CAMEROON VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	62,952	2	13,888	+ 49,064
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	25,049	1	19,694	+ 5,355
Diabetes Mellitus	3	24,270	11	5,468	+ 18,802
Stroke	4	21,779	5	11,199	+ 10,580
Coronary Heart Disease	5	20,541	6	10,695	+ 9,846
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	14,071	3	11,849	+ 2,223
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,456	9	7,810	+ 2,646
Kidney Disease	8	10,372	13	5,140	+ 5,231
Suicide	9	9,184	19	2,333	+ 6,851
Hypertension	10	7,947	22	2,035	+ 5,912
Liver Disease	11	7,446	14	4,531	+ 2,915
Lung Disease	12	7,196	20	2,310	+ 4,886
Tuberculosis	13	6,960	10	7,414	- 454
Low Birth Weight	14	6,340	8	7,950	- 1,610
Cervical Cancer	15	5,847	26	1,582	+ 4,265
Violence	16	5,776	24	1,666	+ 4,110
Other Injuries	17	5,173	16	3,289	+ 1,884
Birth Trauma	18	4,529	7	8,243	- 3,713
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,365	12	5,258	- 893
Asthma	20	4,068	25	1,619	+ 2,449
Maternal Conditions	21	3,151	17	2,615	+ 536
Malnutrition	22	2,879	28	1,218	+ 1,660
Meningitis	23	2,651	15	3,441	- 790
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,550	33	986	+ 1,564
Drownings	25	2,366	29	1,178	+ 1,187
Fires	26	2,276	36	908	+ 1,368
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	2,083	31	1,157	+ 927
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,018	18	2,474	- 457
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,383	40	754	+ 629
Epilepsy	30	1,243	38	867	+ 377
Prostate Cancer	31	1,222	34	940	+ 282
Falls	32	1,122	27	1,235	- 113
Pertussis	33	1,055	21	2,288	- 1,233
Poisonings	34	1,020	41	666	+ 354
Breast Cancer	35	1,003	23	1,874	- 871
Lymphomas	36	845	44	489	+ 356
Liver Cancer	37	798	37	875	- 78
Drug Use	38	730	35	928	- 198
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	712	49	323	+ 389
Skin Disease	40	687	48	324	+ 363
Parkinson's Disease	41	649	46	449	+ 200
Skin Cancers	42	541	56	204	+ 337
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	507	43	569	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	44	503	59	135	+ 368
Syphilis	45	474	30	1,170	- 696
Lung Cancers	46	452	51	301	+ 151
Leukemia	47	444	54	275	+ 169
Alcohol	48	436	57	198	+ 239
Schistosomiasis	49	348	53	288	+ 61
Uterin Cancer	50	311	60	75	+ 237
Oral Cancer	51	278	39	845	- 567
Ovary Cancer	52	270	50	303	- 33
Stomach Cancer	53	186	45	458	- 272
Appendicitis	54	180	61	72	+ 108
Bladder Cancer	55	164	62	65	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	56	164	52	290	- 126
Hepatitis B	57	161	47	336	- 175
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	134	68	26	+ 108
Encephalitis	59	131	58	187	- 55
Upper Respiratory	60	113	70	19	+ 94
Other Neoplasms	61	107	63	49	+ 59
Tetanus	62	100	55	223	- 123
Multiple Sclerosis	63	41	64	41	- 0
Measles	64	17	32	1,028	- 1,011
Hepatitis C	65	10	66	27	- 17
Ascariasis	66	8	65	30	- 22
Malaria	67	8	4	11,233	- 11,225
Otitis Media	68	7	74	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	69	5	72	4	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	5	67	26	- 21
War	71	5	42	643	- 639
Dengue	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	20	- 20
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	10	- 10
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

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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.