BOTSWANA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,266	2	1,674	- 408
Stroke	2	990	4	1,588	- 598
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	885	8	527	+ 358
Coronary Heart Disease	4	832	3	1,632	- 800
Road Traffic Accidents	5	512	7	608	- 96
Liver Disease	6	469	12	459	+ 11
Diabetes Mellitus	7	365	5	1,273	- 908
Hypertension	8	358	11	471	- 113
Lung Disease	9	256	10	482	- 226
Malnutrition	10	255	21	171	+ 84
Birth Trauma	11	238	17	261	- 23
Kidney Disease	12	223	9	506	- 283
Maternal Conditions	13	210	24	118	+ 92
Tuberculosis	14	210	6	649	- 439
Other Injuries	15	209	19	216	- 8
Low Birth Weight	16	205	13	447	- 242
Malaria	17	169	64	1	+ 168
Congenital Anomalies	18	167	16	287	- 120
Meningitis	19	156	25	108	+ 48
Violence	20	148	14	389	- 241
Suicide	21	147	15	370	- 222
Asthma	22	126	18	232	- 106
Breast Cancer	23	120	33	68	+ 52
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	120	23	164	- 44
HIV/AIDS	25	119	1	4,950	- 4,831
Falls	26	65	34	62	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	57	29	90	- 33
Lymphomas	28	57	31	77	- 20
Leukemia	29	56	51	13	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	30	51	22	164	- 113
Fires	31	51	26	108	- 57
Inflammatory/Heart	32	47	20	177	- 130
Drownings	33	45	30	83	- 37
Poisonings	34	44	42	42	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	44	47	28	+ 16
Pertussis	36	35	40	45	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	37	33	38	47	- 14
Epilepsy	38	31	36	56	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	39	31	28	103	- 71
Ovary Cancer	40	31	49	19	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	30	43	37	- 7
Schistosomiasis	42	28	54	10	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	43	28	27	103	- 75
Oral Cancer	44	27	32	70	- 43
Liver Cancer	45	27	35	57	- 31
Lung Cancers	46	24	39	45	- 22
Prostate Cancer	47	21	41	45	- 24
Stomach Cancer	48	19	53	10	+ 8
Alcohol	49	18	45	31	- 13
Skin Disease	50	17	46	30	- 13
Bladder Cancer	51	16	60	6	+ 10
Tetanus	52	14	61	6	+ 8
Drug Use	53	14	48	26	- 12
Syphilis	54	13	44	36	- 23
Appendicitis	55	12	57	8	+ 5
Skin Cancers	56	12	37	52	- 40
Hepatitis B	57	11	62	6	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	50	16	- 9
Leishmaniasis	59	7	79	0	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	60	7	58	7	- 1
Uterin Cancer	61	7	56	9	- 3
Encephalitis	62	6	59	7	- 1
Measles	63	5	68	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	52	11	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	2	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	67	1	63	3	- 2
Ascariasis	68	1	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
War	71	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Eritrea

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.