BOTSWANA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,390	3	1,632	+ 758
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,088	23	164	+ 924
Lung Cancers	3	948	39	45	+ 903
Stroke	4	938	4	1,588	- 650
Lung Disease	5	885	10	482	+ 403
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	479	47	28	+ 451
Breast Cancer	7	414	33	68	+ 345
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	406	2	1,674	- 1,268
Kidney Disease	9	332	9	506	- 174
Other Injuries	10	323	19	216	+ 106
Pancreas Cancer	11	299	50	16	+ 282
Liver Disease	12	274	12	459	- 185
Suicide	13	253	15	370	- 117
Lymphomas	14	235	31	77	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	15	232	41	45	+ 188
Parkinson's Disease	16	226	38	47	+ 179
Diabetes Mellitus	17	223	5	1,273	- 1,050
Falls	18	221	34	62	+ 160
Hypertension	19	196	11	471	- 275
Leukemia	20	193	51	13	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	21	193	27	103	+ 90
Stomach Cancer	22	187	53	10	+ 176
Inflammatory/Heart	23	179	20	177	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	24	178	55	9	+ 169
Liver Cancer	25	177	35	57	+ 120
Bladder Cancer	26	160	60	6	+ 153
Ovary Cancer	27	129	49	19	+ 109
Oesophagus Cancer	28	116	28	103	+ 13
Alcohol	29	92	45	31	+ 62
Road Traffic Accidents	30	92	7	608	- 517
Skin Cancers	31	79	37	52	+ 27
Malnutrition	32	71	21	171	- 100
Oral Cancer	33	69	32	70	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	69	43	37	+ 32
Epilepsy	35	61	36	56	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	36	57	56	9	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	37	38	16	287	- 249
Cervical Cancer	38	35	22	164	- 129
Drug Use	39	34	48	26	+ 8
Anemia	40	31	84	0	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	25	29	90	- 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	23	8	527	- 505
Schizophrenia	43	21	86	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	44	20	46	30	- 10
Asthma	45	17	18	232	- 215
Multiple Sclerosis	46	15	63	3	+ 12
Hepatitis C	47	14	66	1	+ 13
Violence	48	11	14	389	- 378
Low Birth Weight	49	11	13	447	- 436
Osteoarthritis	50	10	81	0	+ 10
Fires	51	9	26	108	- 99
HIV/AIDS	52	9	1	4,950	- 4,941
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	8	52	11	- 2
Drownings	54	7	30	83	- 75
Tuberculosis	55	7	6	649	- 642
Poisonings	56	5	42	42	- 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	80	0	+ 4
Meningitis	58	2	25	108	- 106
Birth Trauma	59	2	17	261	- 259
Hepatitis B	60	2	62	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	61	1	58	7	- 6
Appendicitis	62	1	57	8	- 6
Maternal Conditions	63	1	24	118	- 117
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	59	7	- 6
Syphilis	66	1	44	36	- 36
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	40	45	- 45
Tetanus	69	0	61	6	- 6
Measles	70	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	81	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Luxembourg

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.