BOTSWANA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,239	2	1,674	- 435
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	917	8	527	+ 390
Stroke	3	814	4	1,588	- 775
Coronary Heart Disease	4	755	3	1,632	- 877
Road Traffic Accidents	5	652	7	608	+ 44
Birth Trauma	6	643	17	261	+ 382
Low Birth Weight	7	579	13	447	+ 132
Liver Disease	8	564	12	459	+ 105
Tuberculosis	9	444	6	649	- 205
Diabetes Mellitus	10	336	5	1,273	- 937
Congenital Anomalies	11	323	16	287	+ 36
Hypertension	12	278	11	471	- 192
Kidney Disease	13	250	9	506	- 256
Meningitis	14	248	25	108	+ 140
Lung Disease	15	245	10	482	- 236
Other Injuries	16	243	19	216	+ 26
HIV/AIDS	17	237	1	4,950	- 4,713
Maternal Conditions	18	184	24	118	+ 66
Malnutrition	19	179	21	171	+ 8
Breast Cancer	20	175	33	68	+ 107
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	171	23	164	+ 7
Violence	22	167	14	389	- 222
Pertussis	23	143	40	45	+ 98
Measles	24	131	68	0	+ 130
Suicide	25	125	15	370	- 245
Malaria	26	116	64	1	+ 116
Cervical Cancer	27	104	22	164	- 60
Falls	28	93	34	62	+ 32
Asthma	29	93	18	232	- 139
Leukemia	30	87	51	13	+ 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	78	47	28	+ 50
Poisonings	32	76	42	42	+ 34
Lymphomas	33	74	31	77	- 3
Fires	34	67	26	108	- 41
Drownings	35	65	30	83	- 18
Ovary Cancer	36	50	49	19	+ 31
Tetanus	37	46	61	6	+ 39
Lung Cancers	38	46	39	45	+ 0
Inflammatory/Heart	39	45	20	177	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	40	38	28	103	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	36	29	90	- 54
Liver Cancer	42	36	35	57	- 21
Syphilis	43	35	44	36	- 1
Epilepsy	44	34	36	56	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	45	34	27	103	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	46	33	38	47	- 15
Stomach Cancer	47	31	53	10	+ 21
Oral Cancer	48	31	32	70	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	28	43	37	- 9
Prostate Cancer	50	26	41	45	- 19
Bladder Cancer	51	22	60	6	+ 16
Skin Cancers	52	21	37	52	- 31
Skin Disease	53	19	46	30	- 11
Schistosomiasis	54	17	54	10	+ 7
Alcohol	55	15	45	31	- 15
Hepatitis B	56	15	62	6	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	57	15	58	7	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	14	57	8	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	59	12	79	0	+ 12
Drug Use	60	11	48	26	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	61	10	50	16	- 6
Uterin Cancer	62	9	56	9	- 1
Encephalitis	63	8	59	7	+ 1
War	64	6	69	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	52	11	- 6
Other Neoplasms	66	3	55	9	- 6
Diphtheria	67	3	70	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	3	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	69	2	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	63	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	65	1	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Ethiopia

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.