BOTSWANA VS TONGA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TONGA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,047	3	1,632	+ 415
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,745	5	1,273	+ 473
Stroke	3	1,166	4	1,588	- 423
Road Traffic Accidents	4	804	7	608	+ 196
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	721	2	1,674	- 953
Kidney Disease	6	678	9	506	+ 171
Lung Disease	7	620	10	482	+ 138
Lung Cancers	8	516	39	45	+ 470
Liver Cancer	9	456	35	57	+ 399
Liver Disease	10	397	12	459	- 62
Breast Cancer	11	313	33	68	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	311	23	164	+ 147
Congenital Anomalies	13	261	16	287	- 26
Stomach Cancer	14	237	53	10	+ 226
Prostate Cancer	15	236	41	45	+ 191
Low Birth Weight	16	209	13	447	- 238
Asthma	17	180	18	232	- 52
Cervical Cancer	18	167	22	164	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	139	29	90	+ 49
Other Injuries	20	133	19	216	- 83
Hypertension	21	121	11	471	- 350
Lymphomas	22	118	31	77	+ 41
Colon-Rectum Cancers	23	115	47	28	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	24	108	38	47	+ 60
Drownings	25	100	30	83	+ 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	94	8	527	- 433
Suicide	27	93	15	370	- 277
Violence	28	84	14	389	- 305
Meningitis	29	82	25	108	- 26
Pancreas Cancer	30	78	50	16	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	31	68	27	103	- 34
Falls	32	65	34	62	+ 4
Birth Trauma	33	63	17	261	- 198
Leukemia	34	59	51	13	+ 46
Dengue	35	58	76	0	+ 58
Fires	36	57	26	108	- 51
Malnutrition	37	53	21	171	- 118
Inflammatory/Heart	38	53	20	177	- 124
Oral Cancer	39	51	32	70	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	50	43	37	+ 13
Hepatitis B	41	48	62	6	+ 42
Skin Cancers	42	47	37	52	- 5
Skin Disease	43	45	46	30	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	44	40	49	19	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	45	40	24	118	- 78
Oesophagus Cancer	46	38	28	103	- 65
Uterin Cancer	47	34	56	9	+ 25
Bladder Cancer	48	29	60	6	+ 23
Poisonings	49	27	42	42	- 15
Pertussis	50	24	40	45	- 20
Tuberculosis	51	22	6	649	- 627
Alcohol	52	18	45	31	- 13
Epilepsy	53	18	36	56	- 39
Syphilis	54	17	44	36	- 20
Drug Use	55	10	48	26	- 16
Encephalitis	56	8	59	7	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	8	55	9	- 2
Appendicitis	58	6	57	8	- 2
Hepatitis C	59	5	66	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	3	52	11	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	61	2	63	3	- 1
War	62	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	64	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	65	0	68	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	58	7	- 7
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	72	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	1	4,950	- 4,950
Schistosomiasis	72	0	54	10	- 10
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	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

Tonga

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.