BOTSWANA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,149	3	1,632	+ 517
Violence	2	2,028	14	389	+ 1,639
Kidney Disease	3	1,747	9	506	+ 1,241
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	894	2	1,674	- 780
Stroke	5	590	4	1,588	- 998
Lung Disease	6	552	10	482	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	7	512	5	1,273	- 760
Road Traffic Accidents	8	498	7	608	- 110
HIV/AIDS	9	311	1	4,950	- 4,638
Liver Disease	10	295	12	459	- 164
Stomach Cancer	11	260	53	10	+ 249
Alcohol	12	240	45	31	+ 209
Cervical Cancer	13	167	22	164	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	14	166	16	287	- 121
Suicide	15	144	15	370	- 225
Liver Cancer	16	131	35	57	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	17	121	41	45	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	118	23	164	- 45
Low Birth Weight	19	117	13	447	- 330
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	116	47	28	+ 89
Leukemia	21	115	51	13	+ 102
Breast Cancer	22	108	33	68	+ 39
Lung Cancers	23	107	39	45	+ 62
Falls	24	90	34	62	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	25	82	27	103	- 20
Malnutrition	26	79	21	171	- 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	74	8	527	- 454
Lymphomas	28	69	31	77	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	29	59	50	16	+ 43
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	58	29	90	- 32
Hypertension	31	54	11	471	- 417
Other Neoplasms	32	54	55	9	+ 44
Drownings	33	50	30	83	- 32
Anemia	34	48	84	0	+ 48
Asthma	35	45	18	232	- 187
Skin Disease	36	45	46	30	+ 15
Birth Trauma	37	45	17	261	- 217
Other Injuries	38	35	19	216	- 181
Oral Cancer	39	35	32	70	- 35
Ovary Cancer	40	34	49	19	+ 15
Oesophagus Cancer	41	30	28	103	- 73
Inflammatory/Heart	42	29	20	177	- 148
Drug Use	43	27	48	26	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	44	26	38	47	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	24	80	0	+ 24
Tuberculosis	46	22	6	649	- 627
Skin Cancers	47	22	37	52	- 30
Epilepsy	48	19	36	56	- 37
Bladder Cancer	49	15	60	6	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	50	15	56	9	+ 5
Meningitis	51	13	25	108	- 95
Pertussis	52	12	40	45	- 33
Maternal Conditions	53	10	24	118	- 108
Fires	54	8	26	108	- 100
Chagas disease	55	7	77	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	7	57	8	- 1
Poisonings	57	6	42	42	- 37
Syphilis	58	5	44	36	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	52	11	- 5
Tetanus	60	4	61	6	- 2
Dengue	61	3	76	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	58	7	- 4
Encephalitis	63	3	59	7	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	63	3	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	43	37	- 35
Hepatitis B	66	2	62	6	- 4
Schizophrenia	67	1	86	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	77	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	65	1	- 1
Malaria	80	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	54	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

El Salvador

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.