SWAZILAND VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	996	2	921	+ 76
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	696	6	517	+ 179
Tuberculosis	3	612	13	256	+ 356
Malaria	4	485	67	0	+ 485
Birth Trauma	5	482	18	166	+ 315
Low Birth Weight	6	461	14	233	+ 228
Coronary Heart Disease	7	295	5	755	- 460
Stroke	8	278	4	800	- 523
Congenital Anomalies	9	239	19	160	+ 78
HIV/AIDS	10	212	1	2,314	- 2,102
Meningitis	11	210	23	97	+ 112
Road Traffic Accidents	12	200	7	384	- 184
Liver Disease	13	184	11	274	- 89
Measles	14	142	64	1	+ 141
Maternal Conditions	15	113	21	116	- 3
Pertussis	16	112	33	39	+ 73
Other Injuries	17	109	17	190	- 81
Diabetes Mellitus	18	108	3	892	- 784
Violence	19	88	16	212	- 124
Kidney Disease	20	87	8	381	- 294
Endocrine Disorders	21	76	28	74	+ 2
Lung Disease	22	60	12	264	- 204
Breast Cancer	23	57	35	37	+ 20
Hypertension	24	51	10	292	- 241
Cervical Cancer	25	51	15	215	- 164
Tetanus	26	40	62	4	+ 36
Asthma	27	39	20	150	- 110
Falls	28	36	32	41	- 5
Fires	29	34	26	84	- 49
Suicide	30	34	9	338	- 304
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	33	27	77	- 44
Drownings	32	32	25	87	- 55
Poisonings	33	32	34	37	- 6
Drug Use	34	30	38	27	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	35	28	31	45	- 16
Malnutrition	36	28	22	106	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	28	29	51	- 23
Syphilis	38	26	45	17	+ 9
Liver Cancer	39	25	37	29	- 4
Lymphomas	40	25	36	31	- 6
Epilepsy	41	24	30	46	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	42	23	24	94	- 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	20	43	19	+ 1
Diphtheria	44	18	70	0	+ 18
War	45	16	71	0	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	46	12	41	24	- 12
Leukemia	47	11	47	16	- 5
Oral Cancer	48	11	51	10	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	49	10	52	10	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	50	10	53	7	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	51	9	56	6	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	9	39	26	- 17
Skin Cancers	53	9	42	20	- 11
Schistosomiasis	54	7	49	13	- 6
Hepatitis B	55	7	57	6	+ 1
Skin Disease	56	7	40	25	- 18
Lung Cancers	57	6	46	17	- 10
Alcohol	58	5	48	16	- 11
Encephalitis	59	5	59	5	- 0
Appendicitis	60	4	54	7	- 3
Ascariasis	61	3	66	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	62	3	50	11	- 8
Bladder Cancer	63	3	55	6	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	64	3	44	18	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	61	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	63	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	1	58	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Nigeria

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.