CONGO VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,396	1	4,509	+ 7,887
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,933	3	2,576	+ 2,356
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,779	10	1,050	+ 3,729
Stroke	4	4,289	5	2,267	+ 2,022
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,045	4	2,494	+ 1,551
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,771	8	1,304	+ 1,467
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,059	7	1,598	+ 461
Kidney Disease	8	2,042	15	613	+ 1,429
Suicide	9	1,809	19	349	+ 1,460
Hypertension	10	1,565	12	933	+ 632
Liver Disease	11	1,466	13	931	+ 536
Lung Disease	12	1,417	17	541	+ 876
Tuberculosis	13	1,371	2	2,781	- 1,410
Low Birth Weight	14	1,248	9	1,283	- 35
Cervical Cancer	15	1,151	29	196	+ 955
Violence	16	1,137	18	539	+ 599
Other Injuries	17	1,019	20	333	+ 685
Birth Trauma	18	892	11	997	- 105
Congenital Anomalies	19	860	14	729	+ 131
Asthma	20	801	23	291	+ 510
Maternal Conditions	21	620	16	578	+ 43
Malnutrition	22	567	24	272	+ 295
Meningitis	23	522	22	299	+ 223
Inflammatory/Heart	24	502	26	220	+ 283
Drownings	25	466	36	104	+ 362
Fires	26	448	37	90	+ 358
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	410	25	230	+ 180
Endocrine Disorders	28	397	27	208	+ 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	272	35	105	+ 167
Epilepsy	30	245	40	76	+ 169
Prostate Cancer	31	241	28	198	+ 43
Falls	32	221	33	149	+ 72
Pertussis	33	208	21	329	- 121
Poisonings	34	201	41	71	+ 130
Breast Cancer	35	198	32	159	+ 39
Lymphomas	36	166	45	61	+ 105
Liver Cancer	37	157	30	169	- 12
Drug Use	38	144	44	65	+ 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	140	43	67	+ 74
Skin Disease	40	135	50	46	+ 90
Parkinson's Disease	41	128	42	69	+ 59
Skin Cancers	42	107	53	36	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	100	38	89	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	44	99	57	19	+ 80
Syphilis	45	93	34	107	- 13
Lung Cancers	46	89	47	54	+ 35
Leukemia	47	87	46	57	+ 30
Alcohol	48	86	49	46	+ 40
Schistosomiasis	49	69	51	45	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	50	61	60	15	+ 47
Oral Cancer	51	55	54	33	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	52	53	48	49	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	53	37	39	88	- 51
Appendicitis	54	35	58	18	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	55	32	61	15	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	56	32	52	42	- 10
Hepatitis B	57	32	62	14	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	26	59	15	+ 11
Encephalitis	59	26	56	20	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	22	64	7	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	61	21	63	8	+ 14
Tetanus	62	20	55	23	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	66	4	+ 4
Measles	64	3	31	159	- 156
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	69	1	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	6	1,977	- 1,976
Otitis Media	68	1	71	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	68	2	- 1
War	71	1	72	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Swaziland

Congo

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.