SWAZILAND VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,052	5	755	+ 297
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	885	27	77	+ 808
Stroke	3	605	4	800	- 195
Lung Cancers	4	594	46	17	+ 577
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	364	43	19	+ 345
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	329	2	921	- 592
Lung Disease	7	303	12	264	+ 39
Breast Cancer	8	259	35	37	+ 222
Other Injuries	9	252	17	190	+ 62
Pancreas Cancer	10	206	56	6	+ 200
Kidney Disease	11	191	8	381	- 190
Diabetes Mellitus	12	182	3	892	- 710
Prostate Cancer	13	181	31	45	+ 136
Lymphomas	14	168	36	31	+ 137
Liver Cancer	15	159	37	29	+ 130
Suicide	16	149	9	338	- 188
Other Neoplasms	17	146	61	4	+ 142
Falls	18	138	32	41	+ 97
Endocrine Disorders	19	135	28	74	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	20	126	41	24	+ 102
Leukemia	21	124	47	16	+ 108
Liver Disease	22	123	11	274	- 151
Hypertension	23	118	10	292	- 174
Bladder Cancer	24	109	55	6	+ 103
Inflammatory/Heart	25	101	24	94	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	26	92	53	7	+ 85
Oral Cancer	27	78	51	10	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	28	78	44	18	+ 59
Malnutrition	29	70	22	106	- 36
Ovary Cancer	30	66	52	10	+ 56
Road Traffic Accidents	31	56	7	384	- 329
Skin Cancers	32	54	42	20	+ 34
Alcohol	33	53	48	16	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	34	45	50	11	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	35	33	19	160	- 127
Drug Use	36	31	38	27	+ 4
Epilepsy	37	31	30	46	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	30	6	517	- 487
Skin Disease	39	27	40	25	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	40	26	15	215	- 189
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	39	26	- 3
Asthma	42	17	20	150	- 132
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	16	29	51	- 34
Anemia	44	16	84	0	+ 16
Drownings	45	14	25	87	- 72
Multiple Sclerosis	46	13	63	1	+ 11
Low Birth Weight	47	11	14	233	- 222
Schizophrenia	48	11	83	0	+ 11
Violence	49	9	16	212	- 203
Tuberculosis	50	7	13	256	- 249
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	7	58	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	52	7	65	0	+ 7
Fires	53	7	26	84	- 77
HIV/AIDS	54	6	1	2,314	- 2,308
Birth Trauma	55	5	18	166	- 161
Osteoarthritis	56	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	57	4	34	37	- 34
Meningitis	58	3	23	97	- 95
Hepatitis B	59	2	57	6	- 4
Oral conditions	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	1	54	7	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	60	4	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	116	- 115
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	59	5	- 5
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	45	17	- 17
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Tetanus	70	0	62	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	71	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	78	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

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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.