SWAZILAND VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,244	5	755	+ 489
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,019	27	77	+ 943
Stroke	3	698	4	800	- 102
Lung Cancers	4	533	46	17	+ 516
Lung Disease	5	456	12	264	+ 191
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	408	43	19	+ 390
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	330	2	921	- 590
Kidney Disease	8	234	8	381	- 147
Hypertension	9	219	10	292	- 73
Diabetes Mellitus	10	187	3	892	- 705
Breast Cancer	11	170	35	37	+ 133
Pancreas Cancer	12	163	56	6	+ 156
Prostate Cancer	13	155	31	45	+ 110
Stomach Cancer	14	140	53	7	+ 133
Other Injuries	15	133	17	190	- 57
Lymphomas	16	128	36	31	+ 97
Bladder Cancer	17	126	55	6	+ 120
Liver Cancer	18	123	37	29	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	19	120	24	94	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	20	119	41	24	+ 95
Endocrine Disorders	21	117	28	74	+ 43
Other Neoplasms	22	114	61	4	+ 110
Liver Disease	23	102	11	274	- 172
Leukemia	24	91	47	16	+ 74
Suicide	25	87	9	338	- 251
Falls	26	78	32	41	+ 37
Oral Cancer	27	62	51	10	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	28	49	52	10	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	29	48	44	18	+ 30
Skin Disease	30	44	40	25	+ 19
Road Traffic Accidents	31	44	7	384	- 340
Skin Cancers	32	43	42	20	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	39	39	26	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	34	39	50	11	+ 27
Asthma	35	27	20	150	- 122
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	26	6	517	- 492
Anemia	37	22	84	0	+ 22
Congenital Anomalies	38	21	19	160	- 140
Cervical Cancer	39	21	15	215	- 194
Epilepsy	40	20	30	46	- 26
Drug Use	41	19	38	27	- 8
Hepatitis C	42	16	65	0	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	43	13	1	2,314	- 2,301
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	11	29	51	- 39
Drownings	45	11	25	87	- 76
Alcohol	46	8	48	16	- 8
Malnutrition	47	7	22	106	- 99
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	7	58	5	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	49	7	63	1	+ 5
Tuberculosis	50	7	13	256	- 249
Violence	51	6	16	212	- 206
Low Birth Weight	52	6	14	233	- 227
Osteoarthritis	53	5	81	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	5	80	0	+ 5
Fires	55	4	26	84	- 79
Schizophrenia	56	4	83	0	+ 4
Poisonings	57	4	34	37	- 33
Hepatitis B	58	4	57	6	- 2
Meningitis	59	3	23	97	- 94
Birth Trauma	60	3	18	166	- 164
Appendicitis	61	2	54	7	- 5
Upper Respiratory	62	1	60	4	- 3
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	0	21	116	- 115
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	67	0	45	17	- 17
War	68	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	59	5	- 5
Chagas disease	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	62	4	- 4
Pertussis	73	0	33	39	- 39
Schistosomiasis	74	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.