SWEDEN VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,551	1	15,136	+ 1,416
Liver Disease	2	5,723	23	723	+ 5,000
Stroke	3	4,173	3	6,035	- 1,862
Liver Cancer	4	2,333	22	752	+ 1,582
Hypertension	5	2,008	10	1,838	+ 170
Kidney Disease	6	2,007	12	1,629	+ 378
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,970	7	2,659	- 689
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,821	11	1,834	- 13
Lung Disease	9	1,275	4	4,344	- 3,069
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,158	35	308	+ 850
Low Birth Weight	11	1,084	51	50	+ 1,034
Road Traffic Accidents	12	965	34	315	+ 650
Breast Cancer	13	874	13	1,582	- 709
Lymphomas	14	718	16	1,357	- 639
Asthma	15	676	42	158	+ 518
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	664	2	10,917	- 10,253
Birth Trauma	17	582	55	34	+ 548
Lung Cancers	18	540	5	3,722	- 3,182
Bladder Cancer	19	489	21	760	- 272
Violence	20	396	47	113	+ 284
Other Injuries	21	364	15	1,374	- 1,010
Leukemia	22	358	20	825	- 467
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	351	36	289	+ 62
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	293	6	3,049	- 2,756
Suicide	25	288	14	1,479	- 1,192
Pancreas Cancer	26	277	9	1,849	- 1,572
Inflammatory/Heart	27	237	28	547	- 310
Parkinson's Disease	28	228	19	943	- 715
Endocrine Disorders	29	226	24	702	- 476
Falls	30	192	17	1,109	- 917
Ovary Cancer	31	185	27	553	- 368
Stomach Cancer	32	176	26	612	- 437
Fires	33	149	49	65	+ 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	127	37	277	- 150
Prostate Cancer	35	122	8	2,622	- 2,500
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	119	48	110	+ 8
Drownings	37	107	46	114	- 8
Encephalitis	38	100	71	0	+ 99
Skin Cancers	39	96	25	650	- 554
Hepatitis B	40	94	62	9	+ 85
Oesophagus Cancer	41	91	29	538	- 448
Pertussis	42	86	67	0	+ 86
Meningitis	43	79	54	35	+ 44
Maternal Conditions	44	76	64	5	+ 71
Oral Cancer	45	75	31	379	- 304
Malnutrition	46	72	45	117	- 45
War	47	68	65	2	+ 66
Cervical Cancer	48	59	38	228	- 168
Tetanus	49	51	68	0	+ 51
Epilepsy	50	43	44	121	- 78
Tuberculosis	51	41	56	24	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	52	40	33	345	- 304
HIV/AIDS	53	38	61	13	+ 25
Schistosomiasis	54	21	69	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	55	21	39	220	- 199
Multiple Sclerosis	56	20	41	170	- 150
Poisonings	57	19	60	18	+ 1
Syphilis	58	15	72	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	59	14	59	18	- 4
Alcohol	60	13	32	359	- 345
Other Neoplasms	61	11	18	1,036	- 1,025
Drug Use	62	11	30	423	- 412
Hepatitis C	63	9	53	44	- 35
Measles	64	4	83	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	43	129	- 126
Leishmaniasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	58	20	- 19
Dengue	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	50	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	40	175	- 175
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	85	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Egypt

Sweden

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.