BOTSWANA VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,798	3	1,632	+ 166
Stroke	2	1,762	4	1,588	+ 174
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,097	2	1,674	- 577
Kidney Disease	4	940	9	506	+ 434
Liver Cancer	5	837	35	57	+ 780
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	801	23	164	+ 637
Road Traffic Accidents	7	786	7	608	+ 178
Lung Cancers	8	781	39	45	+ 736
Lung Disease	9	683	10	482	+ 201
Diabetes Mellitus	10	658	5	1,273	- 615
Liver Disease	11	617	12	459	+ 158
HIV/AIDS	12	488	1	4,950	- 4,462
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	347	47	28	+ 320
Tuberculosis	14	335	6	649	- 314
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	241	8	527	- 287
Suicide	16	215	15	370	- 154
Breast Cancer	17	212	33	68	+ 144
Falls	18	190	34	62	+ 128
Cervical Cancer	19	179	22	164	+ 15
Oral Cancer	20	174	32	70	+ 104
Other Injuries	21	171	19	216	- 46
Lymphomas	22	159	31	77	+ 82
Parkinson's Disease	23	150	38	47	+ 103
Asthma	24	147	18	232	- 86
Drownings	25	139	30	83	+ 56
Leukemia	26	137	51	13	+ 124
Stomach Cancer	27	121	53	10	+ 111
Skin Disease	28	118	46	30	+ 88
Oesophagus Cancer	29	111	28	103	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	30	106	41	45	+ 61
Violence	31	104	14	389	- 285
Inflammatory/Heart	32	101	20	177	- 76
Pancreas Cancer	33	84	50	16	+ 67
Hypertension	34	76	11	471	- 394
Congenital Anomalies	35	74	16	287	- 213
Ovary Cancer	36	70	49	19	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	37	66	27	103	- 37
Bladder Cancer	38	63	60	6	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	59	29	90	- 31
Low Birth Weight	40	54	13	447	- 393
Skin Cancers	41	40	37	52	- 12
Malnutrition	42	34	21	171	- 137
Meningitis	43	33	25	108	- 76
Uterin Cancer	44	30	56	9	+ 21
Drug Use	45	28	48	26	+ 2
Encephalitis	46	25	59	7	+ 18
Epilepsy	47	24	36	56	- 32
Fires	48	22	26	108	- 87
Alcohol	49	19	45	31	- 11
Birth Trauma	50	19	17	261	- 243
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	15	43	37	- 22
Maternal Conditions	52	8	24	118	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	52	11	- 4
Other Neoplasms	54	7	55	9	- 3
Dengue	55	6	76	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	5	62	6	- 0
Poisonings	57	5	42	42	- 38
Tetanus	58	4	61	6	- 2
Appendicitis	59	4	57	8	- 4
War	60	3	69	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	63	3	- 0
Pertussis	62	3	40	45	- 42
Measles	63	2	68	0	+ 2
Syphilis	64	1	44	36	- 35
Upper Respiratory	65	1	58	7	- 7
Malaria	66	0	64	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	66	1	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	54	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	72	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Thailand

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.