SWAZILAND VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	441	2	921	- 480
Stroke	2	423	4	800	- 378
Road Traffic Accidents	3	311	7	384	- 74
Coronary Heart Disease	4	301	5	755	- 454
Malaria	5	276	67	0	+ 275
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	261	6	517	- 256
HIV/AIDS	7	236	1	2,314	- 2,078
Liver Disease	8	213	11	274	- 61
Low Birth Weight	9	183	14	233	- 50
Birth Trauma	10	158	18	166	- 9
Diabetes Mellitus	11	155	3	892	- 737
Congenital Anomalies	12	148	19	160	- 12
Lung Disease	13	130	12	264	- 135
Hypertension	14	113	10	292	- 179
Kidney Disease	15	101	8	381	- 280
Malnutrition	16	98	22	106	- 8
Other Injuries	17	79	17	190	- 111
Cervical Cancer	18	79	15	215	- 136
Meningitis	19	71	23	97	- 27
Stomach Cancer	20	65	53	7	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	21	60	21	116	- 55
Asthma	22	60	20	150	- 90
Liver Cancer	23	59	37	29	+ 30
Suicide	24	59	9	338	- 279
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	55	27	77	- 22
Tuberculosis	26	52	13	256	- 204
Breast Cancer	27	50	35	37	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	49	43	19	+ 31
Violence	29	46	16	212	- 167
Lymphomas	30	38	36	31	+ 6
Falls	31	34	32	41	- 7
Prostate Cancer	32	33	31	45	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	30	29	51	- 21
Inflammatory/Heart	34	29	24	94	- 65
Leukemia	35	26	47	16	+ 10
Drownings	36	24	25	87	- 63
Oral Cancer	37	23	51	10	+ 12
Fires	38	23	26	84	- 61
Lung Cancers	39	20	46	17	+ 3
Poisonings	40	18	34	37	- 19
Endocrine Disorders	41	18	28	74	- 56
Pertussis	42	18	33	39	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	43	18	56	6	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	44	18	44	18	- 1
Epilepsy	45	16	30	46	- 30
Syphilis	46	14	45	17	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	47	12	41	24	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	11	39	26	- 15
Alcohol	49	10	48	16	- 6
Skin Cancers	50	9	42	20	- 10
Schistosomiasis	51	9	49	13	- 4
Skin Disease	52	9	40	25	- 17
Ovary Cancer	53	8	52	10	- 2
Appendicitis	54	6	54	7	- 1
Hepatitis B	55	6	57	6	- 0
Uterin Cancer	56	5	50	11	- 7
Upper Respiratory	57	5	60	4	+ 1
Tetanus	58	4	62	4	+ 1
Measles	59	4	64	1	+ 4
Drug Use	60	4	38	27	- 23
Encephalitis	61	3	59	5	- 2
Bladder Cancer	62	3	55	6	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	58	5	- 3
Other Neoplasms	64	1	61	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	63	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	68	0	+ 0
War	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

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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.