SWAZILAND VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,228	5	755	+ 473
Lung Disease	2	711	12	264	+ 446
Stroke	3	563	4	800	- 237
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	541	6	517	+ 24
Tuberculosis	5	352	13	256	+ 96
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	317	2	921	- 604
Diabetes Mellitus	7	219	3	892	- 673
Liver Disease	8	217	11	274	- 57
Low Birth Weight	9	193	14	233	- 40
Falls	10	182	32	41	+ 141
Kidney Disease	11	180	8	381	- 201
Road Traffic Accidents	12	172	7	384	- 213
Asthma	13	158	20	150	+ 9
Suicide	14	140	9	338	- 198
Other Injuries	15	121	17	190	- 69
Oral Cancer	16	108	51	10	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	102	27	77	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	102	39	26	+ 76
Hypertension	19	87	10	292	- 205
Birth Trauma	20	83	18	166	- 83
Lung Cancers	21	71	46	17	+ 55
Breast Cancer	22	67	35	37	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	23	67	19	160	- 94
Stomach Cancer	24	65	53	7	+ 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	62	43	19	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	55	29	51	+ 4
Violence	27	42	16	212	- 170
Drownings	28	39	25	87	- 48
Encephalitis	29	39	59	5	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	30	37	15	215	- 178
HIV/AIDS	31	36	1	2,314	- 2,278
Parkinson's Disease	32	35	41	24	+ 11
Lymphomas	33	32	36	31	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	34	31	44	18	+ 13
Leukemia	35	27	47	16	+ 11
Meningitis	36	27	23	97	- 70
Pancreas Cancer	37	27	56	6	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	38	25	31	45	- 20
Liver Cancer	39	25	37	29	- 5
Epilepsy	40	24	30	46	- 21
Maternal Conditions	41	21	21	116	- 95
Fires	42	19	26	84	- 65
Alcohol	43	19	48	16	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	44	18	52	10	+ 8
Skin Disease	45	14	40	25	- 11
Dengue	46	14	72	0	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	47	12	28	74	- 62
Bladder Cancer	48	11	55	6	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	49	10	24	94	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	58	5	+ 5
Measles	51	10	64	1	+ 9
Drug Use	52	9	38	27	- 17
Appendicitis	53	9	54	7	+ 2
Pertussis	54	8	33	39	- 31
Malnutrition	55	7	22	106	- 99
Hepatitis B	56	7	57	6	+ 1
Malaria	57	6	67	0	+ 6
Tetanus	58	6	62	4	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	59	6	50	11	- 6
Skin Cancers	60	4	42	20	- 16
Poisonings	61	3	34	37	- 35
Other Neoplasms	62	2	61	4	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	63	1	+ 0
Syphilis	64	2	45	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
War	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	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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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.