BOTSWANA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	995	1	4,950	- 3,954
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	946	2	1,674	- 728
Malaria	3	790	64	1	+ 790
Tuberculosis	4	736	6	649	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	5	656	7	608	+ 47
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	639	8	527	+ 112
Stroke	7	614	4	1,588	- 974
Birth Trauma	8	548	17	261	+ 287
Coronary Heart Disease	9	480	3	1,632	- 1,152
Low Birth Weight	10	442	13	447	- 5
Congenital Anomalies	11	356	16	287	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	12	248	24	118	+ 131
Liver Disease	13	239	12	459	- 219
Cervical Cancer	14	233	22	164	+ 69
Diabetes Mellitus	15	227	5	1,273	- 1,046
Malnutrition	16	203	21	171	+ 32
Hypertension	17	189	11	471	- 282
Violence	18	171	14	389	- 218
Kidney Disease	19	165	9	506	- 341
Other Injuries	20	155	19	216	- 61
Meningitis	21	116	25	108	+ 7
Lung Disease	22	111	10	482	- 371
Pertussis	23	101	40	45	+ 56
Suicide	24	90	15	370	- 280
Oesophagus Cancer	25	82	28	103	- 21
Syphilis	26	77	44	36	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	74	23	164	- 89
Prostate Cancer	28	66	41	45	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	29	65	27	103	- 38
Asthma	30	62	18	232	- 170
Oral Cancer	31	60	32	70	- 10
Drownings	32	60	30	83	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	57	47	28	+ 29
Falls	34	56	34	62	- 6
Fires	35	52	26	108	- 57
Liver Cancer	36	51	35	57	- 6
Breast Cancer	37	47	33	68	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	38	45	20	177	- 132
Stomach Cancer	39	43	53	10	+ 33
Poisonings	40	42	42	42	+ 0
Lymphomas	41	29	31	77	- 48
Skin Cancers	42	27	37	52	- 25
Epilepsy	43	26	36	56	- 30
Bladder Cancer	44	24	60	6	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	45	19	38	47	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	17	29	90	- 73
Leukemia	47	15	51	13	+ 2
Drug Use	48	15	48	26	- 11
Tetanus	49	15	61	6	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	15	43	37	- 23
Schistosomiasis	51	13	54	10	+ 3
Skin Disease	52	13	46	30	- 17
Ovary Cancer	53	12	49	19	- 7
Upper Respiratory	54	11	58	7	+ 3
Measles	55	11	68	0	+ 10
Alcohol	56	10	45	31	- 21
Uterin Cancer	57	8	56	9	- 1
Appendicitis	58	8	57	8	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	7	59	7	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	6	62	6	+ 0
Lung Cancers	61	6	39	45	- 40
Pancreas Cancer	62	6	50	16	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	52	11	- 8
Other Neoplasms	64	2	55	9	- 7
Ascariasis	65	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	1	66	1	+ 1
War	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	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
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Tanzania

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.