BOTSWANA VS UNITED KINGDOM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	UNITED KINGDOM		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Alzheimers & Dementia	1	3,513	23	164	+ 3,349
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,568	3	1,632	+ 936
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,451	2	1,674	- 222
Stroke	4	1,347	4	1,588	- 241
Lung Cancers	5	1,279	39	45	+ 1,233
Lung Disease	6	1,178	10	482	+ 696
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	660	47	28	+ 633
Prostate Cancer	8	476	41	45	+ 431
Breast Cancer	9	455	33	68	+ 387
Lymphomas	10	335	31	77	+ 258
Pancreas Cancer	11	322	50	16	+ 306
Oesophagus Cancer	12	312	28	103	+ 210
Parkinson's Disease	13	307	38	47	+ 260
Liver Disease	14	274	12	459	- 184
Falls	15	273	34	62	+ 211
Bladder Cancer	16	220	60	6	+ 213
Diabetes Mellitus	17	209	5	1,273	- 1,063
Kidney Disease	18	196	9	506	- 311
Other Injuries	19	196	19	216	- 21
Suicide	20	191	15	370	- 179
Liver Cancer	21	187	35	57	+ 130
Leukemia	22	187	51	13	+ 173
Hypertension	23	186	11	471	- 284
Stomach Cancer	24	179	53	10	+ 169
Ovary Cancer	25	144	49	19	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	26	143	55	9	+ 133
Skin Cancers	27	133	37	52	+ 82
Endocrine Disorders	28	118	27	103	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	29	112	20	177	- 65
Oral Cancer	30	111	32	70	+ 41
Drug Use	31	101	48	26	+ 75
Uterin Cancer	32	84	56	9	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	33	78	7	608	- 531
Skin Disease	34	76	46	30	+ 46
Congenital Anomalies	35	76	16	287	- 211
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	75	29	90	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	37	66	63	3	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	57	8	527	- 470
Alcohol	39	56	45	31	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	40	47	13	447	- 400
Asthma	41	47	18	232	- 186
Epilepsy	42	43	36	56	- 13
Cervical Cancer	43	39	22	164	- 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	36	52	11	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	31	43	37	- 6
Violence	46	31	14	389	- 358
Tuberculosis	47	13	6	649	- 636
Fires	48	12	26	108	- 96
Drownings	49	11	30	83	- 72
Anemia	50	10	84	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	51	10	66	1	+ 9
Meningitis	52	8	25	108	- 100
Poisonings	53	8	42	42	- 34
Birth Trauma	54	7	17	261	- 255
HIV/AIDS	55	7	1	4,950	- 4,943
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	7	80	0	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	57	6	81	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	58	4	21	171	- 167
Appendicitis	59	4	57	8	- 4
Schizophrenia	60	4	86	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	2	44	36	- 35
Upper Respiratory	63	2	58	7	- 6
Maternal Conditions	64	2	24	118	- 116
Hepatitis B	65	1	62	6	- 4
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 0
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 44
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	61	6	- 6
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	54	10	- 10
Chlamydia	79	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	80	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

United Kingdom

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.