ESTONIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,427	39	40	+ 2,387
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	966	6	349	+ 617
Diabetes Mellitus	3	936	19	146	+ 790
Stroke	4	840	3	1,116	- 276
Coronary Heart Disease	5	792	1	3,009	- 2,217
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	542	53	8	+ 534
Road Traffic Accidents	7	403	35	59	+ 344
Kidney Disease	8	400	17	176	+ 223
Suicide	9	354	16	197	+ 157
Hypertension	10	306	2	2,700	- 2,394
Liver Disease	11	287	7	328	- 41
Lung Disease	12	277	13	229	+ 49
Tuberculosis	13	268	47	16	+ 252
Low Birth Weight	14	244	55	7	+ 238
Cervical Cancer	15	225	32	68	+ 158
Violence	16	223	42	28	+ 194
Other Injuries	17	199	20	141	+ 58
Birth Trauma	18	175	57	5	+ 170
Congenital Anomalies	19	168	43	25	+ 143
Asthma	20	157	44	24	+ 133
Maternal Conditions	21	121	61	1	+ 120
Malnutrition	22	111	79	0	+ 111
Meningitis	23	102	54	7	+ 95
Inflammatory/Heart	24	98	14	217	- 119
Drownings	25	91	40	30	+ 61
Fires	26	88	38	41	+ 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	80	12	229	- 149
Endocrine Disorders	28	78	33	66	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	53	36	55	- 2
Epilepsy	30	48	37	45	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	31	47	8	298	- 251
Falls	32	43	24	119	- 75
Pertussis	33	41	83	0	+ 41
Poisonings	34	39	52	8	+ 31
Breast Cancer	35	39	11	260	- 221
Lymphomas	36	33	15	213	- 180
Liver Cancer	37	31	26	107	- 76
Drug Use	38	28	31	75	- 47
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	27	45	22	+ 6
Skin Disease	40	26	41	29	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	41	25	29	82	- 57
Skin Cancers	42	21	30	79	- 58
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	20	5	527	- 507
Oesophagus Cancer	44	19	27	99	- 79
Syphilis	45	18	62	1	+ 17
Lung Cancers	46	17	4	657	- 640
Leukemia	47	17	22	126	- 109
Alcohol	48	17	18	148	- 132
Schistosomiasis	49	13	72	0	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	50	12	34	60	- 48
Oral Cancer	51	11	25	110	- 100
Ovary Cancer	52	10	28	87	- 77
Stomach Cancer	53	7	9	290	- 283
Appendicitis	54	7	59	2	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	55	6	21	126	- 119
Pancreas Cancer	56	6	10	268	- 262
Hepatitis B	57	6	65	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	5	46	17	- 12
Encephalitis	59	5	63	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	4	66	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	61	4	23	123	- 119
Tetanus	62	4	81	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	48	16	- 15
Measles	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Swaziland

Estonia

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.