BOTSWANA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,386	3	1,632	+ 1,753
Stroke	2	1,455	4	1,588	- 133
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	736	2	1,674	- 938
Liver Disease	4	486	12	459	+ 28
Hypertension	5	406	11	471	- 65
Diabetes Mellitus	6	381	5	1,273	- 891
Low Birth Weight	7	368	13	447	- 79
Road Traffic Accidents	8	344	7	608	- 264
Birth Trauma	9	300	17	261	+ 38
Lung Disease	10	278	10	482	- 204
Congenital Anomalies	11	256	16	287	- 32
Stomach Cancer	12	178	53	10	+ 167
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	173	8	527	- 354
Tuberculosis	14	173	6	649	- 476
Drownings	15	137	30	83	+ 54
Oesophagus Cancer	16	128	28	103	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	122	23	164	- 42
Epilepsy	18	101	36	56	+ 44
Kidney Disease	19	96	9	506	- 410
Suicide	20	94	15	370	- 276
Falls	21	87	34	62	+ 26
Meningitis	22	80	25	108	- 28
Fires	23	75	26	108	- 33
Lung Cancers	24	72	39	45	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	25	69	1	4,950	- 4,881
Pertussis	26	68	40	45	+ 24
Other Injuries	27	68	19	216	- 149
Asthma	28	65	18	232	- 167
Parkinson's Disease	29	60	38	47	+ 13
Liver Cancer	30	56	35	57	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	52	43	37	+ 15
Lymphomas	32	52	31	77	- 24
Breast Cancer	33	51	33	68	- 18
Endocrine Disorders	34	48	27	103	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	48	47	28	+ 20
Violence	36	40	14	389	- 349
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	38	29	90	- 52
Alcohol	38	30	45	31	- 1
Cervical Cancer	39	27	22	164	- 137
Uterin Cancer	40	26	56	9	+ 17
Oral Cancer	41	25	32	70	- 45
Leukemia	42	25	51	13	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	43	23	50	16	+ 7
Inflammatory/Heart	44	18	20	177	- 158
Maternal Conditions	45	15	24	118	- 103
Ovary Cancer	46	14	49	19	- 5
Upper Respiratory	47	13	58	7	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	48	12	60	6	+ 6
Hepatitis B	49	9	62	6	+ 4
Poisonings	50	9	42	42	- 33
Skin Cancers	51	9	37	52	- 43
Prostate Cancer	52	8	41	45	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	52	11	- 4
Encephalitis	54	6	59	7	- 1
Drug Use	55	5	48	26	- 21
Syphilis	56	5	44	36	- 32
Tetanus	57	5	61	6	- 2
Appendicitis	58	4	57	8	- 3
Skin Disease	59	2	46	30	- 28
Hepatitis C	60	2	66	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	55	9	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	1	79	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	64	1	21	171	- 170
Chlamydia	65	0	65	1	- 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	76	0	54	10	- 10
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Tajikistan

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.