SWAZILAND VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	988	5	755	+ 233
Violence	2	442	16	212	+ 230
Stroke	3	380	4	800	- 420
Lung Disease	4	366	12	264	+ 101
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	247	2	921	- 673
Road Traffic Accidents	6	178	7	384	- 206
Kidney Disease	7	157	8	381	- 224
Hypertension	8	147	10	292	- 145
Stomach Cancer	9	140	53	7	+ 133
Lung Cancers	10	120	46	17	+ 104
Diabetes Mellitus	11	115	3	892	- 777
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	100	43	19	+ 82
Breast Cancer	13	84	35	37	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	14	82	31	45	+ 37
Other Neoplasms	15	74	61	4	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	16	68	19	160	- 92
HIV/AIDS	17	62	1	2,314	- 2,252
Lymphomas	18	60	36	31	+ 29
Liver Disease	19	56	11	274	- 218
Cervical Cancer	20	52	15	215	- 163
Leukemia	21	51	47	16	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	50	27	77	- 27
Low Birth Weight	23	48	14	233	- 185
Liver Cancer	24	47	37	29	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	25	46	56	6	+ 40
Suicide	26	45	9	338	- 292
Malnutrition	27	43	22	106	- 63
Other Injuries	28	37	17	190	- 154
Falls	29	35	32	41	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	30	31	28	74	- 43
Inflammatory/Heart	31	31	24	94	- 63
Tuberculosis	32	29	13	256	- 227
Ovary Cancer	33	26	52	10	+ 16
Skin Disease	34	25	40	25	+ 0
Skin Cancers	35	24	42	20	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	36	19	44	18	+ 1
Oral Cancer	37	19	51	10	+ 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	17	6	517	- 500
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	16	29	51	- 35
Drownings	40	16	25	87	- 71
Birth Trauma	41	15	18	166	- 152
Bladder Cancer	42	14	55	6	+ 8
Epilepsy	43	14	30	46	- 32
Drug Use	44	11	38	27	- 16
Uterin Cancer	45	10	50	11	- 2
Maternal Conditions	46	9	21	116	- 107
Parkinson's Disease	47	9	41	24	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	8	80	0	+ 8
War	49	6	71	0	+ 6
Meningitis	50	6	23	97	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	6	58	5	+ 1
Appendicitis	52	5	54	7	- 2
Chagas disease	53	5	79	0	+ 5
Asthma	54	4	20	150	- 145
Dengue	55	3	72	0	+ 3
Fires	56	3	26	84	- 81
Anemia	57	2	84	0	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	58	2	81	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	59	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	1	63	1	- 0
Poisonings	61	1	34	37	- 36
Hepatitis B	62	1	57	6	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	1	39	26	- 25
Encephalitis	64	1	59	5	- 4
Syphilis	65	1	45	17	- 17
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 4
Malaria	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Alcohol	68	1	48	16	- 16
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 38
Schizophrenia	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	4	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	49	13	- 13
Measles	78	0	64	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Colombia

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.