BOTSWANA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,247	6	649	+ 598
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,214	2	1,674	- 460
Measles	3	1,151	68	0	+ 1,151
Malaria	4	1,094	64	1	+ 1,093
Road Traffic Accidents	5	866	7	608	+ 257
HIV/AIDS	6	865	1	4,950	- 4,085
Coronary Heart Disease	7	849	3	1,632	- 783
Low Birth Weight	8	745	13	447	+ 297
Birth Trauma	9	722	17	261	+ 460
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	717	8	527	+ 190
Stroke	11	711	4	1,588	- 877
Maternal Conditions	12	392	24	118	+ 274
Liver Disease	13	387	12	459	- 72
Congenital Anomalies	14	375	16	287	+ 88
Diabetes Mellitus	15	293	5	1,273	- 980
Kidney Disease	16	274	9	506	- 232
Meningitis	17	249	25	108	+ 140
Violence	18	215	14	389	- 174
Cervical Cancer	19	213	22	164	+ 49
Liver Cancer	20	198	35	57	+ 141
Syphilis	21	178	44	36	+ 141
Other Injuries	22	171	19	216	- 45
Hypertension	23	167	11	471	- 304
Malnutrition	24	159	21	171	- 12
Prostate Cancer	25	134	41	45	+ 90
Lung Disease	26	132	10	482	- 349
Breast Cancer	27	111	33	68	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	28	111	27	103	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	106	23	164	- 58
Suicide	30	99	15	370	- 271
Asthma	31	90	18	232	- 142
Pertussis	32	89	40	45	+ 44
Falls	33	70	34	62	+ 8
Fires	34	69	26	108	- 39
Drownings	35	57	30	83	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	57	29	90	- 33
Stomach Cancer	37	55	53	10	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	38	52	20	177	- 125
Lymphomas	39	42	31	77	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	40	47	28	+ 13
Poisonings	41	37	42	42	- 5
Epilepsy	42	36	36	56	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	43	33	38	47	- 15
Lung Cancers	44	30	39	45	- 16
Schistosomiasis	45	23	54	10	+ 13
Skin Cancers	46	23	37	52	- 29
Ovary Cancer	47	23	49	19	+ 3
Oral Cancer	48	23	32	70	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	23	43	37	- 14
Drug Use	50	19	48	26	- 7
Skin Disease	51	19	46	30	- 11
Hepatitis B	52	18	62	6	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	53	17	50	16	+ 1
Tetanus	54	14	61	6	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	55	13	56	9	+ 3
Encephalitis	56	12	59	7	+ 5
Alcohol	57	11	45	31	- 19
Leukemia	58	10	51	13	- 3
Bladder Cancer	59	9	60	6	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	60	7	28	103	- 96
Appendicitis	61	6	57	8	- 2
Other Neoplasms	62	3	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	52	11	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	2	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	58	7	- 6
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Liberia

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.