BOTSWANA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,618	3	1,632	+ 986
Stroke	2	1,126	4	1,588	- 462
Road Traffic Accidents	3	826	7	608	+ 218
Kidney Disease	4	607	9	506	+ 101
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	411	2	1,674	- 1,262
Falls	6	358	34	62	+ 297
Liver Disease	7	331	12	459	- 128
Other Injuries	8	269	19	216	+ 52
Diabetes Mellitus	9	261	5	1,273	- 1,012
Lung Disease	10	191	10	482	- 291
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	164	23	164	+ 0
Congenital Anomalies	12	155	16	287	- 133
Suicide	13	137	15	370	- 233
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	109	47	28	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	15	97	27	103	- 6
Inflammatory/Heart	16	90	20	177	- 87
Asthma	17	78	18	232	- 154
Low Birth Weight	18	66	13	447	- 381
Leukemia	19	62	51	13	+ 49
Breast Cancer	20	61	33	68	- 7
Liver Cancer	21	57	35	57	- 1
Hypertension	22	56	11	471	- 415
Fires	23	55	26	108	- 53
Drownings	24	55	30	83	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	25	52	38	47	+ 5
Lung Cancers	26	52	39	45	+ 7
Tuberculosis	27	50	6	649	- 598
Lymphomas	28	48	31	77	- 29
Epilepsy	29	47	36	56	- 10
Violence	30	43	14	389	- 346
Pancreas Cancer	31	35	50	16	+ 19
Skin Disease	32	35	46	30	+ 5
Drug Use	33	33	48	26	+ 7
Oral Cancer	34	31	32	70	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	31	8	527	- 497
Stomach Cancer	36	26	53	10	+ 16
Birth Trauma	37	23	17	261	- 238
Uterin Cancer	38	22	56	9	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	19	43	37	- 18
Poisonings	40	19	42	42	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	18	29	90	- 72
Ovary Cancer	42	17	49	19	- 3
Encephalitis	43	16	59	7	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	44	15	28	103	- 87
Meningitis	45	15	25	108	- 93
Bladder Cancer	46	14	60	6	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	47	13	1	4,950	- 4,937
Maternal Conditions	48	12	24	118	- 106
Cervical Cancer	49	11	22	164	- 153
Prostate Cancer	50	10	41	45	- 35
Alcohol	51	9	45	31	- 22
Malnutrition	52	5	21	171	- 166
Hepatitis B	53	4	62	6	- 2
Pertussis	54	4	40	45	- 41
Skin Cancers	55	4	37	52	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	63	3	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	57	3	55	9	- 7
Appendicitis	58	2	57	8	- 5
Syphilis	59	2	44	36	- 34
Schistosomiasis	60	2	54	10	- 8
Tetanus	61	1	61	6	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	52	11	- 10
Dengue	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	66	1	- 0
War	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	71	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Saudi Arabia

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.