SWAZILAND VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	1,642	4	800	+ 842
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,424	5	755	+ 669
Lung Disease	3	778	12	264	+ 514
Lung Cancers	4	574	46	17	+ 557
Stomach Cancer	5	320	53	7	+ 313
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	245	27	77	+ 168
Hypertension	7	242	10	292	- 50
Road Traffic Accidents	8	201	7	384	- 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	200	43	19	+ 181
Oesophagus Cancer	10	195	44	18	+ 177
Kidney Disease	11	155	8	381	- 227
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	147	2	921	- 773
Liver Cancer	13	145	37	29	+ 116
Diabetes Mellitus	14	130	3	892	- 762
Liver Disease	15	117	11	274	- 157
Falls	16	112	32	41	+ 70
Suicide	17	93	9	338	- 244
Pancreas Cancer	18	90	56	6	+ 84
Breast Cancer	19	75	35	37	+ 38
Parkinson's Disease	20	57	41	24	+ 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	53	39	26	+ 26
Leukemia	22	47	47	16	+ 30
Lymphomas	23	46	36	31	+ 15
Oral Cancer	24	44	51	10	+ 34
Other Injuries	25	43	17	190	- 147
Drownings	26	42	25	87	- 45
Cervical Cancer	27	42	15	215	- 173
Prostate Cancer	28	41	31	45	- 4
Bladder Cancer	29	30	55	6	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	30	29	51	- 21
Congenital Anomalies	31	29	19	160	- 131
Tuberculosis	32	28	13	256	- 228
Inflammatory/Heart	33	24	24	94	- 70
HIV/AIDS	34	23	1	2,314	- 2,291
Ovary Cancer	35	23	52	10	+ 13
Poisonings	36	21	34	37	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	37	21	28	74	- 54
Drug Use	38	19	38	27	- 7
Asthma	39	19	20	150	- 131
Low Birth Weight	40	17	14	233	- 216
Skin Cancers	41	16	42	20	- 4
Alcohol	42	15	48	16	- 1
Birth Trauma	43	14	18	166	- 152
Malnutrition	44	10	22	106	- 95
Uterin Cancer	45	9	50	11	- 2
Epilepsy	46	9	30	46	- 37
Violence	47	9	16	212	- 203
Fires	48	8	26	84	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	8	58	5	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	7	6	517	- 510
Meningitis	51	5	23	97	- 93
Skin Disease	52	4	40	25	- 21
Other Neoplasms	53	4	61	4	- 0
Maternal Conditions	54	3	21	116	- 113
Encephalitis	55	2	59	5	- 3
Hepatitis B	56	2	57	6	- 4
Upper Respiratory	57	2	60	4	- 2
Syphilis	58	1	45	17	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	63	1	- 0
Appendicitis	60	1	54	7	- 5
War	61	1	71	0	+ 1
Measles	62	0	64	1	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	62	4	- 3
Pertussis	64	0	33	39	- 38
Schistosomiasis	65	0	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

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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.