BOTSWANA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,932	3	1,632	+ 1,300
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,389	5	1,273	+ 116
Lung Disease	3	1,054	10	482	+ 573
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	774	23	164	+ 610
Kidney Disease	5	765	9	506	+ 258
Stroke	6	759	4	1,588	- 830
Asthma	7	721	18	232	+ 489
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	570	2	1,674	- 1,103
Road Traffic Accidents	9	468	7	608	- 140
Suicide	10	332	15	370	- 38
Oral Cancer	11	323	32	70	+ 253
Lung Cancers	12	198	39	45	+ 152
Oesophagus Cancer	13	172	28	103	+ 69
Other Injuries	14	170	19	216	- 46
Breast Cancer	15	154	33	68	+ 86
Stomach Cancer	16	147	53	10	+ 137
Liver Disease	17	145	12	459	- 313
Leukemia	18	129	51	13	+ 116
Liver Cancer	19	122	35	57	+ 64
Hypertension	20	118	11	471	- 353
Lymphomas	21	115	31	77	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	22	110	16	287	- 177
Falls	23	107	34	62	+ 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	102	47	28	+ 74
Tuberculosis	25	86	6	649	- 563
Cervical Cancer	26	85	22	164	- 79
Drownings	27	81	30	83	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	67	8	527	- 460
Low Birth Weight	29	60	13	447	- 387
Prostate Cancer	30	57	41	45	+ 12
Violence	31	56	14	389	- 334
Endocrine Disorders	32	52	27	103	- 51
Anemia	33	50	84	0	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	34	48	60	6	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	35	47	20	177	- 130
Skin Disease	36	33	46	30	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	37	31	49	19	+ 12
War	38	31	69	0	+ 31
Epilepsy	39	30	36	56	- 26
Drug Use	40	29	48	26	+ 3
Fires	41	27	26	108	- 82
Uterin Cancer	42	24	56	9	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	43	24	50	16	+ 8
Birth Trauma	44	21	17	261	- 240
Parkinson's Disease	45	19	38	47	- 29
Meningitis	46	16	25	108	- 92
Dengue	47	15	76	0	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	48	11	24	118	- 107
Poisonings	49	10	42	42	- 32
Other Neoplasms	50	10	55	9	+ 0
Alcohol	51	9	45	31	- 22
Skin Cancers	52	6	37	52	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	43	37	- 32
Malnutrition	54	5	21	171	- 166
HIV/AIDS	55	4	1	4,950	- 4,945
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	4	29	90	- 86
Tetanus	57	3	61	6	- 3
Syphilis	58	2	44	36	- 35
Pertussis	59	2	40	45	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	52	11	- 9
Encephalitis	61	1	59	7	- 6
Hepatitis B	62	1	62	6	- 5
Leprosy	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	57	8	- 7
Schizophrenia	65	1	86	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	7	- 7
Osteoarthritis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	63	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	66	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	81	0	54	10	- 10
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Sri Lanka

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.