SWITZERLAND VS SEYCHELLES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SEYCHELLES		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,376	1	10,713	- 1,337
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	6,757	8	1,949	+ 4,807
Stroke	3	6,001	3	3,918	+ 2,083
Kidney Disease	4	3,850	13	1,261	+ 2,589
Hypertension	5	3,784	6	2,471	+ 1,313
Liver Disease	6	2,822	21	677	+ 2,144
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,305	17	1,022	+ 1,283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,228	7	1,995	+ 233
Lung Disease	9	2,026	5	2,902	- 876
Prostate Cancer	10	1,807	10	1,579	+ 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,690	2	7,192	- 5,503
Lung Cancers	12	1,642	4	3,520	- 1,877
Breast Cancer	13	1,307	11	1,577	- 270
Violence	14	1,306	51	42	+ 1,264
Oral Cancer	15	1,203	26	500	+ 703
Drownings	16	1,052	50	49	+ 1,003
Road Traffic Accidents	17	994	34	193	+ 801
Inflammatory/Heart	18	898	16	1,027	- 129
Cervical Cancer	19	819	42	105	+ 714
Lymphomas	20	763	15	1,131	- 368
Suicide	21	714	14	1,249	- 535
Pancreas Cancer	22	675	12	1,486	- 810
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	632	41	122	+ 510
Congenital Anomalies	24	629	31	305	+ 324
Stomach Cancer	25	618	24	614	+ 4
Leukemia	26	565	22	671	- 107
Asthma	27	557	46	95	+ 463
Parkinson's Disease	28	540	18	857	- 317
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	535	35	186	+ 349
Endocrine Disorders	30	533	25	593	- 60
Liver Cancer	31	529	19	805	- 276
Oesophagus Cancer	32	525	28	491	+ 34
Low Birth Weight	33	506	43	105	+ 402
Falls	34	503	9	1,919	- 1,417
Ovary Cancer	35	455	29	457	- 3
Bladder Cancer	36	400	23	669	- 270
Other Injuries	37	385	30	410	- 25
Meningitis	38	213	57	20	+ 193
Birth Trauma	39	164	52	32	+ 132
Skin Disease	40	163	40	129	+ 34
Fires	41	160	55	21	+ 139
Malnutrition	42	153	47	84	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	43	153	33	224	- 71
Skin Cancers	44	107	27	493	- 386
Maternal Conditions	45	85	64	4	+ 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	76	48	78	- 2
Drug Use	47	74	36	176	- 102
Encephalitis	48	73	68	1	+ 72
Alcohol	49	57	32	229	- 172
Epilepsy	50	50	39	159	- 109
Poisonings	51	47	60	13	+ 34
Appendicitis	52	45	59	15	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	53	38	20	681	- 643
Pertussis	54	34	73	0	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	55	23	38	160	- 137
Hepatitis B	56	21	63	5	+ 16
Syphilis	57	19	65	2	+ 18
Dengue	58	14	81	0	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	8	49	68	- 60
Tetanus	60	7	70	0	+ 7
War	61	7	67	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	62	4	58	15	- 11
Upper Respiratory	63	2	61	11	- 9
Chlamydia	64	1	79	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	66	0	56	21	- 21
Diphtheria	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	66	1	- 1
HIV/AIDS	72	0	54	29	- 29
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	71	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	62	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	82	0	37	170	- 170
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	102	- 102
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	45	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Seychelles

Switzerland

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.