BOTSWANA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,128	3	1,632	+ 496
Violence	2	952	14	389	+ 563
Stroke	3	819	4	1,588	- 769
Lung Disease	4	787	10	482	+ 306
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	532	2	1,674	- 1,141
Road Traffic Accidents	6	384	7	608	- 225
Kidney Disease	7	338	9	506	- 169
Hypertension	8	316	11	471	- 155
Stomach Cancer	9	302	53	10	+ 292
Lung Cancers	10	259	39	45	+ 214
Diabetes Mellitus	11	249	5	1,273	- 1,024
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	216	47	28	+ 188
Breast Cancer	13	181	33	68	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	14	177	41	45	+ 133
Other Neoplasms	15	158	55	9	+ 149
Congenital Anomalies	16	146	16	287	- 141
HIV/AIDS	17	133	1	4,950	- 4,817
Lymphomas	18	129	31	77	+ 52
Liver Disease	19	120	12	459	- 339
Cervical Cancer	20	112	22	164	- 52
Leukemia	21	109	51	13	+ 96
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	107	23	164	- 57
Low Birth Weight	23	104	13	447	- 343
Liver Cancer	24	102	35	57	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	25	100	50	16	+ 84
Suicide	26	97	15	370	- 273
Malnutrition	27	93	21	171	- 78
Other Injuries	28	79	19	216	- 138
Falls	29	75	34	62	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	30	68	27	103	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	31	66	20	177	- 111
Tuberculosis	32	63	6	649	- 586
Ovary Cancer	33	55	49	19	+ 36
Skin Disease	34	54	46	30	+ 25
Skin Cancers	35	51	37	52	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	36	41	28	103	- 61
Oral Cancer	37	40	32	70	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	37	8	527	- 490
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	35	29	90	- 56
Drownings	40	34	30	83	- 48
Birth Trauma	41	32	17	261	- 229
Bladder Cancer	42	30	60	6	+ 24
Epilepsy	43	30	36	56	- 27
Drug Use	44	24	48	26	- 1
Uterin Cancer	45	21	56	9	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	46	19	24	118	- 98
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	38	47	- 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	16	80	0	+ 16
War	49	13	69	0	+ 12
Meningitis	50	12	25	108	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	52	11	+ 1
Appendicitis	52	11	57	8	+ 3
Chagas disease	53	10	77	0	+ 10
Asthma	54	9	18	232	- 223
Dengue	55	7	76	0	+ 7
Fires	56	6	26	108	- 102
Anemia	57	5	84	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	63	3	+ 0
Poisonings	61	3	42	42	- 39
Hepatitis B	62	2	62	6	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	43	37	- 35
Encephalitis	64	2	59	7	- 5
Syphilis	65	1	44	36	- 35
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	7	- 6
Malaria	67	1	64	1	+ 1
Alcohol	68	1	45	31	- 30
Pertussis	69	1	40	45	- 44
Schizophrenia	70	1	86	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	61	6	- 6
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Measles	78	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Colombia

Botswana

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.