	51	- 12
Malaria	64	9	42	402	- 393
Chlamydia	65	7	82	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	66	6	65	21	- 15
Ascariasis	67	6	70	5	+ 1
Measles	68	5	79	0	+ 5
War	69	4	51	185	- 180
Diphtheria	70	4	78	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	71	3	75	1	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	71	4	- 4
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	59	65	- 65
Chagas disease	77	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	73	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	55	126	- 126
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Botswana

Venezuela

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.