BOTSWANA VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,419	3	1,632	+ 787
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,440	23	164	+ 1,276
Stroke	3	1,129	4	1,588	- 459
Lung Cancers	4	890	39	45	+ 844
Lung Disease	5	862	10	482	+ 380
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	710	47	28	+ 682
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	437	2	1,674	- 1,237
Diabetes Mellitus	8	365	5	1,273	- 908
Prostate Cancer	9	351	41	45	+ 306
Breast Cancer	10	350	33	68	+ 281
Falls	11	298	34	62	+ 236
Skin Cancers	12	290	37	52	+ 238
Lymphomas	13	289	31	77	+ 212
Pancreas Cancer	14	258	50	16	+ 242
Suicide	15	251	15	370	- 119
Road Traffic Accidents	16	217	7	608	- 391
Kidney Disease	17	205	9	506	- 301
Leukemia	18	186	51	13	+ 173
Parkinson's Disease	19	168	38	47	+ 120
Hypertension	20	155	11	471	- 316
Endocrine Disorders	21	154	27	103	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	22	153	53	10	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	23	149	20	177	- 28
Liver Cancer	24	137	35	57	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	25	132	28	103	+ 30
Bladder Cancer	26	127	60	6	+ 120
Other Neoplasms	27	116	55	9	+ 107
Other Injuries	28	104	19	216	- 113
Ovary Cancer	29	98	49	19	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	30	83	16	287	- 204
Oral Cancer	31	78	32	70	+ 8
Liver Disease	32	75	12	459	- 384
Uterin Cancer	33	69	56	9	+ 59
Skin Disease	34	56	46	30	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	53	43	37	+ 16
Asthma	36	43	18	232	- 189
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	38	8	527	- 489
Low Birth Weight	38	37	13	447	- 410
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	33	29	90	- 57
Drug Use	40	33	48	26	+ 7
Cervical Cancer	41	29	22	164	- 135
Violence	42	27	14	389	- 362
Epilepsy	43	26	36	56	- 30
Drownings	44	26	30	83	- 57
Alcohol	45	24	45	31	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	22	52	11	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	47	21	63	3	+ 18
Hepatitis C	48	14	66	1	+ 14
Osteoarthritis	49	11	81	0	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	10	80	0	+ 10
Anemia	51	8	84	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	52	8	6	649	- 641
Fires	53	8	26	108	- 100
Birth Trauma	54	7	17	261	- 255
Malnutrition	55	7	21	171	- 164
Hepatitis B	56	7	62	6	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	57	5	1	4,950	- 4,945
Poisonings	58	4	42	42	- 38
Meningitis	59	4	25	108	- 104
Schizophrenia	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	3	57	8	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	118	- 115
Upper Respiratory	64	2	58	7	- 6
Pertussis	65	0	40	45	- 44
Encephalitis	66	0	59	7	- 7
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	61	6	- 6
Syphilis	70	0	44	36	- 36
Chlamydia	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	83	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

New Zealand

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.