ETHIOPIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	241,004	17	11,471	+ 229,533
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	95,898	1	59,931	+ 35,967
Diabetes Mellitus	3	92,913	10	16,258	+ 76,656
Stroke	4	83,380	3	39,362	+ 44,018
Coronary Heart Disease	5	78,640	4	36,530	+ 42,110
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	53,870	2	44,361	+ 9,510
Road Traffic Accidents	7	40,029	5	31,564	+ 8,465
Kidney Disease	8	39,706	13	12,103	+ 27,603
Suicide	9	35,161	25	6,030	+ 29,131
Hypertension	10	30,425	12	13,470	+ 16,955
Liver Disease	11	28,505	8	27,270	+ 1,235
Lung Disease	12	27,549	15	11,870	+ 15,679
Tuberculosis	13	26,646	9	21,455	+ 5,191
Low Birth Weight	14	24,272	7	28,020	- 3,749
Cervical Cancer	15	22,386	27	5,019	+ 17,368
Violence	16	22,113	22	8,076	+ 14,037
Other Injuries	17	19,804	16	11,735	+ 8,069
Birth Trauma	18	17,341	6	31,107	- 13,766
Congenital Anomalies	19	16,711	11	15,638	+ 1,074
Asthma	20	15,574	29	4,484	+ 11,091
Maternal Conditions	21	12,063	18	8,887	+ 3,176
Malnutrition	22	11,021	19	8,643	+ 2,378
Meningitis	23	10,148	14	12,019	- 1,871
Inflammatory/Heart	24	9,761	39	2,168	+ 7,592
Drownings	25	9,057	35	3,133	+ 5,924
Fires	26	8,713	34	3,255	+ 5,458
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	7,975	21	8,258	- 282
Endocrine Disorders	28	7,724	45	1,623	+ 6,101
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	5,295	41	1,758	+ 3,537
Epilepsy	30	4,760	44	1,625	+ 3,135
Prostate Cancer	31	4,679	50	1,244	+ 3,435
Falls	32	4,294	28	4,510	- 216
Pertussis	33	4,039	23	6,896	- 2,857
Poisonings	34	3,904	32	3,668	+ 236
Breast Cancer	35	3,842	20	8,485	- 4,644
Lymphomas	36	3,236	33	3,590	- 354
Liver Cancer	37	3,054	42	1,730	+ 1,324
Drug Use	38	2,794	60	513	+ 2,281
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	2,728	49	1,339	+ 1,388
Skin Disease	40	2,632	53	904	+ 1,728
Parkinson's Disease	41	2,485	46	1,578	+ 907
Skin Cancers	42	2,071	52	1,006	+ 1,065
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	1,942	31	3,755	- 1,812
Oesophagus Cancer	44	1,925	40	1,839	+ 86
Syphilis	45	1,815	43	1,699	+ 115
Lung Cancers	46	1,730	38	2,202	- 472
Leukemia	47	1,699	30	4,222	- 2,524
Alcohol	48	1,670	55	750	+ 921
Schistosomiasis	49	1,334	54	839	+ 495
Uterin Cancer	50	1,192	62	421	+ 771
Oral Cancer	51	1,065	48	1,477	- 411
Ovary Cancer	52	1,032	36	2,424	- 1,391
Stomach Cancer	53	711	47	1,519	- 808
Appendicitis	54	689	58	677	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	55	629	51	1,080	- 451
Pancreas Cancer	56	628	61	488	+ 141
Hepatitis B	57	616	56	742	- 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	512	65	221	+ 291
Encephalitis	59	502	63	386	+ 117
Upper Respiratory	60	432	57	709	- 277
Other Neoplasms	61	410	66	148	+ 262
Tetanus	62	384	37	2,203	- 1,819
Multiple Sclerosis	63	155	70	61	+ 94
Measles	64	66	24	6,324	- 6,259
Hepatitis C	65	38	69	115	- 77
Ascariasis	66	31	68	130	- 99
Malaria	67	29	26	5,626	- 5,597
Otitis Media	68	27	71	39	- 12
Chlamydia	69	20	72	21	- 1
Diphtheria	70	19	67	146	- 127
War	71	18	64	281	- 263
Dengue	72	3	73	20	- 17
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	59	579	- 579
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ETHIOPIA

Swaziland

Ethiopia

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.