BURKINA FASO VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	46,540	12	3,100	+ 43,440
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	15,736	1	16,807	- 1,072
Coronary Heart Disease	3	15,345	4	8,117	+ 7,228
Stroke	4	14,933	7	6,324	+ 8,609
Diabetes Mellitus	5	11,966	16	2,609	+ 9,357
Tuberculosis	6	6,100	20	1,968	+ 4,132
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,721	8	6,303	- 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,956	3	11,887	- 6,931
Kidney Disease	9	4,761	17	2,398	+ 2,363
Lung Disease	10	4,529	26	1,161	+ 3,368
Hypertension	11	4,427	19	2,020	+ 2,407
Liver Disease	12	4,313	14	2,722	+ 1,591
Low Birth Weight	13	4,203	5	6,809	- 2,606
Violence	14	3,659	21	1,943	+ 1,716
Suicide	15	3,478	22	1,521	+ 1,957
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,701	10	3,515	- 814
Birth Trauma	17	2,458	6	6,426	- 3,968
Asthma	18	2,183	27	941	+ 1,242
Other Injuries	19	2,034	15	2,637	- 602
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,664	35	743	+ 921
Malnutrition	21	1,608	13	2,868	- 1,261
Cervical Cancer	22	1,542	18	2,122	- 580
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,539	33	767	+ 772
Maternal Conditions	24	1,107	23	1,379	- 272
Meningitis	25	1,019	11	3,375	- 2,356
Fires	26	1,019	36	704	+ 314
Endocrine Disorders	27	966	9	4,794	- 3,828
Oesophagus Cancer	28	965	59	101	+ 865
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	847	41	410	+ 437
Drownings	30	776	28	910	- 133
Lymphomas	31	722	43	280	+ 442
Oral Cancer	32	658	49	227	+ 431
Breast Cancer	33	643	30	862	- 219
Falls	34	579	31	828	- 250
Liver Cancer	35	538	24	1,309	- 771
Epilepsy	36	528	40	477	+ 51
Skin Cancers	37	488	50	220	+ 268
Parkinson's Disease	38	444	46	252	+ 193
Lung Cancers	39	427	48	242	+ 185
Pertussis	40	419	34	746	- 327
Prostate Cancer	41	419	38	514	- 96
Poisonings	42	397	37	620	- 223
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	348	44	269	+ 79
Syphilis	44	343	42	294	+ 49
Alcohol	45	289	56	152	+ 137
Skin Disease	46	281	53	174	+ 107
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	259	39	478	- 219
Drug Use	48	242	54	172	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	49	182	52	174	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	50	152	57	148	+ 4
Leukemia	51	123	58	112	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	99	68	15	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	53	96	32	777	- 681
Schistosomiasis	54	94	47	249	- 155
Other Neoplasms	55	89	67	23	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	56	88	62	74	+ 14
Appendicitis	57	71	60	95	- 23
Upper Respiratory	58	70	65	48	+ 22
Encephalitis	59	65	61	83	- 17
Bladder Cancer	60	60	45	265	- 205
Tetanus	61	59	51	181	- 122
Hepatitis B	62	54	55	164	- 110
Multiple Sclerosis	63	29	66	24	+ 5
Malaria	64	7	2	14,602	- 14,595
Chlamydia	65	5	70	3	+ 2
Hepatitis C	66	5	64	58	- 53
Ascariasis	67	4	63	74	- 70
Measles	68	3	25	1,196	- 1,192
War	69	3	29	884	- 880
Diphtheria	70	3	69	7	- 4
Otitis Media	71	2	71	1	+ 1
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Botswana

Burkina Faso

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.