SWAZILAND VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,041	2	921	+ 120
Malaria	2	666	67	0	+ 665
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	552	6	517	+ 35
Measles	4	490	64	1	+ 490
Stroke	5	470	4	800	- 330
Coronary Heart Disease	6	461	5	755	- 294
Birth Trauma	7	390	18	166	+ 224
Low Birth Weight	8	351	14	233	+ 118
Road Traffic Accidents	9	308	7	384	- 76
HIV/AIDS	10	246	1	2,314	- 2,068
Meningitis	11	214	23	97	+ 117
Liver Disease	12	208	11	274	- 66
Tuberculosis	13	193	13	256	- 63
Congenital Anomalies	14	177	19	160	+ 17
Diabetes Mellitus	15	174	3	892	- 718
Kidney Disease	16	158	8	381	- 223
Maternal Conditions	17	146	21	116	+ 30
Other Injuries	18	122	17	190	- 68
Cervical Cancer	19	121	15	215	- 94
Lung Disease	20	112	12	264	- 153
Hypertension	21	110	10	292	- 182
Asthma	22	96	20	150	- 54
Liver Cancer	23	95	37	29	+ 66
Pertussis	24	95	33	39	+ 56
Endocrine Disorders	25	93	28	74	+ 19
Violence	26	92	16	212	- 120
Trypanosomiasis	27	87	78	0	+ 87
Malnutrition	28	84	22	106	- 22
Suicide	29	73	9	338	- 265
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	47	27	77	- 29
Drownings	31	43	25	87	- 44
Prostate Cancer	32	43	31	45	- 2
Falls	33	39	32	41	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	36	29	51	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	35	36	24	94	- 58
Fires	36	33	26	84	- 50
Epilepsy	37	28	30	46	- 17
Breast Cancer	38	28	35	37	- 9
Syphilis	39	27	45	17	+ 9
Poisonings	40	24	34	37	- 13
Stomach Cancer	41	20	53	7	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	19	39	26	- 7
Schistosomiasis	43	19	49	13	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	44	17	41	24	- 7
Tetanus	45	14	62	4	+ 10
Drug Use	46	14	38	27	- 13
Hepatitis B	47	13	57	6	+ 7
Lymphomas	48	13	36	31	- 18
Skin Cancers	49	12	42	20	- 8
Lung Cancers	50	10	46	17	- 6
Skin Disease	51	10	40	25	- 15
Oral Cancer	52	10	51	10	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	8	43	19	- 11
Ovary Cancer	54	8	52	10	- 2
Alcohol	55	7	48	16	- 9
Encephalitis	56	7	59	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	3	54	7	- 3
Diphtheria	58	3	70	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	59	3	50	11	- 8
Bladder Cancer	60	3	55	6	- 3
Hepatitis C	61	2	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	63	2	44	18	- 17
War	64	2	71	0	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	65	2	56	6	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	1	- 0
Leukemia	67	1	47	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	68	1	61	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	69	1	60	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	1	58	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Guinea

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.