BOTSWANA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,152	2	1,674	- 521
Stroke	2	1,074	4	1,588	- 514
Coronary Heart Disease	3	999	3	1,632	- 633
HIV/AIDS	4	961	1	4,950	- 3,989
Malaria	5	791	64	1	+ 790
Tuberculosis	6	724	6	649	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	7	553	7	608	- 55
Low Birth Weight	8	472	13	447	+ 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	463	8	527	- 64
Birth Trauma	10	439	17	261	+ 177
Liver Disease	11	429	12	459	- 30
Diabetes Mellitus	12	420	5	1,273	- 853
Kidney Disease	13	295	9	506	- 212
Congenital Anomalies	14	279	16	287	- 8
Lung Disease	15	221	10	482	- 261
Meningitis	16	211	25	108	+ 103
Liver Cancer	17	202	35	57	+ 145
Other Injuries	18	172	19	216	- 44
Hypertension	19	158	11	471	- 313
Cervical Cancer	20	153	22	164	- 11
Suicide	21	141	15	370	- 229
Maternal Conditions	22	141	24	118	+ 23
Asthma	23	140	18	232	- 92
Endocrine Disorders	24	139	27	103	+ 37
Breast Cancer	25	137	33	68	+ 69
Malnutrition	26	132	21	171	- 39
Violence	27	132	14	389	- 258
Inflammatory/Heart	28	114	20	177	- 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	92	23	164	- 72
Falls	30	83	34	62	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	31	73	41	45	+ 29
Lymphomas	32	62	31	77	- 15
Stomach Cancer	33	62	53	10	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	57	47	28	+ 29
Pertussis	35	53	40	45	+ 8
Drownings	36	52	30	83	- 30
Fires	37	52	26	108	- 57
Ovary Cancer	38	49	49	19	+ 30
Drug Use	39	45	48	26	+ 19
Poisonings	40	37	42	42	- 5
Syphilis	41	34	44	36	- 2
Oral Cancer	42	34	32	70	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	43	27	38	47	- 20
Encephalitis	44	25	59	7	+ 18
Leukemia	45	24	51	13	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	46	24	50	16	+ 8
Epilepsy	47	23	36	56	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	23	29	90	- 67
Oesophagus Cancer	49	20	28	103	- 82
Skin Disease	50	19	46	30	- 11
Schistosomiasis	51	18	54	10	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	18	43	37	- 19
Bladder Cancer	53	17	60	6	+ 11
Alcohol	54	17	45	31	- 13
Lung Cancers	55	17	39	45	- 29
Tetanus	56	16	61	6	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	57	16	56	9	+ 6
Skin Cancers	58	15	37	52	- 37
Appendicitis	59	10	57	8	+ 3
Measles	60	10	68	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	63	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	7	62	6	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	63	3	55	9	- 6
War	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	7	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	52	11	- 9
Ascariasis	68	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Ghana

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.