SWAZILAND VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	535	2	921	- 386
Coronary Heart Disease	2	481	5	755	- 274
Stroke	3	270	4	800	- 531
Kidney Disease	4	253	8	381	- 129
Liver Disease	5	223	11	274	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	203	27	77	+ 126
Stomach Cancer	7	177	53	7	+ 170
Diabetes Mellitus	8	155	3	892	- 737
Road Traffic Accidents	9	154	7	384	- 230
Lung Cancers	10	111	46	17	+ 94
Prostate Cancer	11	111	31	45	+ 66
Violence	12	105	16	212	- 107
Other Injuries	13	100	17	190	- 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	92	43	19	+ 74
Lung Disease	15	88	12	264	- 177
Liver Cancer	16	86	37	29	+ 57
Tuberculosis	17	83	13	256	- 173
Lymphomas	18	79	36	31	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	19	70	19	160	- 91
Breast Cancer	20	69	35	37	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	21	67	15	215	- 148
Leukemia	22	65	47	16	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	23	56	56	6	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	24	51	14	233	- 182
Falls	25	45	32	41	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	26	44	41	24	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	39	6	517	- 478
Hypertension	28	37	10	292	- 255
Malnutrition	29	35	22	106	- 71
Suicide	30	32	9	338	- 306
HIV/AIDS	31	30	1	2,314	- 2,284
Skin Cancers	32	27	42	20	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	33	25	52	10	+ 15
Drug Use	34	22	38	27	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	21	29	51	- 30
Drownings	36	20	25	87	- 67
Birth Trauma	37	19	18	166	- 148
Oral Cancer	38	18	51	10	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	39	17	24	94	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	40	17	28	74	- 58
Bladder Cancer	41	16	55	6	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	42	14	44	18	- 5
Maternal Conditions	43	12	21	116	- 104
Alcohol	44	11	48	16	- 5
Uterin Cancer	45	11	50	11	- 1
Encephalitis	46	10	59	5	+ 5
Epilepsy	47	9	30	46	- 37
Pertussis	48	9	33	39	- 30
Fires	49	8	26	84	- 75
Asthma	50	7	20	150	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	7	39	26	- 19
Syphilis	52	6	45	17	- 11
Appendicitis	53	6	54	7	- 1
Skin Disease	54	5	40	25	- 20
Poisonings	55	4	34	37	- 33
Meningitis	56	4	23	97	- 93
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	4	58	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	58	2	61	4	- 2
Chagas disease	59	2	79	0	+ 2
Tetanus	60	2	62	4	- 2
Malaria	61	1	67	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	1	63	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	0	60	4	- 4
Hepatitis B	64	0	57	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	66	0	72	0	+ 0
War	67	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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

Peru

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.