BOTSWANA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,618	3	1,632	+ 1,986
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,058	23	164	+ 1,895
Lung Disease	3	1,400	10	482	+ 919
Stroke	4	1,136	4	1,588	- 452
Lung Cancers	5	1,115	39	45	+ 1,069
Kidney Disease	6	615	9	506	+ 109
Drug Use	7	533	48	26	+ 508
Hypertension	8	473	11	471	+ 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	443	47	28	+ 415
Diabetes Mellitus	10	440	5	1,273	- 832
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	432	2	1,674	- 1,241
Suicide	12	381	15	370	+ 11
Breast Cancer	13	349	33	68	+ 280
Endocrine Disorders	14	337	27	103	+ 234
Pancreas Cancer	15	317	50	16	+ 301
Liver Disease	16	311	12	459	- 148
Road Traffic Accidents	17	299	7	608	- 310
Falls	18	290	34	62	+ 228
Lymphomas	19	289	31	77	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	20	255	41	45	+ 211
Parkinson's Disease	21	247	38	47	+ 200
Inflammatory/Heart	22	233	20	177	+ 56
Liver Cancer	23	194	35	57	+ 137
Leukemia	24	193	51	13	+ 180
Other Injuries	25	186	19	216	- 30
Bladder Cancer	26	141	60	6	+ 134
Violence	27	136	14	389	- 253
Oesophagus Cancer	28	128	28	103	+ 25
Other Neoplasms	29	127	55	9	+ 118
Alcohol	30	105	45	31	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	31	105	49	19	+ 85
Skin Cancers	32	103	37	52	+ 51
Stomach Cancer	33	94	53	10	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	34	84	16	287	- 203
Oral Cancer	35	83	32	70	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	36	72	56	9	+ 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	71	8	527	- 456
Cervical Cancer	38	50	22	164	- 114
Low Birth Weight	39	50	13	447	- 397
Malnutrition	40	48	21	171	- 123
Hepatitis C	41	41	66	1	+ 40
HIV/AIDS	42	41	1	4,950	- 4,909
Skin Disease	43	39	46	30	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	44	36	63	3	+ 33
Drownings	45	29	30	83	- 53
Asthma	46	27	18	232	- 205
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	26	43	37	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	25	29	90	- 65
Fires	49	23	26	108	- 86
Epilepsy	50	23	36	56	- 33
Anemia	51	22	84	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	18	52	11	+ 7
Poisonings	53	12	42	42	- 30
Birth Trauma	54	9	17	261	- 253
War	55	9	69	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	56	6	24	118	- 112
Schizophrenia	57	5	86	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	80	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	62	6	- 1
Meningitis	60	4	25	108	- 104
Osteoarthritis	61	4	81	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	62	4	6	649	- 645
Appendicitis	63	3	57	8	- 5
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	58	7	- 6
Syphilis	66	0	44	36	- 36
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	59	7	- 7
Pertussis	69	0	40	45	- 44
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	61	6	- 6
Schistosomiasis	72	0	54	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	76	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

United States

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.