ZAMBIA VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	42,009	1	17,234	+ 24,775
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	14,204	2	9,517	+ 4,687
Coronary Heart Disease	3	13,851	10	4,432	+ 9,419
Stroke	4	13,479	3	7,948	+ 5,531
Diabetes Mellitus	5	10,801	14	2,395	+ 8,406
Tuberculosis	6	5,506	6	5,941	- 435
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,164	11	3,654	+ 1,510
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	4,474	5	6,275	- 1,802
Kidney Disease	9	4,298	18	1,760	+ 2,537
Lung Disease	10	4,088	21	1,273	+ 2,815
Hypertension	11	3,996	13	2,616	+ 1,379
Liver Disease	12	3,893	9	4,501	- 608
Low Birth Weight	13	3,794	8	4,857	- 1,063
Violence	14	3,303	23	1,153	+ 2,150
Suicide	15	3,139	20	1,303	+ 1,836
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,438	12	3,146	- 708
Birth Trauma	17	2,219	7	5,062	- 2,843
Asthma	18	1,970	26	741	+ 1,229
Other Injuries	19	1,836	19	1,729	+ 108
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,502	33	501	+ 1,001
Malnutrition	21	1,451	15	2,303	- 851
Cervical Cancer	22	1,392	17	1,799	- 407
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,389	29	590	+ 800
Maternal Conditions	24	999	22	1,188	- 189
Meningitis	25	920	16	1,976	- 1,056
Fires	26	920	32	546	+ 373
Endocrine Disorders	27	872	37	354	+ 518
Oesophagus Cancer	28	871	36	359	+ 513
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	765	40	246	+ 519
Drownings	30	701	27	689	+ 12
Lymphomas	31	652	31	548	+ 104
Oral Cancer	32	594	48	155	+ 439
Breast Cancer	33	580	35	366	+ 214
Falls	34	523	28	596	- 74
Liver Cancer	35	486	46	177	+ 309
Epilepsy	36	476	38	332	+ 144
Skin Cancers	37	441	54	108	+ 333
Parkinson's Disease	38	401	47	164	+ 237
Lung Cancers	39	385	41	226	+ 160
Pertussis	40	379	25	743	- 364
Prostate Cancer	41	378	30	561	- 184
Poisonings	42	359	34	456	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	315	45	190	+ 125
Syphilis	44	309	24	885	- 576
Alcohol	45	261	49	140	+ 121
Skin Disease	46	254	52	126	+ 128
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	234	43	203	+ 31
Drug Use	48	218	53	122	+ 96
Ovary Cancer	49	164	57	82	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	50	137	62	42	+ 95
Leukemia	51	111	39	261	- 150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	90	63	30	+ 60
Stomach Cancer	53	87	42	206	- 119
Schistosomiasis	54	85	51	128	- 43
Other Neoplasms	55	80	65	20	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	56	80	64	30	+ 50
Appendicitis	57	64	56	84	- 20
Upper Respiratory	58	63	60	68	- 5
Encephalitis	59	59	59	70	- 11
Bladder Cancer	60	54	50	132	- 77
Tetanus	61	53	44	190	- 137
Hepatitis B	62	49	55	104	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	63	26	67	13	+ 12
Malaria	64	6	4	7,882	- 7,876
Chlamydia	65	4	71	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	18	- 13
Ascariasis	67	4	68	9	- 5
Measles	68	3	61	48	- 45
War	69	3	69	6	- 3
Diphtheria	70	3	73	3	- 0
Otitis Media	71	2	70	5	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	79	0	58	72	- 72
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Botswana

Zambia

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.