BOTSWANA VS MALTA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALTA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,569	3	1,632	+ 2,937
Stroke	2	1,521	4	1,588	- 68
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,109	2	1,674	- 564
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,081	23	164	+ 917
Lung Cancers	5	1,027	39	45	+ 982
Diabetes Mellitus	6	848	5	1,273	- 424
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	767	47	28	+ 740
Lung Disease	8	660	10	482	+ 179
Pancreas Cancer	9	472	50	16	+ 456
Breast Cancer	10	442	33	68	+ 374
Kidney Disease	11	413	9	506	- 94
Lymphomas	12	276	31	77	+ 200
Prostate Cancer	13	276	41	45	+ 231
Falls	14	270	34	62	+ 208
Stomach Cancer	15	260	53	10	+ 249
Parkinson's Disease	16	259	38	47	+ 211
Ovary Cancer	17	178	49	19	+ 158
Liver Cancer	18	176	35	57	+ 119
Bladder Cancer	19	173	60	6	+ 167
Hypertension	20	173	11	471	- 298
Leukemia	21	144	51	13	+ 131
Suicide	22	139	15	370	- 231
Oral Cancer	23	130	32	70	+ 60
Liver Disease	24	120	12	459	- 338
Skin Disease	25	119	46	30	+ 90
Other Neoplasms	26	115	55	9	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	27	114	20	177	- 63
Uterin Cancer	28	108	56	9	+ 99
Oesophagus Cancer	29	106	28	103	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	30	100	27	103	- 3
Road Traffic Accidents	31	94	7	608	- 514
Congenital Anomalies	32	90	16	287	- 197
Other Injuries	33	85	19	216	- 131
Skin Cancers	34	73	37	52	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	35	59	13	447	- 388
Asthma	36	43	18	232	- 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	38	29	90	- 53
Drug Use	38	36	48	26	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	39	23	22	164	- 141
Violence	40	23	14	389	- 366
HIV/AIDS	41	19	1	4,950	- 4,931
Prostatic Hypertrophy	42	18	80	0	+ 18
Epilepsy	43	18	36	56	- 38
Birth Trauma	44	15	17	261	- 246
Multiple Sclerosis	45	15	63	3	+ 12
Anemia	46	15	84	0	+ 15
Alcohol	47	14	45	31	- 17
Drownings	48	12	30	83	- 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	11	43	37	- 26
Osteoarthritis	50	11	81	0	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	10	52	11	- 1
Tuberculosis	52	8	6	649	- 641
Hepatitis C	53	7	66	1	+ 6
War	54	6	69	0	+ 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	5	8	527	- 522
Meningitis	56	4	25	108	- 104
Schizophrenia	57	4	86	0	+ 4
Poisonings	58	3	42	42	- 40
Upper Respiratory	59	2	58	7	- 6
Malnutrition	60	2	21	171	- 169
Hepatitis B	61	2	62	6	- 4
Fires	62	2	26	108	- 107
Appendicitis	63	2	57	8	- 6
Maternal Conditions	64	2	24	118	- 116
Encephalitis	65	1	59	7	- 6
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	67	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	68	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	69	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	70	0	54	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	40	45	- 45
Measles	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	78	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	65	1	- 1
Syphilis	81	0	44	36	- 36
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Malta

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.