SWAZILAND VS ICELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ICELAND		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,261	5	755	+ 506
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	924	27	77	+ 847
Stroke	3	440	4	800	- 361
Lung Cancers	4	420	46	17	+ 403
Lung Disease	5	402	12	264	+ 138
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	257	2	921	- 663
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	230	43	19	+ 211
Prostate Cancer	8	190	31	45	+ 145
Breast Cancer	9	167	35	37	+ 130
Parkinson's Disease	10	166	41	24	+ 142
Other Injuries	11	156	17	190	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	12	135	56	6	+ 129
Suicide	13	126	9	338	- 212
Lymphomas	14	115	36	31	+ 84
Kidney Disease	15	104	8	381	- 277
Diabetes Mellitus	16	93	3	892	- 799
Hypertension	17	76	10	292	- 216
Falls	18	74	32	41	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	19	70	44	18	+ 52
Liver Cancer	20	70	37	29	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	21	64	55	6	+ 58
Leukemia	22	59	47	16	+ 43
Stomach Cancer	23	55	53	7	+ 48
Drug Use	24	53	38	27	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	25	51	52	10	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	26	49	24	94	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	27	49	28	74	- 25
Alcohol	28	44	48	16	+ 28
Skin Cancers	29	41	42	20	+ 21
Other Neoplasms	30	30	61	4	+ 26
Liver Disease	31	30	11	274	- 244
Cervical Cancer	32	29	15	215	- 186
Oral Cancer	33	27	51	10	+ 16
Congenital Anomalies	34	23	19	160	- 137
Road Traffic Accidents	35	22	7	384	- 363
Uterin Cancer	36	22	50	11	+ 10
Epilepsy	37	17	30	46	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	13	58	5	+ 8
Violence	39	13	16	212	- 200
Anemia	40	11	84	0	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	10	29	51	- 41
Poisonings	42	10	34	37	- 27
Low Birth Weight	43	9	14	233	- 224
Multiple Sclerosis	44	9	63	1	+ 7
Skin Disease	45	8	40	25	- 17
Birth Trauma	46	8	18	166	- 159
Osteoarthritis	47	6	81	0	+ 6
Asthma	48	5	20	150	- 144
Schizophrenia	49	5	83	0	+ 5
Meningitis	50	4	23	97	- 93
Upper Respiratory	51	3	60	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	52	3	65	0	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	3	80	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	3	39	26	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	3	6	517	- 514
Drownings	56	3	25	87	- 84
Malnutrition	57	2	22	106	- 104
Fires	58	2	26	84	- 82
HIV/AIDS	59	1	1	2,314	- 2,312
Maternal Conditions	60	1	21	116	- 115
War	61	0	71	0	- 0
Pertussis	62	0	33	39	- 39
Hepatitis B	63	0	57	6	- 6
Otitis Media	64	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	65	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	64	1	- 1
Tetanus	68	0	62	4	- 4
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Encephalitis	78	0	59	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Syphilis	80	0	45	17	- 17
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Tuberculosis	82	0	13	256	- 256
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	85	0	82	0	- 0
Appendicitis	86	0	54	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Iceland

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.