SWAZILAND VS SLOVAKIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SLOVAKIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,179	5	755	+ 1,424
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	917	27	77	+ 840
Stroke	3	768	4	800	- 32
Lung Cancers	4	524	46	17	+ 507
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	517	43	19	+ 499
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	414	2	921	- 507
Liver Disease	7	292	11	274	+ 18
Falls	8	261	32	41	+ 220
Lung Disease	9	229	12	264	- 35
Breast Cancer	10	219	35	37	+ 182
Hypertension	11	212	10	292	- 81
Prostate Cancer	12	198	31	45	+ 153
Pancreas Cancer	13	179	56	6	+ 173
Kidney Disease	14	170	8	381	- 211
Stomach Cancer	15	169	53	7	+ 162
Diabetes Mellitus	16	153	3	892	- 739
Lymphomas	17	150	36	31	+ 119
Oral Cancer	18	146	51	10	+ 136
Suicide	19	135	9	338	- 203
Other Injuries	20	113	17	190	- 77
Bladder Cancer	21	100	55	6	+ 94
Liver Cancer	22	96	37	29	+ 67
Leukemia	23	92	47	16	+ 75
Skin Cancers	24	73	42	20	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	25	69	24	94	- 24
Ovary Cancer	26	68	52	10	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	27	68	7	384	- 317
Oesophagus Cancer	28	64	44	18	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	29	63	41	24	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	30	57	50	11	+ 46
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	56	29	51	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	32	56	15	215	- 159
Alcohol	33	45	48	16	+ 29
Skin Disease	34	35	40	25	+ 10
Epilepsy	35	34	30	46	- 11
Congenital Anomalies	36	34	19	160	- 126
Endocrine Disorders	37	33	28	74	- 41
Drownings	38	29	25	87	- 58
Low Birth Weight	39	20	14	233	- 213
Other Neoplasms	40	19	61	4	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	14	39	26	- 12
Violence	42	12	16	212	- 200
Multiple Sclerosis	43	11	63	1	+ 10
Asthma	44	10	20	150	- 140
Drug Use	45	9	38	27	- 18
Fires	46	8	26	84	- 76
Diarrhoeal diseases	47	7	6	517	- 510
Poisonings	48	6	34	37	- 31
Malnutrition	49	6	22	106	- 100
Tuberculosis	50	5	13	256	- 250
Meningitis	51	5	23	97	- 92
Birth Trauma	52	3	18	166	- 163
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	3	58	5	- 2
Hepatitis C	54	3	65	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	55	2	54	7	- 5
Hepatitis B	56	2	57	6	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	58	1	60	4	- 3
Anemia	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	60	1	83	0	+ 1
Pertussis	61	1	33	39	- 38
Syphilis	62	1	45	17	- 17
Maternal Conditions	63	1	21	116	- 115
Otitis Media	64	0	68	0	+ 0
HIV/AIDS	65	0	1	2,314	- 2,313
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	59	5	- 5
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	62	4	- 4
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	73	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Slovakia

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.