BELIZE VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		BELIZE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	845	5	119	+ 726
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	336	7	97	+ 240
Diabetes Mellitus	3	326	3	141	+ 185
Stroke	4	292	4	127	+ 166
Coronary Heart Disease	5	276	1	192	+ 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	189	34	9	+ 180
Road Traffic Accidents	7	140	8	88	+ 52
Kidney Disease	8	139	6	102	+ 37
Suicide	9	123	16	28	+ 96
Hypertension	10	107	12	46	+ 61
Liver Disease	11	100	9	58	+ 42
Lung Disease	12	97	11	46	+ 51
Tuberculosis	13	93	33	9	+ 85
Low Birth Weight	14	85	25	20	+ 65
Cervical Cancer	15	79	17	28	+ 51
Violence	16	78	2	146	- 68
Other Injuries	17	69	14	36	+ 34
Birth Trauma	18	61	32	9	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	19	59	21	23	+ 36
Asthma	20	55	35	8	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	21	42	42	2	+ 40
Malnutrition	22	39	29	10	+ 29
Meningitis	23	36	46	1	+ 34
Inflammatory/Heart	24	34	26	18	+ 16
Drownings	25	32	18	24	+ 8
Fires	26	31	40	4	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	28	13	45	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	28	27	22	23	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	19	38	5	+ 13
Epilepsy	30	17	36	8	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	31	16	10	47	- 31
Falls	32	15	27	13	+ 2
Pertussis	33	14	63	0	+ 14
Poisonings	34	14	45	1	+ 12
Breast Cancer	35	13	23	22	- 8
Lymphomas	36	11	50	1	+ 10
Liver Cancer	37	11	19	24	- 13
Drug Use	38	10	47	1	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	10	41	3	+ 6
Skin Disease	40	9	37	5	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	41	9	28	11	- 2
Skin Cancers	42	7	66	0	+ 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	7	24	20	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	44	7	43	2	+ 5
Syphilis	45	6	62	0	+ 6
Lung Cancers	46	6	15	30	- 24
Leukemia	47	6	39	4	+ 2
Alcohol	48	6	30	10	- 4
Schistosomiasis	49	5	78	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	50	4	51	1	+ 3
Oral Cancer	51	4	67	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	52	4	52	1	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	53	2	20	23	- 21
Appendicitis	54	2	44	1	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	55	2	81	0	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	56	2	31	9	- 7
Hepatitis B	57	2	56	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	49	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	59	2	48	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	60	2	58	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	1	53	1	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	59	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	54	0	+ 0
Measles	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
War	71	0	60	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	55	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	57	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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELIZE

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.