ERITREA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	12,897	25	308	+ 12,589
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	5,132	1	3,277	+ 1,855
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,972	7	944	+ 4,028
Stroke	4	4,462	2	2,564	+ 1,898
Coronary Heart Disease	5	4,208	4	2,154	+ 2,054
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,883	3	2,292	+ 591
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,142	5	1,326	+ 816
Kidney Disease	8	2,125	12	578	+ 1,547
Suicide	9	1,882	21	382	+ 1,500
Hypertension	10	1,628	8	926	+ 702
Liver Disease	11	1,525	6	1,215	+ 311
Lung Disease	12	1,474	9	662	+ 812
Tuberculosis	13	1,426	14	543	+ 882
Low Birth Weight	14	1,299	16	531	+ 768
Cervical Cancer	15	1,198	30	132	+ 1,065
Violence	16	1,183	20	384	+ 799
Other Injuries	17	1,060	15	540	+ 520
Birth Trauma	18	928	11	616	+ 312
Congenital Anomalies	19	894	18	432	+ 462
Asthma	20	833	22	326	+ 507
Maternal Conditions	21	646	13	544	+ 102
Malnutrition	22	590	10	660	- 70
Meningitis	23	543	19	404	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	24	522	32	123	+ 399
Drownings	25	485	33	118	+ 367
Fires	26	466	31	132	+ 334
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	427	24	310	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	28	413	43	71	+ 342
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	283	27	147	+ 136
Epilepsy	30	255	38	81	+ 173
Prostate Cancer	31	250	47	54	+ 196
Falls	32	230	26	168	+ 62
Pertussis	33	216	36	90	+ 127
Poisonings	34	209	34	114	+ 95
Breast Cancer	35	206	23	311	- 106
Lymphomas	36	173	28	147	+ 26
Liver Cancer	37	163	45	69	+ 94
Drug Use	38	150	53	36	+ 113
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	146	41	77	+ 69
Skin Disease	40	141	50	45	+ 96
Parkinson's Disease	41	133	37	85	+ 48
Skin Cancers	42	111	56	30	+ 81
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	104	35	113	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	44	103	39	81	+ 22
Syphilis	45	97	54	35	+ 62
Lung Cancers	46	93	46	62	+ 31
Leukemia	47	91	29	144	- 53
Alcohol	48	89	49	45	+ 44
Schistosomiasis	49	71	42	73	- 1
Uterin Cancer	50	64	61	18	+ 46
Oral Cancer	51	57	44	71	- 14
Ovary Cancer	52	55	40	79	- 24
Stomach Cancer	53	38	48	48	- 10
Appendicitis	54	37	55	31	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	55	34	51	42	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	56	34	58	20	+ 14
Hepatitis B	57	33	57	28	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	27	64	12	+ 15
Encephalitis	59	27	62	16	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	60	23	60	18	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	61	22	66	6	+ 16
Tetanus	62	21	52	37	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	8	67	4	+ 5
Measles	64	4	63	13	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	6	- 4
Ascariasis	66	2	68	2	- 0
Malaria	67	2	17	437	- 435
Otitis Media	68	1	69	2	- 0
Chlamydia	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	72	0	+ 1
War	71	1	71	0	+ 1
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	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Swaziland

Eritrea

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.