BOTSWANA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,604	3	1,632	+ 972
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,665	2	1,674	- 9
Stroke	3	1,531	4	1,588	- 57
Road Traffic Accidents	4	509	7	608	- 99
Lung Disease	5	470	10	482	- 11
Kidney Disease	6	470	9	506	- 36
Liver Disease	7	363	12	459	- 95
Lung Cancers	8	306	39	45	+ 261
Diabetes Mellitus	9	291	5	1,273	- 981
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	283	23	164	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	272	47	28	+ 244
Breast Cancer	12	218	33	68	+ 149
HIV/AIDS	13	190	1	4,950	- 4,760
Other Injuries	14	158	19	216	- 59
Skin Disease	15	146	46	30	+ 117
Liver Cancer	16	141	35	57	+ 83
Oral Cancer	17	132	32	70	+ 62
Falls	18	132	34	62	+ 70
Suicide	19	129	15	370	- 241
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	126	8	527	- 401
Stomach Cancer	21	102	53	10	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	101	29	90	+ 11
Leukemia	23	100	51	13	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	24	99	16	287	- 188
Lymphomas	25	94	31	77	+ 17
Tuberculosis	26	87	6	649	- 562
Inflammatory/Heart	27	86	20	177	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	28	78	38	47	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	29	72	13	447	- 375
Asthma	30	72	18	232	- 160
Cervical Cancer	31	72	22	164	- 92
Pancreas Cancer	32	70	50	16	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	33	64	41	45	+ 20
Violence	34	62	14	389	- 328
Ovary Cancer	35	59	49	19	+ 39
Drownings	36	58	30	83	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	37	57	27	103	- 45
Hypertension	38	46	11	471	- 425
Bladder Cancer	39	33	60	6	+ 27
Encephalitis	40	32	59	7	+ 25
Oesophagus Cancer	41	31	28	103	- 72
Birth Trauma	42	25	17	261	- 236
Uterin Cancer	43	25	56	9	+ 16
Fires	44	24	26	108	- 85
Drug Use	45	23	48	26	- 3
Meningitis	46	21	25	108	- 87
Dengue	47	20	76	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	48	19	55	9	+ 9
Malnutrition	49	18	21	171	- 153
Skin Cancers	50	18	37	52	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	17	43	37	- 20
Epilepsy	52	16	36	56	- 40
Poisonings	53	15	42	42	- 27
Hepatitis B	54	15	62	6	+ 9
Alcohol	55	13	45	31	- 18
Maternal Conditions	56	12	24	118	- 106
Pertussis	57	6	40	45	- 39
Appendicitis	58	5	57	8	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	52	11	- 9
Tetanus	61	2	61	6	- 5
Syphilis	62	1	44	36	- 35
War	63	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	65	0	58	7	- 7
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Malaysia

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.