EQU. GUINEA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,651	1	1,838	+ 1,812
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,453	2	913	+ 540
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,407	11	299	+ 1,108
Stroke	4	1,263	6	437	+ 826
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,191	7	419	+ 772
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	816	9	349	+ 467
Road Traffic Accidents	7	606	8	368	+ 238
Kidney Disease	8	601	14	198	+ 403
Suicide	9	533	22	107	+ 425
Hypertension	10	461	16	165	+ 296
Liver Disease	11	432	13	199	+ 233
Lung Disease	12	417	20	120	+ 297
Tuberculosis	13	404	10	321	+ 83
Low Birth Weight	14	368	4	457	- 89
Cervical Cancer	15	339	28	56	+ 283
Violence	16	335	33	45	+ 290
Other Injuries	17	300	23	105	+ 195
Birth Trauma	18	263	5	441	- 178
Congenital Anomalies	19	253	12	249	+ 4
Asthma	20	236	26	65	+ 171
Maternal Conditions	21	183	17	139	+ 44
Malnutrition	22	167	31	48	+ 119
Meningitis	23	154	19	127	+ 27
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	27	63	+ 85
Drownings	25	137	36	39	+ 98
Fires	26	132	39	30	+ 102
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	121	29	55	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	28	117	25	73	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	80	43	22	+ 58
Epilepsy	30	72	38	32	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	31	71	35	43	+ 28
Falls	32	65	32	46	+ 19
Pertussis	33	61	21	109	- 48
Poisonings	34	59	44	21	+ 38
Breast Cancer	35	58	24	84	- 26
Lymphomas	36	49	45	19	+ 30
Liver Cancer	37	46	34	43	+ 3
Drug Use	38	42	30	50	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	41	50	14	+ 27
Skin Disease	40	40	51	13	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	41	38	46	18	+ 20
Skin Cancers	42	31	48	16	+ 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	29	40	29	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	44	29	54	12	+ 17
Syphilis	45	27	18	134	- 106
Lung Cancers	46	26	41	27	- 1
Leukemia	47	26	61	4	+ 22
Alcohol	48	25	53	12	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	49	20	60	4	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	50	18	58	8	+ 10
Oral Cancer	51	16	37	35	- 18
Ovary Cancer	52	16	52	13	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	53	11	49	16	- 5
Appendicitis	54	10	59	6	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	10	56	9	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	56	10	55	11	- 2
Hepatitis B	57	9	65	3	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	8	62	4	+ 4
Encephalitis	59	8	57	8	- 0
Upper Respiratory	60	7	66	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	61	6	63	3	+ 3
Tetanus	62	6	42	23	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	67	1	+ 1
Measles	64	1	15	181	- 180
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	3	668	- 667
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	64	3	- 3
War	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Swaziland

Equ. Guinea

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.