SWITZERLAND VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,848	1	10,713	+ 3,135
Liver Disease	2	4,789	21	677	+ 4,111
Stroke	3	3,492	3	3,918	- 426
Liver Cancer	4	1,952	19	805	+ 1,147
Hypertension	5	1,680	6	2,471	- 791
Kidney Disease	6	1,680	13	1,261	+ 418
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,648	8	1,949	- 301
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,524	17	1,022	+ 502
Lung Disease	9	1,067	5	2,902	- 1,835
Congenital Anomalies	10	969	31	305	+ 664
Low Birth Weight	11	907	43	105	+ 802
Road Traffic Accidents	12	808	34	193	+ 615
Breast Cancer	13	731	11	1,577	- 846
Lymphomas	14	600	15	1,131	- 531
Asthma	15	566	46	95	+ 471
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	556	2	7,192	- 6,637
Birth Trauma	17	487	52	32	+ 455
Lung Cancers	18	452	4	3,520	- 3,067
Bladder Cancer	19	409	23	669	- 261
Violence	20	332	51	42	+ 289
Other Injuries	21	304	30	410	- 105
Leukemia	22	300	22	671	- 372
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	294	35	186	+ 108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	246	7	1,995	- 1,749
Suicide	25	241	14	1,249	- 1,008
Pancreas Cancer	26	231	12	1,486	- 1,254
Inflammatory/Heart	27	198	16	1,027	- 829
Parkinson's Disease	28	190	18	857	- 667
Endocrine Disorders	29	189	25	593	- 404
Falls	30	161	9	1,919	- 1,759
Ovary Cancer	31	155	29	457	- 302
Stomach Cancer	32	147	24	614	- 467
Fires	33	125	55	21	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	107	41	122	- 16
Prostate Cancer	35	102	10	1,579	- 1,477
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	99	48	78	+ 22
Drownings	37	89	50	49	+ 40
Encephalitis	38	83	68	1	+ 83
Skin Cancers	39	81	27	493	- 412
Hepatitis B	40	79	63	5	+ 74
Oesophagus Cancer	41	76	28	491	- 415
Pertussis	42	72	73	0	+ 72
Meningitis	43	66	57	20	+ 46
Maternal Conditions	44	63	64	4	+ 59
Oral Cancer	45	63	26	500	- 437
Malnutrition	46	60	47	84	- 24
War	47	57	67	1	+ 56
Cervical Cancer	48	50	42	105	- 55
Tetanus	49	43	70	0	+ 43
Epilepsy	50	36	39	159	- 123
Tuberculosis	51	34	56	21	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	52	34	33	224	- 190
HIV/AIDS	53	32	54	29	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	54	18	72	0	+ 17
Skin Disease	55	17	40	129	- 112
Multiple Sclerosis	56	17	38	160	- 143
Poisonings	57	16	60	13	+ 3
Syphilis	58	13	65	2	+ 11
Appendicitis	59	11	59	15	- 3
Alcohol	60	11	32	229	- 218
Other Neoplasms	61	9	20	681	- 672
Drug Use	62	9	36	176	- 167
Hepatitis C	63	8	58	15	- 7
Measles	64	3	75	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	49	68	- 66
Leishmaniasis	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	61	11	- 10
Dengue	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	66	1	- 1
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	45	96	- 96
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	44	102	- 102
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Egypt

Switzerland

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.