SWAZILAND VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	BELARUS		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,371	5	755	+ 5,616
Stroke	2	1,964	4	800	+ 1,163
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	423	27	77	+ 346
Lung Cancers	4	353	46	17	+ 337
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	346	43	19	+ 327
Alcohol	6	331	48	16	+ 315
Lung Disease	7	264	12	264	+ 0
Liver Disease	8	249	11	274	- 25
Suicide	9	240	9	338	- 98
Stomach Cancer	10	202	53	7	+ 196
Inflammatory/Heart	11	163	24	94	+ 69
Breast Cancer	12	147	35	37	+ 111
Pancreas Cancer	13	140	56	6	+ 134
Other Injuries	14	132	17	190	- 59
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	130	2	921	- 790
Falls	16	114	32	41	+ 73
Prostate Cancer	17	112	31	45	+ 67
Oral Cancer	18	108	51	10	+ 98
Road Traffic Accidents	19	86	7	384	- 298
Lymphomas	20	80	36	31	+ 49
Parkinson's Disease	21	74	41	24	+ 51
Fires	22	74	26	84	- 9
Leukemia	23	66	47	16	+ 50
Drownings	24	65	25	87	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	25	59	44	18	+ 41
Kidney Disease	26	57	8	381	- 324
Ovary Cancer	27	51	52	10	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	28	47	50	11	+ 35
Drug Use	29	47	38	27	+ 20
Diabetes Mellitus	30	45	3	892	- 847
Hypertension	31	44	10	292	- 248
Liver Cancer	32	43	37	29	+ 14
Poisonings	33	37	34	37	- 0
Cervical Cancer	34	36	15	215	- 179
Bladder Cancer	35	35	55	6	+ 29
Skin Cancers	36	33	42	20	+ 13
Tuberculosis	37	32	13	256	- 224
Violence	38	31	16	212	- 182
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	29	39	26	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	28	29	51	- 23
Congenital Anomalies	41	24	19	160	- 136
HIV/AIDS	42	20	1	2,314	- 2,294
Endocrine Disorders	43	17	28	74	- 57
Asthma	44	15	20	150	- 135
Epilepsy	45	14	30	46	- 32
Encephalitis	46	11	59	5	+ 6
Low Birth Weight	47	8	14	233	- 225
Other Neoplasms	48	6	61	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	5	63	1	+ 4
Meningitis	50	4	23	97	- 93
Skin Disease	51	4	40	25	- 22
Birth Trauma	52	3	18	166	- 163
Malnutrition	53	3	22	106	- 103
Appendicitis	54	2	54	7	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	2	58	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	2	57	6	- 4
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	2	6	517	- 516
Upper Respiratory	58	1	60	4	- 4
War	59	0	71	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	60	0	21	116	- 116
Chlamydia	61	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	62	0	65	0	- 0
Syphilis	63	0	45	17	- 17
Tetanus	64	0	62	4	- 4
Pertussis	65	0	33	39	- 39
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	68	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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

Belarus

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.