BOTSWANA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,856	1	4,950	- 2,094
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,540	2	1,674	- 133
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,214	3	1,632	- 418
Road Traffic Accidents	4	863	7	608	+ 254
Stroke	5	732	4	1,588	- 856
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	657	8	527	+ 129
Low Birth Weight	7	577	13	447	+ 130
Birth Trauma	8	487	17	261	+ 225
Diabetes Mellitus	9	478	5	1,273	- 795
Malnutrition	10	342	21	171	+ 171
Congenital Anomalies	11	317	16	287	+ 30
Kidney Disease	12	316	9	506	- 190
Suicide	13	296	15	370	- 74
Cervical Cancer	14	289	22	164	+ 125
Malaria	15	286	64	1	+ 286
Tuberculosis	16	286	6	649	- 363
Liver Disease	17	277	12	459	- 181
Violence	18	274	14	389	- 115
Maternal Conditions	19	250	24	118	+ 132
Other Injuries	20	237	19	216	+ 20
Asthma	21	219	18	232	- 13
Meningitis	22	189	25	108	+ 81
Lung Disease	23	166	10	482	- 315
Hypertension	24	164	11	471	- 307
Inflammatory/Heart	25	150	20	177	- 27
Lymphomas	26	137	31	77	+ 60
Drownings	27	137	30	83	+ 54
Breast Cancer	28	120	33	68	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	29	115	28	103	+ 12
Fires	30	113	26	108	+ 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	110	23	164	- 54
Prostate Cancer	32	90	41	45	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	33	80	53	10	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	34	79	27	103	- 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	78	29	90	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	77	43	37	+ 40
Poisonings	37	74	42	42	+ 31
Liver Cancer	38	73	35	57	+ 16
Epilepsy	39	73	36	56	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	72	47	28	+ 45
Falls	41	66	34	62	+ 5
Pertussis	42	60	40	45	+ 15
Lung Cancers	43	41	39	45	- 5
Skin Cancers	44	38	37	52	- 14
Leukemia	45	35	51	13	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	46	32	38	47	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	47	31	50	16	+ 15
Drug Use	48	30	48	26	+ 5
Oral Cancer	49	30	32	70	- 40
Uterin Cancer	50	26	56	9	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	51	25	49	19	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	25	46	30	- 5
Schistosomiasis	53	25	54	10	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	54	18	60	6	+ 11
Syphilis	55	18	44	36	- 19
Encephalitis	56	17	59	7	+ 10
Tetanus	57	15	61	6	+ 8
Appendicitis	58	9	57	8	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	9	58	7	+ 2
Hepatitis B	60	8	62	6	+ 2
Alcohol	61	7	45	31	- 24
Other Neoplasms	62	5	55	9	- 4
Measles	63	4	68	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	52	11	- 7
War	65	4	69	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	66	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	63	3	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Zimbabwe

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.