SWAZILAND VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,298	5	755	+ 1,543
Stroke	2	1,532	4	800	+ 731
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	901	2	921	- 20
Lung Cancers	4	800	46	17	+ 784
Lung Disease	5	601	12	264	+ 337
Kidney Disease	6	518	8	381	+ 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	429	27	77	+ 352
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	355	43	19	+ 336
Hypertension	9	318	10	292	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	10	288	41	24	+ 264
Breast Cancer	11	274	35	37	+ 237
Prostate Cancer	12	220	31	45	+ 175
Pancreas Cancer	13	207	56	6	+ 201
Liver Cancer	14	170	37	29	+ 141
Bladder Cancer	15	169	55	6	+ 163
Stomach Cancer	16	167	53	7	+ 160
Other Injuries	17	158	17	190	- 32
Leukemia	18	147	47	16	+ 131
Lymphomas	19	138	36	31	+ 107
Diabetes Mellitus	20	138	3	892	- 754
Falls	21	135	32	41	+ 94
Road Traffic Accidents	22	95	7	384	- 290
Liver Disease	23	88	11	274	- 186
Inflammatory/Heart	24	79	24	94	- 15
Other Neoplasms	25	74	61	4	+ 70
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	66	29	51	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	27	61	52	10	+ 51
Suicide	28	58	9	338	- 280
Endocrine Disorders	29	57	28	74	- 17
Oral Cancer	30	48	51	10	+ 38
Skin Cancers	31	48	42	20	+ 28
Drownings	32	47	25	87	- 40
Uterin Cancer	33	41	50	11	+ 29
Epilepsy	34	27	30	46	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	35	27	44	18	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	36	26	15	215	- 188
Drug Use	37	21	38	27	- 6
Congenital Anomalies	38	19	19	160	- 141
Fires	39	16	26	84	- 68
Multiple Sclerosis	40	15	63	1	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	41	14	14	233	- 219
Violence	42	11	16	212	- 201
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	11	39	26	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	10	6	517	- 507
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	7	58	5	+ 2
Tuberculosis	46	7	13	256	- 249
Skin Disease	47	6	40	25	- 19
Hepatitis B	48	6	57	6	+ 0
Alcohol	49	5	48	16	- 11
HIV/AIDS	50	5	1	2,314	- 2,309
Anemia	51	5	84	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	52	4	65	0	+ 4
Meningitis	53	4	23	97	- 94
Schizophrenia	54	3	83	0	+ 3
Asthma	55	3	20	150	- 147
Poisonings	56	2	34	37	- 35
Birth Trauma	57	2	18	166	- 165
Appendicitis	58	1	54	7	- 6
Upper Respiratory	59	1	60	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	60	0	77	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	61	0	21	116	- 116
Tetanus	62	0	62	4	- 3
Oral conditions	63	0	82	0	+ 0
War	64	0	71	0	- 0
Syphilis	65	0	45	17	- 17
Malnutrition	66	0	22	106	- 106
Encephalitis	67	0	59	5	- 5
Measles	68	0	64	1	- 1
Pertussis	69	0	33	39	- 39
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	68	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	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.