SWAZILAND VS CANADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CANADA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,175	5	755	+ 420
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	909	27	77	+ 832
Lung Cancers	3	614	46	17	+ 598
Lung Disease	4	417	12	264	+ 152
Stroke	5	415	4	800	- 385
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	283	43	19	+ 264
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	218	2	921	- 703
Breast Cancer	8	173	35	37	+ 137
Diabetes Mellitus	9	168	3	892	- 724
Lymphomas	10	151	36	31	+ 120
Pancreas Cancer	11	148	56	6	+ 142
Falls	12	142	32	41	+ 100
Prostate Cancer	13	138	31	45	+ 93
Kidney Disease	14	134	8	381	- 247
Suicide	15	130	9	338	- 208
Drug Use	16	108	38	27	+ 81
Liver Disease	17	106	11	274	- 167
Parkinson's Disease	18	99	41	24	+ 75
Endocrine Disorders	19	95	28	74	+ 21
Liver Cancer	20	91	37	29	+ 62
Leukemia	21	91	47	16	+ 75
Hypertension	22	75	10	292	- 217
Bladder Cancer	23	74	55	6	+ 68
Other Injuries	24	70	17	190	- 120
Oesophagus Cancer	25	65	44	18	+ 47
Stomach Cancer	26	64	53	7	+ 57
Inflammatory/Heart	27	60	24	94	- 33
Road Traffic Accidents	28	59	7	384	- 326
Ovary Cancer	29	56	52	10	+ 46
Skin Cancers	30	52	42	20	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	31	49	61	4	+ 45
Oral Cancer	32	47	51	10	+ 36
Alcohol	33	44	48	16	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	34	35	50	11	+ 23
Congenital Anomalies	35	32	19	160	- 129
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	25	6	517	- 493
Multiple Sclerosis	37	20	63	1	+ 19
Skin Disease	38	20	40	25	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	19	39	26	- 8
Violence	40	18	16	212	- 195
Cervical Cancer	41	17	15	215	- 198
Low Birth Weight	42	16	14	233	- 217
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	13	29	51	- 38
Epilepsy	44	11	30	46	- 34
Hepatitis C	45	11	65	0	+ 10
Anemia	46	10	84	0	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	9	58	5	+ 5
Drownings	48	8	25	87	- 79
Asthma	49	8	20	150	- 142
Birth Trauma	50	6	18	166	- 161
Malnutrition	51	6	22	106	- 100
Fires	52	6	26	84	- 78
HIV/AIDS	53	5	1	2,314	- 2,309
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	4	80	0	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	55	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	56	4	34	37	- 34
Schizophrenia	57	3	83	0	+ 3
Tuberculosis	58	3	13	256	- 253
Meningitis	59	2	23	97	- 95
Hepatitis B	60	2	57	6	- 4
Oral conditions	61	1	82	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	62	1	54	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	116	- 114
War	65	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	45	17	- 17
Encephalitis	68	0	59	5	- 5
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	83	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

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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.