SWAZILAND VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	575	2	921	- 345
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	426	6	517	- 91
Stroke	3	378	4	800	- 423
Coronary Heart Disease	4	351	5	755	- 404
Road Traffic Accidents	5	303	7	384	- 81
Birth Trauma	6	299	18	166	+ 132
Low Birth Weight	7	269	14	233	+ 36
Liver Disease	8	262	11	274	- 12
Tuberculosis	9	206	13	256	- 50
Diabetes Mellitus	10	156	3	892	- 736
Congenital Anomalies	11	150	19	160	- 10
Hypertension	12	129	10	292	- 163
Kidney Disease	13	116	8	381	- 265
Meningitis	14	115	23	97	+ 18
Lung Disease	15	114	12	264	- 151
Other Injuries	16	113	17	190	- 77
HIV/AIDS	17	110	1	2,314	- 2,204
Maternal Conditions	18	85	21	116	- 30
Malnutrition	19	83	22	106	- 23
Breast Cancer	20	81	35	37	+ 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	79	27	77	+ 3
Violence	22	78	16	212	- 135
Pertussis	23	66	33	39	+ 27
Measles	24	61	64	1	+ 60
Suicide	25	58	9	338	- 280
Malaria	26	54	67	0	+ 54
Cervical Cancer	27	48	15	215	- 167
Falls	28	43	32	41	+ 2
Asthma	29	43	20	150	- 106
Leukemia	30	41	47	16	+ 24
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	36	43	19	+ 17
Poisonings	32	35	34	37	- 2
Lymphomas	33	34	36	31	+ 3
Fires	34	31	26	84	- 52
Drownings	35	30	25	87	- 57
Ovary Cancer	36	23	52	10	+ 13
Tetanus	37	21	62	4	+ 17
Lung Cancers	38	21	46	17	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	39	21	24	94	- 73
Oesophagus Cancer	40	18	44	18	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	17	29	51	- 34
Liver Cancer	42	17	37	29	- 13
Syphilis	43	16	45	17	- 1
Epilepsy	44	16	30	46	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	45	16	28	74	- 59
Parkinson's Disease	46	15	41	24	- 9
Stomach Cancer	47	15	53	7	+ 8
Oral Cancer	48	14	51	10	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	39	26	- 13
Prostate Cancer	50	12	31	45	- 33
Bladder Cancer	51	10	55	6	+ 4
Skin Cancers	52	10	42	20	- 10
Skin Disease	53	9	40	25	- 17
Schistosomiasis	54	8	49	13	- 5
Alcohol	55	7	48	16	- 9
Hepatitis B	56	7	57	6	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	57	7	60	4	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	7	54	7	- 0
Leishmaniasis	59	6	77	0	+ 6
Drug Use	60	5	38	27	- 22
Pancreas Cancer	61	5	56	6	- 1
Uterin Cancer	62	4	50	11	- 7
Encephalitis	63	4	59	5	- 1
War	64	3	71	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	2	58	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	66	1	61	4	- 3
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	63	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	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

Ethiopia

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.