BARBADOS VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	618	21	28	+ 590
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	246	4	221	+ 25
Diabetes Mellitus	3	238	3	260	- 22
Stroke	4	214	1	384	- 171
Coronary Heart Disease	5	202	2	358	- 156
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	138	40	7	+ 131
Road Traffic Accidents	7	103	25	23	+ 79
Kidney Disease	8	102	10	92	+ 10
Suicide	9	90	51	2	+ 88
Hypertension	10	78	13	72	+ 6
Liver Disease	11	73	26	23	+ 50
Lung Disease	12	71	12	74	- 3
Tuberculosis	13	68	60	1	+ 67
Low Birth Weight	14	62	42	5	+ 57
Cervical Cancer	15	57	23	28	+ 30
Violence	16	57	19	32	+ 24
Other Injuries	17	51	11	79	- 28
Birth Trauma	18	44	43	5	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	19	43	29	18	+ 25
Asthma	20	40	35	13	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	21	31	56	1	+ 30
Malnutrition	22	28	49	2	+ 26
Meningitis	23	26	45	4	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	24	25	17	39	- 14
Drownings	25	23	57	1	+ 22
Fires	26	22	62	1	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	20	7	114	- 94
Endocrine Disorders	28	20	9	93	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	14	34	14	- 1
Epilepsy	30	12	38	9	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	31	12	5	165	- 153
Falls	32	11	41	7	+ 4
Pertussis	33	10	67	0	+ 10
Poisonings	34	10	48	2	+ 8
Breast Cancer	35	10	8	95	- 85
Lymphomas	36	8	15	51	- 42
Liver Cancer	37	8	33	14	- 7
Drug Use	38	7	53	1	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	7	55	1	+ 6
Skin Disease	40	7	14	62	- 56
Parkinson's Disease	41	6	31	16	- 10
Skin Cancers	42	5	47	4	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	5	6	115	- 110
Oesophagus Cancer	44	5	36	12	- 7
Syphilis	45	5	64	0	+ 4
Lung Cancers	46	4	16	43	- 38
Leukemia	47	4	20	29	- 25
Alcohol	48	4	46	4	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	49	3	77	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	50	3	27	21	- 18
Oral Cancer	51	3	28	18	- 15
Ovary Cancer	52	3	32	16	- 13
Stomach Cancer	53	2	22	28	- 26
Appendicitis	54	2	65	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	55	2	39	9	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	56	2	18	39	- 37
Hepatitis B	57	2	52	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	1	44	5	- 3
Encephalitis	59	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	1	58	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	61	1	24	26	- 25
Tetanus	62	1	70	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	0	61	1	- 0
Measles	64	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
War	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	54	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	30	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	63	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	59	1	- 1
Anemia	84	0	37	11	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

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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.