SWAZILAND VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,813	5	755	+ 1,058
Stroke	2	1,169	4	800	+ 369
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	774	27	77	+ 697
Lung Cancers	4	638	46	17	+ 621
Lung Disease	5	605	12	264	+ 340
Hypertension	6	559	10	292	+ 267
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	397	43	19	+ 378
Diabetes Mellitus	8	370	3	892	- 522
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	305	2	921	- 616
Breast Cancer	10	259	35	37	+ 222
Kidney Disease	11	238	8	381	- 144
Other Injuries	12	226	17	190	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	13	226	56	6	+ 220
Stomach Cancer	14	191	53	7	+ 185
Other Neoplasms	15	186	61	4	+ 182
Lymphomas	16	181	36	31	+ 149
Liver Cancer	17	180	37	29	+ 150
Endocrine Disorders	18	157	28	74	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	19	157	41	24	+ 133
Prostate Cancer	20	157	31	45	+ 112
Leukemia	21	126	47	16	+ 109
Bladder Cancer	22	125	55	6	+ 119
Liver Disease	23	104	11	274	- 170
Inflammatory/Heart	24	103	24	94	+ 10
Falls	25	79	32	41	+ 38
Suicide	26	75	9	338	- 262
Oral Cancer	27	62	51	10	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	28	61	52	10	+ 51
Skin Cancers	29	60	42	20	+ 41
Road Traffic Accidents	30	60	7	384	- 324
Hepatitis C	31	46	65	0	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	41	39	26	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	33	41	50	11	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	34	38	44	18	+ 20
Anemia	35	31	84	0	+ 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	30	6	517	- 487
Congenital Anomalies	37	27	19	160	- 133
Skin Disease	38	27	40	25	+ 2
Epilepsy	39	25	30	46	- 21
Cervical Cancer	40	22	15	215	- 193
Malnutrition	41	14	22	106	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	13	58	5	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	13	29	51	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	44	13	63	1	+ 11
Drug Use	45	12	38	27	- 15
HIV/AIDS	46	10	1	2,314	- 2,304
Asthma	47	9	20	150	- 140
Osteoarthritis	48	9	81	0	+ 9
Schizophrenia	49	8	83	0	+ 8
Violence	50	8	16	212	- 205
Low Birth Weight	51	7	14	233	- 226
Drownings	52	6	25	87	- 81
Tuberculosis	53	6	13	256	- 250
Hepatitis B	54	6	57	6	+ 0
Alcohol	55	5	48	16	- 11
Fires	56	5	26	84	- 79
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	80	0	+ 4
Poisonings	58	3	34	37	- 35
Birth Trauma	59	3	18	166	- 164
Meningitis	60	2	23	97	- 95
Appendicitis	61	1	54	7	- 6
Oral conditions	62	1	82	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	62	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	64	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	65	0	68	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	21	116	- 116
Encephalitis	68	0	59	5	- 5
Syphilis	69	0	45	17	- 17
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	33	39	- 39
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	49	13	- 13
Malaria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Italy

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.