BOTSWANA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	2,128	10	482	+ 1,647
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,549	3	1,632	- 83
Tuberculosis	3	1,302	6	649	+ 653
Stroke	4	1,016	4	1,588	- 572
Liver Disease	5	503	12	459	+ 44
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	491	2	1,674	- 1,182
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	478	8	527	- 49
Asthma	8	467	18	232	+ 235
Road Traffic Accidents	9	367	7	608	- 242
Kidney Disease	10	337	9	506	- 169
Low Birth Weight	11	301	13	447	- 146
Lung Cancers	12	282	39	45	+ 237
Falls	13	262	34	62	+ 200
Diabetes Mellitus	14	231	5	1,273	- 1,042
Birth Trauma	15	211	17	261	- 51
Suicide	16	202	15	370	- 167
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	183	43	37	+ 146
Hypertension	18	165	11	471	- 306
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	159	23	164	- 4
Cervical Cancer	20	155	22	164	- 9
Congenital Anomalies	21	153	16	287	- 134
Other Injuries	22	130	19	216	- 86
Drownings	23	119	30	83	+ 36
Oral Cancer	24	109	32	70	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	25	109	53	10	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	92	47	28	+ 64
Breast Cancer	27	82	33	68	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	28	77	24	118	- 41
Encephalitis	29	69	59	7	+ 62
Epilepsy	30	69	36	56	+ 13
Malnutrition	31	67	21	171	- 104
Lymphomas	32	60	31	77	- 16
Parkinson's Disease	33	60	38	47	+ 13
HIV/AIDS	34	58	1	4,950	- 4,892
Violence	35	55	14	389	- 334
Leukemia	36	53	51	13	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	37	46	49	19	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	38	39	28	103	- 64
Poisonings	39	37	42	42	- 5
Pertussis	40	36	40	45	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	41	35	50	16	+ 19
Skin Cancers	42	31	37	52	- 20
Meningitis	43	30	25	108	- 79
Bladder Cancer	44	26	60	6	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	45	20	27	103	- 82
Liver Cancer	46	20	35	57	- 37
Appendicitis	47	17	57	8	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	48	17	20	177	- 160
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	15	29	90	- 75
Fires	50	14	26	108	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	52	11	+ 3
Alcohol	52	13	45	31	- 18
Tetanus	53	11	61	6	+ 4
Syphilis	54	11	44	36	- 26
Dengue	55	9	76	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	56	9	62	6	+ 3
Drug Use	57	7	48	26	- 18
Prostate Cancer	58	7	41	45	- 38
Measles	59	5	68	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	60	4	56	9	- 5
Other Neoplasms	61	4	55	9	- 6
Leishmaniasis	62	3	79	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	63	3	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	2	66	1	+ 2
War	65	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	58	7	- 6
Skin Disease	67	1	46	30	- 29
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	73	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Nepal

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.