BOTSWANA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,982	1	4,950	+ 32
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,982	2	1,674	+ 309
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,921	5	1,273	+ 648
Stroke	4	1,724	4	1,588	+ 135
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,626	3	1,632	- 6
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,114	8	527	+ 586
Road Traffic Accidents	7	827	7	608	+ 219
Kidney Disease	8	821	9	506	+ 314
Suicide	9	727	15	370	+ 357
Hypertension	10	629	11	471	+ 158
Liver Disease	11	589	12	459	+ 131
Lung Disease	12	569	10	482	+ 88
Tuberculosis	13	551	6	649	- 98
Low Birth Weight	14	502	13	447	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	15	463	22	164	+ 299
Violence	16	457	14	389	+ 68
Other Injuries	17	409	19	216	+ 193
Birth Trauma	18	358	17	261	+ 97
Congenital Anomalies	19	345	16	287	+ 58
Asthma	20	322	18	232	+ 90
Maternal Conditions	21	249	24	118	+ 132
Malnutrition	22	228	21	171	+ 57
Meningitis	23	210	25	108	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	24	202	20	177	+ 25
Drownings	25	187	30	83	+ 105
Fires	26	180	26	108	+ 72
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	165	23	164	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	28	160	27	103	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	109	29	90	+ 19
Epilepsy	30	98	36	56	+ 42
Prostate Cancer	31	97	41	45	+ 52
Falls	32	89	34	62	+ 27
Pertussis	33	83	40	45	+ 39
Poisonings	34	81	42	42	+ 38
Breast Cancer	35	79	33	68	+ 11
Lymphomas	36	67	31	77	- 10
Liver Cancer	37	63	35	57	+ 6
Drug Use	38	58	48	26	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	56	43	37	+ 19
Skin Disease	40	54	46	30	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	41	51	38	47	+ 4
Skin Cancers	42	43	37	52	- 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	40	47	28	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	44	40	28	103	- 63
Syphilis	45	38	44	36	+ 1
Lung Cancers	46	36	39	45	- 10
Leukemia	47	35	51	13	+ 22
Alcohol	48	35	45	31	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	49	28	54	10	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	50	25	56	9	+ 15
Oral Cancer	51	22	32	70	- 48
Ovary Cancer	52	21	49	19	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	53	15	53	10	+ 4
Appendicitis	54	14	57	8	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	55	13	60	6	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	56	13	50	16	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	13	62	6	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	52	11	- 0
Encephalitis	59	10	59	7	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	60	9	58	7	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	8	55	9	- 1
Tetanus	62	8	61	6	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	63	3	+ 0
Measles	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	67	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	1	64	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
War	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Swaziland

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.