FINLAND VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,438	59	6	+ 11,433
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,551	21	436	+ 4,115
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,410	22	418	+ 3,992
Stroke	4	3,957	3	4,115	- 158
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,732	2	9,831	- 6,099
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,557	52	15	+ 2,541
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,900	33	215	+ 1,685
Kidney Disease	8	1,884	26	342	+ 1,543
Suicide	9	1,669	15	846	+ 823
Hypertension	10	1,444	5	2,030	- 586
Liver Disease	11	1,353	10	1,068	+ 285
Lung Disease	12	1,307	8	1,289	+ 18
Tuberculosis	13	1,265	46	32	+ 1,233
Low Birth Weight	14	1,152	48	26	+ 1,126
Cervical Cancer	15	1,062	44	62	+ 1,000
Violence	16	1,050	43	64	+ 985
Other Injuries	17	940	20	437	+ 503
Birth Trauma	18	823	56	8	+ 815
Congenital Anomalies	19	793	35	192	+ 601
Asthma	20	739	40	85	+ 654
Maternal Conditions	21	572	64	2	+ 571
Malnutrition	22	523	57	7	+ 516
Meningitis	23	482	55	9	+ 472
Inflammatory/Heart	24	463	17	518	- 55
Drownings	25	430	37	106	+ 324
Fires	26	413	45	62	+ 352
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	379	1	11,120	- 10,742
Endocrine Disorders	28	367	31	257	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	251	36	151	+ 100
Epilepsy	30	226	38	104	+ 122
Prostate Cancer	31	222	11	970	- 748
Falls	32	204	7	1,325	- 1,121
Pertussis	33	192	69	0	+ 192
Poisonings	34	185	49	25	+ 161
Breast Cancer	35	182	12	948	- 766
Lymphomas	36	154	14	851	- 697
Liver Cancer	37	145	16	545	- 400
Drug Use	38	133	30	269	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	129	50	19	+ 110
Skin Disease	40	125	47	27	+ 98
Parkinson's Disease	41	118	13	853	- 735
Skin Cancers	42	98	29	297	- 199
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	92	6	1,433	- 1,341
Oesophagus Cancer	44	91	27	320	- 228
Syphilis	45	86	67	0	+ 86
Lung Cancers	46	82	4	2,312	- 2,230
Leukemia	47	81	24	371	- 291
Alcohol	48	79	18	464	- 385
Schistosomiasis	49	63	77	0	+ 63
Uterin Cancer	50	57	32	225	- 168
Oral Cancer	51	51	34	207	- 157
Ovary Cancer	52	49	25	344	- 295
Stomach Cancer	53	34	19	447	- 413
Appendicitis	54	33	54	10	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	55	30	28	308	- 279
Pancreas Cancer	56	30	9	1,247	- 1,217
Hepatitis B	57	29	63	2	+ 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	24	41	83	- 59
Encephalitis	59	24	66	0	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	60	21	62	2	+ 19
Other Neoplasms	61	19	23	377	- 357
Tetanus	62	18	70	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	42	80	- 73
Measles	64	3	72	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	60	5	- 3
Ascariasis	66	1	81	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
War	71	1	65	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Anemia	84	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Swaziland

Finland

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.