BOTSWANA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,367	3	1,632	+ 735
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,986	23	164	+ 1,822
Lung Disease	3	1,211	10	482	+ 729
Stroke	4	1,101	4	1,588	- 487
Lung Cancers	5	1,032	39	45	+ 986
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	799	2	1,674	- 874
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	795	47	28	+ 767
Prostate Cancer	8	521	41	45	+ 477
Falls	9	346	34	62	+ 284
Pancreas Cancer	10	343	50	16	+ 326
Breast Cancer	11	310	33	68	+ 242
Lymphomas	12	287	31	77	+ 210
Suicide	13	282	15	370	- 88
Kidney Disease	14	272	9	506	- 235
Other Injuries	15	259	19	216	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	16	249	5	1,273	- 1,024
Parkinson's Disease	17	246	38	47	+ 199
Skin Cancers	18	181	37	52	+ 129
Endocrine Disorders	19	160	27	103	+ 57
Bladder Cancer	20	158	60	6	+ 152
Leukemia	21	157	51	13	+ 144
Stomach Cancer	22	153	53	10	+ 142
Other Neoplasms	23	144	55	9	+ 135
Ovary Cancer	24	137	49	19	+ 118
Drug Use	25	117	48	26	+ 92
Liver Cancer	26	115	35	57	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	27	110	28	103	+ 8
Hypertension	28	102	11	471	- 369
Inflammatory/Heart	29	98	20	177	- 79
Liver Disease	30	95	12	459	- 364
Alcohol	31	91	45	31	+ 60
Oral Cancer	32	75	32	70	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	71	29	90	- 19
Congenital Anomalies	34	61	16	287	- 227
Malnutrition	35	60	21	171	- 111
Uterin Cancer	36	60	56	9	+ 50
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	57	8	527	- 470
Skin Disease	38	57	46	30	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	39	56	22	164	- 108
Epilepsy	40	53	36	56	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	41	53	63	3	+ 50
Road Traffic Accidents	42	51	7	608	- 558
Asthma	43	38	18	232	- 195
Anemia	44	33	84	0	+ 33
Drownings	45	29	30	83	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	27	43	37	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	27	52	11	+ 16
Fires	48	20	26	108	- 89
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	14	80	0	+ 14
Violence	50	14	14	389	- 375
Osteoarthritis	51	12	81	0	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	52	10	13	447	- 437
Schizophrenia	53	10	86	0	+ 10
Birth Trauma	54	8	17	261	- 254
Hepatitis C	55	7	66	1	+ 7
Tuberculosis	56	7	6	649	- 642
Poisonings	57	6	42	42	- 36
Meningitis	58	6	25	108	- 102
Appendicitis	59	5	57	8	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	5	58	7	- 2
HIV/AIDS	61	5	1	4,950	- 4,945
Oral conditions	62	4	82	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	6	- 4
Pertussis	64	1	40	45	- 44
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	66	1	24	118	- 117
Syphilis	67	0	44	36	- 36
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	61	6	- 6
Encephalitis	70	0	59	7	- 7
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	84	0	64	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Norway

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.