BOTSWANA VS SEYCHELLES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SEYCHELLES		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,593	3	1,632	+ 961
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,869	2	1,674	+ 195
Stroke	3	1,660	4	1,588	+ 72
Kidney Disease	4	1,065	9	506	+ 558
Hypertension	5	1,047	11	471	+ 576
Liver Disease	6	780	12	459	+ 322
Diabetes Mellitus	7	637	5	1,273	- 635
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	616	47	28	+ 589
Lung Disease	9	560	10	482	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	10	500	41	45	+ 455
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	467	23	164	+ 304
Lung Cancers	12	454	39	45	+ 409
Breast Cancer	13	362	33	68	+ 293
Violence	14	361	14	389	- 28
Oral Cancer	15	333	32	70	+ 263
Drownings	16	291	30	83	+ 209
Road Traffic Accidents	17	275	7	608	- 334
Inflammatory/Heart	18	248	20	177	+ 71
Cervical Cancer	19	227	22	164	+ 63
Lymphomas	20	211	31	77	+ 134
Suicide	21	197	15	370	- 172
Pancreas Cancer	22	187	50	16	+ 171
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	175	29	90	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	24	174	16	287	- 113
Stomach Cancer	25	171	53	10	+ 161
Leukemia	26	156	51	13	+ 143
Asthma	27	154	18	232	- 78
Parkinson's Disease	28	149	38	47	+ 102
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	148	8	527	- 379
Endocrine Disorders	30	147	27	103	+ 45
Liver Cancer	31	146	35	57	+ 89
Oesophagus Cancer	32	145	28	103	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	33	140	13	447	- 307
Falls	34	139	34	62	+ 77
Ovary Cancer	35	126	49	19	+ 106
Bladder Cancer	36	111	60	6	+ 104
Other Injuries	37	106	19	216	- 110
Meningitis	38	59	25	108	- 49
Birth Trauma	39	45	17	261	- 216
Skin Disease	40	45	46	30	+ 15
Fires	41	44	26	108	- 64
Malnutrition	42	42	21	171	- 129
Uterin Cancer	43	42	56	9	+ 33
Skin Cancers	44	30	37	52	- 22
Maternal Conditions	45	24	24	118	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	21	43	37	- 16
Drug Use	47	21	48	26	- 5
Encephalitis	48	20	59	7	+ 13
Alcohol	49	16	45	31	- 15
Epilepsy	50	14	36	56	- 42
Poisonings	51	13	42	42	- 29
Appendicitis	52	12	57	8	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	53	11	55	9	+ 1
Pertussis	54	10	40	45	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	55	6	63	3	+ 3
Hepatitis B	56	6	62	6	- 0
Syphilis	57	5	44	36	- 31
Dengue	58	4	76	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	52	11	- 8
Tetanus	60	2	61	6	- 4
War	61	2	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	66	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	58	7	- 7
Chlamydia	64	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	0	67	0	- 0
Tuberculosis	66	0	6	649	- 649
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	73	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Seychelles

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.