BOTSWANA VS MADAGASCAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MADAGASCAR		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,495	4	1,588	- 93
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,215	2	1,674	- 458
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,031	3	1,632	- 601
Tuberculosis	4	966	6	649	+ 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	922	8	527	+ 395
Measles	6	763	68	0	+ 763
Road Traffic Accidents	7	656	7	608	+ 47
Hypertension	8	517	11	471	+ 46
Malaria	9	458	64	1	+ 457
Low Birth Weight	10	445	13	447	- 2
Birth Trauma	11	445	17	261	+ 183
Liver Disease	12	400	12	459	- 59
Malnutrition	13	352	21	171	+ 181
Lung Disease	14	329	10	482	- 152
Congenital Anomalies	15	281	16	287	- 6
Diabetes Mellitus	16	273	5	1,273	- 1,000
Cervical Cancer	17	252	22	164	+ 88
Maternal Conditions	18	231	24	118	+ 113
Asthma	19	209	18	232	- 24
Meningitis	20	199	25	108	+ 91
Other Injuries	21	196	19	216	- 20
Kidney Disease	22	183	9	506	- 323
Violence	23	146	14	389	- 244
Suicide	24	123	15	370	- 247
HIV/AIDS	25	112	1	4,950	- 4,838
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	93	23	164	- 70
Oesophagus Cancer	27	90	28	103	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	28	87	20	177	- 90
Prostate Cancer	29	83	41	45	+ 38
Liver Cancer	30	78	35	57	+ 20
Drownings	31	69	30	83	- 14
Oral Cancer	32	58	32	70	- 12
Syphilis	33	57	44	36	+ 20
Lymphomas	34	56	31	77	- 21
Fires	35	55	26	108	- 53
Falls	36	54	34	62	- 7
Breast Cancer	37	52	33	68	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	52	43	37	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	50	47	28	+ 23
Poisonings	40	48	42	42	+ 5
Pertussis	41	43	40	45	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	41	29	90	- 49
Skin Cancers	43	39	37	52	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	44	39	27	103	- 64
Leukemia	45	33	51	13	+ 20
Epilepsy	46	32	36	56	- 24
Stomach Cancer	47	31	53	10	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	48	24	60	6	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	49	22	38	47	- 25
Schistosomiasis	50	22	54	10	+ 12
Skin Disease	51	16	46	30	- 14
Tetanus	52	15	61	6	+ 9
Alcohol	53	13	45	31	- 17
War	54	13	69	0	+ 13
Lung Cancers	55	12	39	45	- 33
Appendicitis	56	12	57	8	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	57	11	49	19	- 8
Hepatitis B	58	8	62	6	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	8	56	9	- 2
Encephalitis	60	8	59	7	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	61	7	50	16	- 9
Drug Use	62	5	48	26	- 21
Upper Respiratory	63	4	58	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	52	11	- 7
Other Neoplasms	65	2	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	67	1	66	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	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
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	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
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

Madagascar

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.