COMOROS VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,830	76	0	+ 1,830
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	728	1	594	+ 134
Diabetes Mellitus	3	705	9	136	+ 569
Stroke	4	633	3	356	+ 277
Coronary Heart Disease	5	597	4	349	+ 248
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	409	2	363	+ 46
Road Traffic Accidents	7	304	6	226	+ 78
Kidney Disease	8	301	14	101	+ 200
Suicide	9	267	24	46	+ 221
Hypertension	10	231	12	115	+ 116
Liver Disease	11	216	8	160	+ 57
Lung Disease	12	209	17	83	+ 126
Tuberculosis	13	202	19	79	+ 123
Low Birth Weight	14	184	5	328	- 144
Cervical Cancer	15	170	13	104	+ 66
Violence	16	168	20	63	+ 105
Other Injuries	17	150	16	90	+ 60
Birth Trauma	18	132	7	211	- 79
Congenital Anomalies	19	127	10	131	- 4
Asthma	20	118	21	49	+ 69
Maternal Conditions	21	92	22	47	+ 45
Malnutrition	22	84	15	96	- 12
Meningitis	23	77	11	115	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	24	74	31	26	+ 48
Drownings	25	69	25	35	+ 34
Fires	26	66	30	27	+ 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	61	23	46	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	28	59	36	19	+ 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	40	34	21	+ 19
Epilepsy	30	36	40	17	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	31	36	27	33	+ 3
Falls	32	33	32	26	+ 6
Pertussis	33	31	18	80	- 49
Poisonings	34	30	35	20	+ 10
Breast Cancer	35	29	33	23	+ 7
Lymphomas	36	25	37	19	+ 5
Liver Cancer	37	23	28	29	- 6
Drug Use	38	21	49	7	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	21	47	10	+ 11
Skin Disease	40	20	48	9	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	41	19	44	11	+ 7
Skin Cancers	42	16	42	12	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	15	39	19	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	44	15	26	34	- 19
Syphilis	45	14	38	19	- 5
Lung Cancers	46	13	60	1	+ 12
Leukemia	47	13	57	3	+ 10
Alcohol	48	13	51	6	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	49	10	75	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	50	9	55	3	+ 6
Oral Cancer	51	8	41	15	- 7
Ovary Cancer	52	8	56	3	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	53	5	45	11	- 6
Appendicitis	54	5	50	6	- 1
Bladder Cancer	55	5	46	10	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	56	5	82	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	57	5	52	5	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	4	58	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	4	54	4	- 0
Upper Respiratory	60	3	53	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	3	59	1	+ 2
Tetanus	62	3	43	12	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	62	1	+ 0
Measles	64	0	78	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	- 0
Malaria	67	0	29	29	- 29
Otitis Media	68	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	65	0	- 0
War	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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.