DENMARK VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,143	55	23	+ 12,120
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,832	6	2,244	+ 2,588
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,681	10	1,284	+ 3,398
Stroke	4	4,201	5	3,662	+ 539
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,962	1	5,341	- 1,379
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,714	38	145	+ 2,570
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,017	33	213	+ 1,803
Kidney Disease	8	2,001	12	911	+ 1,090
Suicide	9	1,772	16	617	+ 1,154
Hypertension	10	1,533	15	642	+ 890
Liver Disease	11	1,436	14	692	+ 744
Lung Disease	12	1,388	3	4,387	- 2,999
Tuberculosis	13	1,343	57	16	+ 1,327
Low Birth Weight	14	1,223	41	116	+ 1,106
Cervical Cancer	15	1,128	37	153	+ 975
Violence	16	1,114	47	63	+ 1,051
Other Injuries	17	998	30	347	+ 651
Birth Trauma	18	874	56	21	+ 852
Congenital Anomalies	19	842	36	153	+ 689
Asthma	20	785	44	82	+ 702
Maternal Conditions	21	608	64	2	+ 606
Malnutrition	22	555	59	14	+ 541
Meningitis	23	511	52	25	+ 486
Inflammatory/Heart	24	492	31	284	+ 207
Drownings	25	456	50	37	+ 419
Fires	26	439	49	53	+ 386
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	402	2	5,218	- 4,816
Endocrine Disorders	28	389	19	575	- 185
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	267	32	216	+ 51
Epilepsy	30	240	40	125	+ 115
Prostate Cancer	31	236	8	1,480	- 1,244
Falls	32	216	22	541	- 324
Pertussis	33	204	72	0	+ 203
Poisonings	34	197	62	6	+ 191
Breast Cancer	35	194	9	1,299	- 1,105
Lymphomas	36	163	13	730	- 567
Liver Cancer	37	154	25	464	- 311
Drug Use	38	141	34	197	- 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	137	42	96	+ 41
Skin Disease	40	133	45	79	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	41	125	17	600	- 475
Skin Cancers	42	104	26	388	- 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	98	7	2,147	- 2,049
Oesophagus Cancer	44	97	24	477	- 380
Syphilis	45	91	70	0	+ 91
Lung Cancers	46	87	4	3,721	- 3,634
Leukemia	47	86	20	558	- 473
Alcohol	48	84	18	598	- 514
Schistosomiasis	49	67	75	0	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	50	60	35	156	- 96
Oral Cancer	51	54	28	371	- 317
Ovary Cancer	52	52	29	367	- 315
Stomach Cancer	53	36	23	484	- 448
Appendicitis	54	35	54	23	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	55	32	21	545	- 514
Pancreas Cancer	56	32	11	1,096	- 1,064
Hepatitis B	57	31	61	6	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	26	43	84	- 59
Encephalitis	59	25	67	1	+ 25
Upper Respiratory	60	22	58	15	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	61	21	27	378	- 357
Tetanus	62	19	68	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	39	132	- 124
Measles	64	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	60	9	- 7
Ascariasis	66	2	81	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	65	2	- 0
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
War	71	1	66	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Anemia	84	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Swaziland

Denmark

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.