AFGHANISTAN VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	81,564	46	464	+ 81,100
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	32,455	4	14,649	+ 17,806
Diabetes Mellitus	3	31,445	12	5,750	+ 25,696
Stroke	4	28,219	3	19,060	+ 9,158
Coronary Heart Disease	5	26,614	1	40,195	- 13,580
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	18,232	13	5,555	+ 12,676
Road Traffic Accidents	7	13,547	11	6,033	+ 7,514
Kidney Disease	8	13,438	10	6,590	+ 6,848
Suicide	9	11,900	24	1,573	+ 10,327
Hypertension	10	10,297	8	7,995	+ 2,302
Liver Disease	11	9,647	16	4,600	+ 5,047
Lung Disease	12	9,324	15	4,650	+ 4,674
Tuberculosis	13	9,018	7	9,839	- 821
Low Birth Weight	14	8,214	5	12,631	- 4,416
Cervical Cancer	15	7,576	44	541	+ 7,036
Violence	16	7,484	19	3,217	+ 4,267
Other Injuries	17	6,702	18	3,241	+ 3,461
Birth Trauma	18	5,869	6	10,723	- 4,854
Congenital Anomalies	19	5,656	14	5,001	+ 655
Asthma	20	5,271	17	3,403	+ 1,868
Maternal Conditions	21	4,082	9	7,807	- 3,724
Malnutrition	22	3,730	43	589	+ 3,141
Meningitis	23	3,434	20	2,626	+ 809
Inflammatory/Heart	24	3,303	45	527	+ 2,777
Drownings	25	3,065	34	996	+ 2,069
Fires	26	2,949	50	348	+ 2,601
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	2,699	23	1,765	+ 934
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,614	28	1,364	+ 1,250
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,792	25	1,505	+ 287
Epilepsy	30	1,611	35	993	+ 618
Prostate Cancer	31	1,584	55	258	+ 1,326
Falls	32	1,453	37	905	+ 548
Pertussis	33	1,367	21	2,107	- 740
Poisonings	34	1,321	47	384	+ 938
Breast Cancer	35	1,300	22	1,822	- 522
Lymphomas	36	1,095	36	946	+ 149
Liver Cancer	37	1,034	40	657	+ 377
Drug Use	38	946	51	328	+ 618
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	923	33	1,041	- 118
Skin Disease	40	891	61	94	+ 797
Parkinson's Disease	41	841	41	628	+ 213
Skin Cancers	42	701	59	145	+ 556
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	657	39	741	- 84
Oesophagus Cancer	44	651	29	1,314	- 663
Syphilis	45	614	60	94	+ 520
Lung Cancers	46	585	32	1,076	- 490
Leukemia	47	575	42	610	- 35
Alcohol	48	565	58	150	+ 415
Schistosomiasis	49	451	79	0	+ 451
Uterin Cancer	50	404	53	289	+ 115
Oral Cancer	51	360	27	1,467	- 1,107
Ovary Cancer	52	349	48	369	- 20
Stomach Cancer	53	241	26	1,501	- 1,260
Appendicitis	54	233	52	298	- 65
Bladder Cancer	55	213	54	272	- 59
Pancreas Cancer	56	213	56	229	- 17
Hepatitis B	57	209	38	863	- 655
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	173	65	25	+ 148
Encephalitis	59	170	31	1,190	- 1,020
Upper Respiratory	60	146	68	9	+ 137
Other Neoplasms	61	139	63	29	+ 110
Tetanus	62	130	30	1,254	- 1,124
Multiple Sclerosis	63	53	62	84	- 31
Measles	64	22	49	350	- 328
Hepatitis C	65	13	64	28	- 15
Ascariasis	66	11	66	17	- 6
Malaria	67	10	57	185	- 176
Otitis Media	68	9	71	1	+ 9
Chlamydia	69	7	69	1	+ 5
Diphtheria	70	6	67	16	- 10
War	71	6	2	25,620	- 25,614
Dengue	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Swaziland

Afghanistan

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.