SWAZILAND VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,208	5	755	+ 1,453
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,402	3	892	+ 510
Stroke	3	1,361	4	800	+ 561
Kidney Disease	4	643	8	381	+ 261
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	592	2	921	- 329
Lung Disease	6	471	12	264	+ 207
Suicide	7	367	9	338	+ 29
Hypertension	8	310	10	292	+ 18
Liver Disease	9	271	11	274	- 3
Lung Cancers	10	262	46	17	+ 245
Drownings	11	197	25	87	+ 110
Breast Cancer	12	194	35	37	+ 157
Asthma	13	182	20	150	+ 32
Low Birth Weight	14	171	14	233	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	157	39	26	+ 131
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	153	6	517	- 364
Other Injuries	17	152	17	190	- 38
Congenital Anomalies	18	152	19	160	- 9
Tuberculosis	19	143	13	256	- 113
Stomach Cancer	20	134	53	7	+ 127
Birth Trauma	21	124	18	166	- 43
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	96	43	19	+ 78
Cervical Cancer	23	95	15	215	- 120
Liver Cancer	24	93	37	29	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	76	29	51	+ 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	74	27	77	- 2
Falls	27	70	32	41	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	28	69	24	94	- 25
Prostate Cancer	29	63	31	45	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	30	61	28	74	- 14
Violence	31	60	16	212	- 152
Leukemia	32	57	47	16	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	33	53	41	24	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	34	42	21	116	- 74
Pancreas Cancer	35	41	56	6	+ 35
Lymphomas	36	41	36	31	+ 10
Pertussis	37	40	33	39	+ 2
Oral Cancer	38	39	51	10	+ 28
Meningitis	39	36	23	97	- 61
Syphilis	40	35	45	17	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	41	33	50	11	+ 21
Skin Disease	42	31	40	25	+ 6
Epilepsy	43	31	30	46	- 15
Malnutrition	44	30	22	106	- 75
Ovary Cancer	45	26	52	10	+ 16
Alcohol	46	26	48	16	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	47	25	44	18	+ 6
Fires	48	23	26	84	- 61
Bladder Cancer	49	18	55	6	+ 12
Poisonings	50	12	34	37	- 26
Skin Cancers	51	10	42	20	- 9
Drug Use	52	7	38	27	- 20
Encephalitis	53	7	59	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	5	54	7	- 2
Other Neoplasms	55	4	61	4	+ 0
Measles	56	4	64	1	+ 3
Hepatitis B	57	3	57	6	- 2
Road Traffic Accidents	58	2	7	384	- 382
Tetanus	59	2	62	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	58	5	- 3
Dengue	61	2	72	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	0	66	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	60	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	1	2,314	- 2,314
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	49	13	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Micronesia

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.