BOTSWANA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,096	4	1,588	+ 507
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,803	5	1,273	+ 530
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,498	3	1,632	- 134
Violence	4	1,288	14	389	+ 899
Prostate Cancer	5	767	41	45	+ 722
Kidney Disease	6	688	9	506	+ 182
HIV/AIDS	7	657	1	4,950	- 4,293
Hypertension	8	565	11	471	+ 94
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	510	23	164	+ 346
Lung Cancers	10	410	39	45	+ 365
Lung Disease	11	392	10	482	- 89
Road Traffic Accidents	12	385	7	608	- 223
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	379	47	28	+ 351
Breast Cancer	14	359	33	68	+ 290
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	341	2	1,674	- 1,333
Cervical Cancer	16	311	22	164	+ 147
Lymphomas	17	218	31	77	+ 141
Low Birth Weight	18	209	13	447	- 238
Stomach Cancer	19	200	53	10	+ 190
Endocrine Disorders	20	153	27	103	+ 50
Liver Disease	21	134	12	459	- 324
Skin Disease	22	126	46	30	+ 96
Congenital Anomalies	23	120	16	287	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	24	116	20	177	- 61
Parkinson's Disease	25	115	38	47	+ 68
Leukemia	26	112	51	13	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	27	103	50	16	+ 87
Uterin Cancer	28	92	56	9	+ 83
Liver Cancer	29	88	35	57	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	30	84	49	19	+ 65
Other Injuries	31	79	19	216	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	72	29	90	- 19
Falls	33	71	34	62	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	34	64	28	103	- 39
Suicide	35	61	15	370	- 309
Asthma	36	57	18	232	- 176
Birth Trauma	37	56	17	261	- 205
Bladder Cancer	38	52	60	6	+ 45
Oral Cancer	39	51	32	70	- 19
Malnutrition	40	41	21	171	- 130
Epilepsy	41	40	36	56	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	30	8	527	- 497
Maternal Conditions	43	30	24	118	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	23	43	37	- 14
Other Neoplasms	45	16	55	9	+ 7
Fires	46	14	26	108	- 95
Meningitis	47	13	25	108	- 95
Drug Use	48	11	48	26	- 14
Encephalitis	49	11	59	7	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	52	11	- 1
Drownings	51	9	30	83	- 74
Skin Cancers	52	9	37	52	- 43
Appendicitis	53	8	57	8	+ 0
Tuberculosis	54	7	6	649	- 642
Alcohol	55	6	45	31	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	63	3	- 0
Poisonings	57	2	42	42	- 40
Dengue	58	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	62	6	- 5
Syphilis	60	1	44	36	- 36
War	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	65	1	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	61	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	58	7	- 7
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	40	45	- 45
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Jamaica

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.