SWAZILAND VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,356	1	2,314	- 958
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	741	2	921	- 180
Coronary Heart Disease	3	616	5	755	- 138
Stroke	4	578	4	800	- 223
Diabetes Mellitus	5	568	3	892	- 324
Tuberculosis	6	414	13	256	+ 158
Violence	7	395	16	212	+ 183
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	298	6	517	- 219
Kidney Disease	9	288	8	381	- 93
Suicide	10	259	9	338	- 78
Road Traffic Accidents	11	245	7	384	- 139
Hypertension	12	241	10	292	- 51
Lung Disease	13	224	12	264	- 41
Liver Disease	14	170	11	274	- 104
Lung Cancers	15	145	46	17	+ 128
Low Birth Weight	16	118	14	233	- 115
Other Injuries	17	113	17	190	- 77
Asthma	18	112	20	150	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	19	111	28	74	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	20	105	15	215	- 110
Inflammatory/Heart	21	102	24	94	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	88	27	77	+ 11
Breast Cancer	23	85	35	37	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	24	82	31	45	+ 37
Congenital Anomalies	25	82	19	160	- 79
Meningitis	26	69	23	97	- 29
Fires	27	68	26	84	- 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	68	43	19	+ 49
Oesophagus Cancer	29	66	44	18	+ 47
Birth Trauma	30	57	18	166	- 110
Lymphomas	31	53	36	31	+ 22
Drownings	32	45	25	87	- 42
Liver Cancer	33	45	37	29	+ 16
Malnutrition	34	45	22	106	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	35	38	56	6	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	36	29	51	- 15
Epilepsy	37	35	30	46	- 10
Maternal Conditions	38	32	21	116	- 84
Stomach Cancer	39	29	53	7	+ 22
Leukemia	40	28	47	16	+ 11
Oral Cancer	41	26	51	10	+ 16
Falls	42	26	32	41	- 15
Pertussis	43	22	33	39	- 17
Syphilis	44	21	45	17	+ 4
Skin Disease	45	21	40	25	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	46	20	41	24	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	19	39	26	- 7
Skin Cancers	48	19	42	20	- 1
Alcohol	49	19	48	16	+ 3
Poisonings	50	18	34	37	- 19
Ovary Cancer	51	18	52	10	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	52	16	55	6	+ 10
Drug Use	53	14	38	27	- 12
Uterin Cancer	54	10	50	11	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	58	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	56	5	54	7	- 1
Measles	57	5	64	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	5	61	4	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	4	59	5	- 0
Upper Respiratory	60	4	60	4	+ 0
Hepatitis B	61	3	57	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	63	1	+ 1
Malaria	63	2	67	0	+ 1
War	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Tetanus	65	1	62	4	- 3
Schistosomiasis	66	1	49	13	- 12
Otitis Media	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

South Africa

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.