BOTSWANA VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,962	2	1,674	+ 289
Malaria	2	1,584	64	1	+ 1,583
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,491	8	527	+ 964
Low Birth Weight	4	889	13	447	+ 442
Stroke	5	811	4	1,588	- 777
Coronary Heart Disease	6	766	3	1,632	- 866
Birth Trauma	7	747	17	261	+ 486
Road Traffic Accidents	8	553	7	608	- 55
Meningitis	9	487	25	108	+ 379
Congenital Anomalies	10	404	16	287	+ 117
Liver Disease	11	383	12	459	- 76
Other Injuries	12	356	19	216	+ 140
Tuberculosis	13	344	6	649	- 304
Maternal Conditions	14	309	24	118	+ 191
Pertussis	15	266	40	45	+ 221
Kidney Disease	16	254	9	506	- 252
Diabetes Mellitus	17	245	5	1,273	- 1,028
Measles	18	225	68	0	+ 224
Violence	19	209	14	389	- 180
Lung Disease	20	202	10	482	- 280
Malnutrition	21	202	21	171	+ 31
Asthma	22	177	18	232	- 55
Endocrine Disorders	23	168	27	103	+ 65
Drownings	24	147	30	83	+ 65
Hypertension	25	126	11	471	- 345
Falls	26	121	34	62	+ 59
Suicide	27	114	15	370	- 256
Fires	28	104	26	108	- 4
Breast Cancer	29	100	33	68	+ 32
HIV/AIDS	30	97	1	4,950	- 4,852
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	97	29	90	+ 7
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	80	23	164	- 84
Poisonings	33	72	42	42	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	34	71	20	177	- 105
Liver Cancer	35	69	35	57	+ 12
Epilepsy	36	63	36	56	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	49	47	28	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	38	45	22	164	- 119
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	43	43	37	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	40	40	49	19	+ 20
War	41	38	69	0	+ 38
Tetanus	42	35	61	6	+ 28
Lymphomas	43	33	31	77	- 44
Stomach Cancer	44	28	53	10	+ 18
Skin Cancers	45	27	37	52	- 25
Hepatitis B	46	26	62	6	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	47	26	38	47	- 22
Leukemia	48	24	51	13	+ 11
Oral Cancer	49	23	32	70	- 48
Schistosomiasis	50	22	54	10	+ 12
Leishmaniasis	51	22	79	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	52	20	46	30	- 10
Bladder Cancer	53	15	60	6	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	54	13	50	16	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	55	12	28	103	- 90
Appendicitis	56	12	57	8	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	57	12	41	45	- 33
Drug Use	58	12	48	26	- 14
Ascariasis	59	12	67	0	+ 11
Alcohol	60	11	45	31	- 20
Encephalitis	61	10	59	7	+ 3
Syphilis	62	10	44	36	- 26
Upper Respiratory	63	9	58	7	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	64	8	56	9	- 1
Diphtheria	65	6	70	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	1	+ 4
Lung Cancers	67	4	39	45	- 41
Other Neoplasms	68	2	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	63	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	2	52	11	- 9
Chlamydia	71	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Niger

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.