SWAZILAND VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,990	5	755	+ 1,235
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	692	27	77	+ 616
Stroke	3	674	4	800	- 127
Lung Cancers	4	630	46	17	+ 613
Lung Disease	5	579	12	264	+ 315
Hypertension	6	363	10	292	+ 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	352	43	19	+ 333
Kidney Disease	8	308	8	381	- 73
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	280	2	921	- 640
Breast Cancer	10	255	35	37	+ 218
Pancreas Cancer	11	243	56	6	+ 237
Prostate Cancer	12	223	31	45	+ 178
Diabetes Mellitus	13	211	3	892	- 681
Falls	14	207	32	41	+ 166
Liver Disease	15	206	11	274	- 68
Parkinson's Disease	16	170	41	24	+ 147
Lymphomas	17	166	36	31	+ 135
Endocrine Disorders	18	144	28	74	+ 70
Suicide	19	139	9	338	- 198
Stomach Cancer	20	131	53	7	+ 124
Inflammatory/Heart	21	120	24	94	+ 27
Leukemia	22	118	47	16	+ 102
Other Injuries	23	112	17	190	- 79
Other Neoplasms	24	110	61	4	+ 106
Liver Cancer	25	109	37	29	+ 80
Alcohol	26	85	48	16	+ 69
Oesophagus Cancer	27	84	44	18	+ 66
Bladder Cancer	28	84	55	6	+ 78
Oral Cancer	29	81	51	10	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	30	70	52	10	+ 60
Skin Cancers	31	55	42	20	+ 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	52	6	517	- 465
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	49	39	26	+ 23
Road Traffic Accidents	34	43	7	384	- 342
Epilepsy	35	42	30	46	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	36	31	19	160	- 129
Uterin Cancer	37	30	50	11	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	29	29	51	- 22
Cervical Cancer	39	29	15	215	- 186
Drug Use	40	26	38	27	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	41	21	63	1	+ 20
Skin Disease	42	21	40	25	- 4
Anemia	43	13	84	0	+ 13
Asthma	44	13	20	150	- 137
Low Birth Weight	45	10	14	233	- 223
Violence	46	10	16	212	- 202
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	7	58	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	48	7	65	0	+ 6
Drownings	49	6	25	87	- 81
Malnutrition	50	6	22	106	- 100
Schizophrenia	51	5	83	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	52	5	81	0	+ 5
Fires	53	5	26	84	- 79
HIV/AIDS	54	5	1	2,314	- 2,309
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	4	80	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	4	13	256	- 252
Birth Trauma	57	3	18	166	- 163
Poisonings	58	3	34	37	- 35
Hepatitis B	59	2	57	6	- 3
Meningitis	60	2	23	97	- 95
Upper Respiratory	61	2	60	4	- 2
Appendicitis	62	2	54	7	- 5
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	21	116	- 115
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	- 0
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	5	- 5
Syphilis	68	0	45	17	- 17
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Measles	70	0	64	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	62	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	85	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	69	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.