SWAZILAND VS COMOROS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COMOROS		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	752	2	921	- 169
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	459	6	517	- 58
Stroke	3	450	4	800	- 351
Coronary Heart Disease	4	441	5	755	- 314
Low Birth Weight	5	415	14	233	+ 182
Road Traffic Accidents	6	286	7	384	- 98
Birth Trauma	7	267	18	166	+ 100
Liver Disease	8	202	11	274	- 72
Diabetes Mellitus	9	172	3	892	- 720
Congenital Anomalies	10	165	19	160	+ 5
Meningitis	11	146	23	97	+ 49
Hypertension	12	145	10	292	- 147
Cervical Cancer	13	132	15	215	- 83
Kidney Disease	14	128	8	381	- 253
Malnutrition	15	121	22	106	+ 15
Other Injuries	16	114	17	190	- 76
Lung Disease	17	106	12	264	- 159
Pertussis	18	101	33	39	+ 62
Tuberculosis	19	100	13	256	- 156
Violence	20	80	16	212	- 132
Asthma	21	62	20	150	- 88
Maternal Conditions	22	59	21	116	- 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	59	27	77	- 18
Suicide	24	58	9	338	- 280
Drownings	25	44	25	87	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	26	43	44	18	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	27	42	31	45	- 3
Liver Cancer	28	37	37	29	+ 7
Malaria	29	37	67	0	+ 36
Fires	30	34	26	84	- 49
Inflammatory/Heart	31	33	24	94	- 61
Falls	32	33	32	41	- 8
Breast Cancer	33	29	35	37	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	27	29	51	- 24
Poisonings	35	25	34	37	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	36	25	28	74	- 50
Lymphomas	37	24	36	31	- 7
Syphilis	38	24	45	17	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	24	43	19	+ 5
Epilepsy	40	22	30	46	- 24
Oral Cancer	41	20	51	10	+ 9
Skin Cancers	42	16	42	20	- 4
Tetanus	43	15	62	4	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	44	14	41	24	- 9
Stomach Cancer	45	14	53	7	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	46	13	55	6	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	13	39	26	- 13
Skin Disease	48	12	40	25	- 14
Drug Use	49	8	38	27	- 18
Appendicitis	50	7	54	7	+ 1
Alcohol	51	7	48	16	- 9
Hepatitis B	52	6	57	6	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	53	5	60	4	+ 1
Encephalitis	54	5	59	5	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	55	4	50	11	- 8
Ovary Cancer	56	4	52	10	- 6
Leukemia	57	4	47	16	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	58	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	59	1	61	4	- 3
Lung Cancers	60	1	46	17	- 15
Hepatitis C	61	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	63	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	65	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	66	0	69	0	+ 0
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
HIV/AIDS	76	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	64	1	- 1
Depression	79	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	82	0	56	6	- 6
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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

Comoros

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.