SWAZILAND VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAPAN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,514	5	755	+ 759
Stroke	2	1,125	4	800	+ 325
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	997	2	921	+ 76
Lung Cancers	4	736	46	17	+ 720
Lung Disease	5	722	12	264	+ 458
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	530	43	19	+ 511
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	526	27	77	+ 449
Stomach Cancer	8	466	53	7	+ 459
Kidney Disease	9	414	8	381	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	10	342	56	6	+ 336
Liver Cancer	11	271	37	29	+ 242
Other Injuries	12	204	17	190	+ 14
Suicide	13	180	9	338	- 158
Lymphomas	14	178	36	31	+ 147
Breast Cancer	15	146	35	37	+ 109
Other Neoplasms	16	140	61	4	+ 136
Liver Disease	17	131	11	274	- 143
Parkinson's Disease	18	129	41	24	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	19	125	31	45	+ 80
Oesophagus Cancer	20	114	44	18	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	21	106	28	74	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	22	92	55	6	+ 86
Falls	23	90	32	41	+ 49
Leukemia	24	89	47	16	+ 72
Drownings	25	78	25	87	- 9
Oral Cancer	26	77	51	10	+ 67
Inflammatory/Heart	27	76	24	94	- 18
Hypertension	28	62	10	292	- 230
Diabetes Mellitus	29	50	3	892	- 842
Ovary Cancer	30	47	52	10	+ 37
Road Traffic Accidents	31	42	7	384	- 342
Cervical Cancer	32	35	15	215	- 180
Uterin Cancer	33	32	50	11	+ 21
Tuberculosis	34	32	13	256	- 224
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	27	29	51	- 24
Skin Disease	36	26	40	25	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	25	6	517	- 492
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	24	58	5	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	24	39	26	- 3
Congenital Anomalies	40	23	19	160	- 138
Hepatitis C	41	21	65	0	+ 20
Asthma	42	18	20	150	- 132
Malnutrition	43	18	22	106	- 88
Skin Cancers	44	17	42	20	- 3
Epilepsy	45	14	30	46	- 31
Hepatitis B	46	13	57	6	+ 7
Schizophrenia	47	10	83	0	+ 10
Fires	48	9	26	84	- 74
Anemia	49	8	84	0	+ 8
Drug Use	50	7	38	27	- 20
Alcohol	51	5	48	16	- 11
Meningitis	52	3	23	97	- 95
Violence	53	2	16	212	- 210
Poisonings	54	2	34	37	- 35
Low Birth Weight	55	2	14	233	- 231
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	1	60	4	- 3
Appendicitis	58	1	54	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	63	1	- 0
Oral conditions	60	1	82	0	+ 1
Birth Trauma	61	1	18	166	- 166
Osteoarthritis	62	1	81	0	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	63	0	1	2,314	- 2,313
Maternal Conditions	64	0	21	116	- 115
Syphilis	65	0	45	17	- 17
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	59	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	33	39	- 39
Schistosomiasis	72	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	64	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Japan

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.