SWAZILAND VS POLAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	POLAND		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,457	5	755	+ 2,702
Stroke	2	960	4	800	+ 160
Lung Cancers	3	757	46	17	+ 741
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	587	2	921	- 333
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	429	43	19	+ 411
Lung Disease	6	402	12	264	+ 137
Other Neoplasms	7	272	61	4	+ 268
Diabetes Mellitus	8	263	3	892	- 629
Breast Cancer	9	234	35	37	+ 197
Liver Disease	10	232	11	274	- 41
Prostate Cancer	11	191	31	45	+ 146
Stomach Cancer	12	174	53	7	+ 167
Pancreas Cancer	13	159	56	6	+ 153
Alcohol	14	154	48	16	+ 138
Hypertension	15	145	10	292	- 147
Falls	16	138	32	41	+ 97
Bladder Cancer	17	138	55	6	+ 132
Suicide	18	126	9	338	- 212
Lymphomas	19	122	36	31	+ 91
Kidney Disease	20	119	8	381	- 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	109	27	77	+ 32
Road Traffic Accidents	22	104	7	384	- 280
Inflammatory/Heart	23	103	24	94	+ 9
Leukemia	24	101	47	16	+ 85
Oral Cancer	25	99	51	10	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	91	29	51	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	27	86	52	10	+ 76
Other Injuries	28	74	17	190	- 116
Liver Cancer	29	67	37	29	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	30	64	50	11	+ 52
Skin Cancers	31	63	42	20	+ 43
Cervical Cancer	32	56	15	215	- 159
Oesophagus Cancer	33	53	44	18	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	34	44	41	24	+ 20
Epilepsy	35	34	30	46	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	36	27	19	160	- 134
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	25	6	517	- 493
Endocrine Disorders	38	24	28	74	- 50
Drownings	39	19	25	87	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	18	39	26	- 8
Tuberculosis	41	18	13	256	- 238
Low Birth Weight	42	17	14	233	- 216
Asthma	43	16	20	150	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	44	15	63	1	+ 13
Fires	45	14	26	84	- 70
Skin Disease	46	14	40	25	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	11	58	5	+ 6
Drug Use	48	9	38	27	- 17
Violence	49	9	16	212	- 204
Malnutrition	50	9	22	106	- 97
Poisonings	51	6	34	37	- 31
Hepatitis C	52	6	65	0	+ 5
Meningitis	53	5	23	97	- 92
HIV/AIDS	54	3	1	2,314	- 2,310
Appendicitis	55	2	54	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	2	57	6	- 4
Birth Trauma	57	2	18	166	- 165
Schizophrenia	58	1	83	0	+ 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	59	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	60	4	- 4
Osteoarthritis	61	1	81	0	+ 1
Anemia	62	0	84	0	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	63	0	21	116	- 116
Encephalitis	64	0	59	5	- 5
Oral conditions	65	0	82	0	+ 0
War	66	0	71	0	- 0
Tetanus	67	0	62	4	- 4
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	69	0	45	17	- 17
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Pertussis	71	0	33	39	- 39
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	80	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Poland

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.