BOTSWANA VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,088	2	1,674	+ 2,414
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,892	8	527	+ 2,365
Measles	3	2,179	68	0	+ 2,179
Tuberculosis	4	1,932	6	649	+ 1,283
Birth Trauma	5	1,802	17	261	+ 1,541
Stroke	6	1,618	4	1,588	+ 30
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,362	3	1,632	- 270
Low Birth Weight	8	1,177	13	447	+ 730
Meningitis	9	1,013	25	108	+ 905
Malnutrition	10	908	21	171	+ 737
Road Traffic Accidents	11	797	7	608	+ 188
Maternal Conditions	12	777	24	118	+ 659
Liver Disease	13	737	12	459	+ 279
Other Injuries	14	678	19	216	+ 462
Congenital Anomalies	15	642	16	287	+ 355
Diabetes Mellitus	16	544	5	1,273	- 729
Tetanus	17	499	61	6	+ 492
Hypertension	18	498	11	471	+ 27
Lung Disease	19	460	10	482	- 22
Pertussis	20	387	40	45	+ 342
Kidney Disease	21	386	9	506	- 120
Malaria	22	366	64	1	+ 365
Asthma	23	354	18	232	+ 121
War	24	248	69	0	+ 248
Drownings	25	239	30	83	+ 157
Breast Cancer	26	232	33	68	+ 164
Suicide	27	230	15	370	- 140
Cervical Cancer	28	166	22	164	+ 2
Violence	29	156	14	389	- 233
Fires	30	153	26	108	+ 44
Poisonings	31	143	42	42	+ 100
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	122	23	164	- 42
HIV/AIDS	33	115	1	4,950	- 4,835
Lymphomas	34	114	31	77	+ 37
Leukemia	35	106	51	13	+ 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	105	29	90	+ 15
Falls	37	103	34	62	+ 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	103	47	28	+ 75
Inflammatory/Heart	39	98	20	177	- 79
Oesophagus Cancer	40	97	28	103	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	84	43	37	+ 47
Schistosomiasis	42	82	54	10	+ 72
Epilepsy	43	79	36	56	+ 23
Endocrine Disorders	44	76	27	103	- 26
Syphilis	45	71	44	36	+ 35
Oral Cancer	46	62	32	70	- 8
Upper Respiratory	47	61	58	7	+ 54
Hepatitis B	48	59	62	6	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	49	58	53	10	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	50	56	49	19	+ 36
Leishmaniasis	51	55	79	0	+ 55
Prostate Cancer	52	54	41	45	+ 9
Liver Cancer	53	48	35	57	- 9
Lung Cancers	54	44	39	45	- 2
Appendicitis	55	35	57	8	+ 28
Parkinson's Disease	56	35	38	47	- 13
Skin Cancers	57	31	37	52	- 21
Skin Disease	58	28	46	30	- 1
Alcohol	59	28	45	31	- 2
Diphtheria	60	28	70	0	+ 28
Bladder Cancer	61	28	60	6	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	62	20	50	16	+ 4
Encephalitis	63	17	59	7	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	64	15	56	9	+ 5
Drug Use	65	10	48	26	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	7	52	11	- 4
Hepatitis C	67	6	66	1	+ 6
Otitis Media	68	6	71	0	+ 6
Ascariasis	69	6	67	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	70	2	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	71	1	63	3	- 2
Chlamydia	72	1	65	1	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Somalia

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.