BOTSWANA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,092	3	1,632	+ 1,460
Stroke	2	2,963	4	1,588	+ 1,374
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,727	23	164	+ 1,563
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,645	2	1,674	- 29
Lung Cancers	5	1,058	39	45	+ 1,012
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,054	47	28	+ 1,026
Lung Disease	7	1,029	10	482	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	8	865	5	1,273	- 408
Kidney Disease	9	673	9	506	+ 167
Stomach Cancer	10	608	53	10	+ 598
Prostate Cancer	11	510	41	45	+ 465
Breast Cancer	12	479	33	68	+ 411
Other Injuries	13	465	19	216	+ 249
Hypertension	14	451	11	471	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	15	401	50	16	+ 385
Lymphomas	16	386	31	77	+ 309
Endocrine Disorders	17	371	27	103	+ 269
Liver Cancer	18	305	35	57	+ 248
Suicide	19	281	15	370	- 88
Bladder Cancer	20	281	60	6	+ 275
Parkinson's Disease	21	274	38	47	+ 226
Liver Disease	22	270	12	459	- 188
Falls	23	248	34	62	+ 186
Leukemia	24	244	51	13	+ 231
Oral Cancer	25	219	32	70	+ 149
Inflammatory/Heart	26	218	20	177	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	27	201	7	608	- 407
Other Neoplasms	28	157	55	9	+ 147
Oesophagus Cancer	29	150	28	103	+ 47
Skin Cancers	30	126	37	52	+ 74
Epilepsy	31	100	36	56	+ 44
Uterin Cancer	32	97	56	9	+ 88
Ovary Cancer	33	95	49	19	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	34	79	22	164	- 85
HIV/AIDS	35	77	1	4,950	- 4,873
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	55	8	527	- 472
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	55	29	90	- 35
Tuberculosis	38	51	6	649	- 598
Skin Disease	39	49	46	30	+ 19
Congenital Anomalies	40	47	16	287	- 240
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	41	43	37	+ 3
Anemia	42	36	84	0	+ 36
Asthma	43	35	18	232	- 197
Drug Use	44	31	48	26	+ 5
Alcohol	45	27	45	31	- 4
Fires	46	26	26	108	- 82
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	24	52	11	+ 13
Violence	48	23	14	389	- 366
Hepatitis C	49	21	66	1	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	20	80	0	+ 20
Drownings	51	19	30	83	- 64
Low Birth Weight	52	19	13	447	- 428
Malnutrition	53	19	21	171	- 152
Multiple Sclerosis	54	13	63	3	+ 10
Schizophrenia	55	12	86	0	+ 12
Meningitis	56	10	25	108	- 98
Poisonings	57	7	42	42	- 35
Osteoarthritis	58	7	81	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	6	62	6	+ 0
Birth Trauma	60	6	17	261	- 256
Appendicitis	61	5	57	8	- 3
Upper Respiratory	62	4	58	7	- 4
Maternal Conditions	63	2	24	118	- 116
Syphilis	64	1	44	36	- 36
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	7	- 7
Leishmaniasis	68	0	79	0	+ 0
War	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Pertussis	72	0	40	45	- 45
Tetanus	73	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	65	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	54	10	- 10
Malaria	78	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Portugal

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.