Skin Disease in Botswana

Skin Disease in Botswana
According to the latest WHO data published in 2017.

  • Number of deaths: 58 (0.40%)
  • Death Rate (Deaths per 100,000 population): 4.84
  • Cause of death world rank: 30.
  • Skin Disease, listed as the underlying cause of death, accounts for nearly 58 deaths in Botswana. That’s about 1 of every 250 deaths in Botswana.
  • About 1 people die of Skin Disease each day, an average of 1 death every 152 hours.

Demographic Summary

Value World Rank
Population total 2,214,858 140
Sex ratio m / f 0.93 180
Population 0-14 32.0% 62
Population 15-64 62.8% 130
Population 65 + 5.2% 115

Skin Disease


per 100,000 population LOW HIGH
Country Rate
4 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 7.41
5 Ghana Ghana 7.20
6 Comoros Comoros 7.10
8 Mozambique Mozambique 6.92
9 Djibouti Djibouti 6.76
11 Suriname Suriname 6.33
12 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 6.18
13 Ethiopia Ethiopia 6.18
14 Bahamas Bahamas 6.01
16 Zambia Zambia 5.49
17 Tanzania Tanzania 5.48
18 Eritrea Eritrea 5.43
19 Burundi Burundi 5.36
20 Rwanda Rwanda 5.30
21 Uganda Uganda 5.19
22 Malawi Malawi 5.17
23 South Africa South Africa 5.13
24 Belize Belize 5.12
26 Equ. Guinea Equ. Guinea 5.01
27 Swaziland Swaziland 5.01
28 Jamaica Jamaica 4.89
29 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 4.86
30 Botswana Botswana 4.84
31 Namibia Namibia 4.83
32 Israel Israel 4.79
33 Lesotho Lesotho 4.64
Low Birth Weight Colon-Rectum Cancers Falls Skin Cancers Oral Cancer Birth Trauma Lung Disease Hypertension Ovary Cancer Leukemia Lymphomas Alcohol Inflammatory/Heart Meningitis Endocrine Disorders Asthma Other Injuries Influenza and Pneumonia Drug Use Liver Disease Coronary Heart Disease Alzheimers/Dementia Peptic Ulcer Disease Other Neoplasms Rheumatic Heart Disease Skin Disease
Health Data used is WHO 2014, 2017 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
We do not guarantee the accuracy of this data.