BOTSWANA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,395	3	1,632	+ 1,763
Stroke	2	1,786	4	1,588	+ 198
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,572	7	608	+ 963
Diabetes Mellitus	4	626	5	1,273	- 647
Liver Disease	5	607	12	459	+ 149
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	511	2	1,674	- 1,163
Kidney Disease	7	481	9	506	- 26
HIV/AIDS	8	438	1	4,950	- 4,512
Violence	9	434	14	389	+ 45
Hypertension	10	429	11	471	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	410	23	164	+ 246
Prostate Cancer	12	375	41	45	+ 330
Low Birth Weight	13	347	13	447	- 100
Breast Cancer	14	331	33	68	+ 262
Lung Disease	15	308	10	482	- 173
Lung Cancers	16	282	39	45	+ 236
Congenital Anomalies	17	235	16	287	- 52
Birth Trauma	18	207	17	261	- 54
Other Injuries	19	202	19	216	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	193	47	28	+ 165
Liver Cancer	21	150	35	57	+ 93
Endocrine Disorders	22	136	27	103	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	23	127	22	164	- 37
Stomach Cancer	24	124	53	10	+ 114
Suicide	25	120	15	370	- 250
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	114	8	527	- 413
Pancreas Cancer	27	103	50	16	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	28	101	38	47	+ 54
Asthma	29	100	18	232	- 132
Falls	30	99	34	62	+ 37
Oral Cancer	31	98	32	70	+ 28
Leukemia	32	93	51	13	+ 80
Lymphomas	33	85	31	77	+ 8
Malnutrition	34	84	21	171	- 87
Inflammatory/Heart	35	71	20	177	- 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	67	29	90	- 23
Drownings	37	56	30	83	- 26
Tuberculosis	38	55	6	649	- 594
Maternal Conditions	39	46	24	118	- 72
Oesophagus Cancer	40	45	28	103	- 57
Skin Cancers	41	39	37	52	- 13
Epilepsy	42	36	36	56	- 20
Drug Use	43	35	48	26	+ 10
Fires	44	32	26	108	- 77
Meningitis	45	30	25	108	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	28	43	37	- 9
Pertussis	47	27	40	45	- 17
Alcohol	48	27	45	31	- 3
Bladder Cancer	49	21	60	6	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	50	20	49	19	+ 1
Syphilis	51	16	44	36	- 20
Appendicitis	52	15	57	8	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	11	46	30	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	11	52	11	+ 0
Poisonings	55	11	42	42	- 32
Encephalitis	56	10	59	7	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	57	10	56	9	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	58	8	55	9	- 1
Schistosomiasis	59	5	54	10	- 5
Hepatitis C	60	4	66	1	+ 3
Tetanus	61	4	61	6	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	63	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	6	- 3
Dengue	64	1	76	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	64	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	65	1	- 0
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	7	- 7
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Dominican Rep.

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.