SWAZILAND VS ANGOLA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANGOLA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	762	2	921	- 159
Tuberculosis	2	520	13	256	+ 264
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	466	6	517	- 51
Malaria	4	416	67	0	+ 416
Birth Trauma	5	397	18	166	+ 231
HIV/AIDS	6	392	1	2,314	- 1,922
Low Birth Weight	7	342	14	233	+ 109
Stroke	8	327	4	800	- 474
Coronary Heart Disease	9	307	5	755	- 448
Road Traffic Accidents	10	254	7	384	- 130
Congenital Anomalies	11	226	19	160	+ 66
Liver Disease	12	187	11	274	- 87
Diabetes Mellitus	13	135	3	892	- 757
Pertussis	14	128	33	39	+ 90
Hypertension	15	112	10	292	- 180
Meningitis	16	109	23	97	+ 12
Malnutrition	17	107	22	106	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	18	100	21	116	- 16
Violence	19	90	16	212	- 123
Kidney Disease	20	84	8	381	- 297
Other Injuries	21	82	17	190	- 108
Lung Disease	22	75	12	264	- 190
Suicide	23	59	9	338	- 278
Cervical Cancer	24	59	15	215	- 156
Asthma	25	51	20	150	- 98
Drownings	26	49	25	87	- 38
Syphilis	27	40	45	17	+ 23
Inflammatory/Heart	28	40	24	94	- 54
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	37	27	77	- 40
Falls	30	35	32	41	- 6
Breast Cancer	31	35	35	37	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	32	34	28	74	- 40
Prostate Cancer	33	33	31	45	- 12
Fires	34	26	26	84	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	21	29	51	- 30
Epilepsy	36	20	30	46	- 26
Poisonings	37	20	34	37	- 18
Lymphomas	38	19	36	31	- 12
Liver Cancer	39	18	37	29	- 12
Tetanus	40	16	62	4	+ 12
Oral Cancer	41	16	51	10	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	15	43	19	- 4
Skin Cancers	43	14	42	20	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	13	39	26	- 13
Lung Cancers	45	12	46	17	- 4
Leukemia	46	11	47	16	- 5
Stomach Cancer	47	11	53	7	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	48	9	44	18	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	49	9	41	24	- 15
Skin Disease	50	7	40	25	- 18
Alcohol	51	7	48	16	- 9
Schistosomiasis	52	7	49	13	- 6
Ovary Cancer	53	6	52	10	- 3
Appendicitis	54	6	54	7	- 0
Drug Use	55	6	38	27	- 21
Encephalitis	56	6	59	5	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	57	5	77	0	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	58	5	55	6	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	59	4	56	6	- 2
Upper Respiratory	60	4	60	4	- 0
Hepatitis B	61	4	57	6	- 2
Diphtheria	62	3	70	0	+ 3
Measles	63	3	64	1	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	64	2	50	11	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	58	5	- 3
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	1	61	4	- 3
War	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	63	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Angola

Swaziland

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.