ZIMBABWE VS BOTSWANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOTSWANA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	34,640	1	19,988	+ 14,651
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,712	2	10,779	+ 933
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,421	3	8,493	+ 2,928
Stroke	4	11,114	5	5,126	+ 5,989
Diabetes Mellitus	5	8,906	9	3,344	+ 5,562
Tuberculosis	6	4,540	16	1,999	+ 2,541
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,258	4	6,037	- 1,779
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	3,689	6	4,595	- 906
Kidney Disease	9	3,544	12	2,214	+ 1,330
Lung Disease	10	3,371	23	1,163	+ 2,207
Hypertension	11	3,295	24	1,146	+ 2,149
Liver Disease	12	3,210	17	1,941	+ 1,269
Low Birth Weight	13	3,128	7	4,038	- 909
Violence	14	2,724	18	1,916	+ 808
Suicide	15	2,588	13	2,069	+ 520
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,010	11	2,217	- 207
Birth Trauma	17	1,830	8	3,405	- 1,576
Asthma	18	1,625	21	1,531	+ 94
Other Injuries	19	1,514	20	1,656	- 141
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,239	25	1,047	+ 191
Malnutrition	21	1,197	10	2,396	- 1,199
Cervical Cancer	22	1,148	14	2,023	- 875
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,146	31	768	+ 378
Maternal Conditions	24	824	19	1,749	- 925
Meningitis	25	758	22	1,325	- 567
Fires	26	758	30	793	- 34
Endocrine Disorders	27	719	34	553	+ 165
Oesophagus Cancer	28	718	29	801	- 83
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	630	35	548	+ 82
Drownings	30	578	27	956	- 378
Lymphomas	31	538	26	960	- 422
Oral Cancer	32	490	49	208	+ 282
Breast Cancer	33	478	28	839	- 361
Falls	34	431	41	465	- 34
Liver Cancer	35	401	38	510	- 109
Epilepsy	36	393	39	508	- 115
Skin Cancers	37	363	44	264	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	38	331	46	226	+ 105
Lung Cancers	39	318	43	286	+ 32
Pertussis	40	312	42	419	- 107
Prostate Cancer	41	312	32	628	- 316
Poisonings	42	296	37	515	- 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	259	36	542	- 283
Syphilis	44	255	55	124	+ 130
Alcohol	45	215	61	48	+ 167
Skin Disease	46	209	52	173	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	47	193	40	505	- 312
Drug Use	48	180	48	213	- 33
Ovary Cancer	49	135	51	173	- 38
Pancreas Cancer	50	113	47	217	- 104
Leukemia	51	91	45	244	- 152
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	74	64	26	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	53	72	33	559	- 487
Schistosomiasis	54	70	53	172	- 102
Other Neoplasms	55	66	62	37	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	56	66	50	182	- 116
Appendicitis	57	53	58	66	- 13
Upper Respiratory	58	52	59	65	- 13
Encephalitis	59	49	56	117	- 69
Bladder Cancer	60	45	54	125	- 80
Tetanus	61	44	57	102	- 58
Hepatitis B	62	40	60	57	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	63	21	67	14	+ 7
Malaria	64	5	15	2,003	- 1,998
Chlamydia	65	4	69	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	4	66	14	- 11
Ascariasis	67	3	70	2	+ 1
Measles	68	3	63	30	- 28
War	69	2	65	26	- 24
Diphtheria	70	2	72	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	68	3	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	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	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Botswana

Zimbabwe

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.