GHANA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	70,317	4	13,565	+ 56,752
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	27,980	1	16,262	+ 11,718
Diabetes Mellitus	3	27,109	12	5,929	+ 21,180
Stroke	4	24,327	2	15,163	+ 9,165
Coronary Heart Disease	5	22,944	3	14,103	+ 8,842
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	15,718	9	6,538	+ 9,179
Road Traffic Accidents	7	11,679	7	7,808	+ 3,872
Kidney Disease	8	11,585	13	4,161	+ 7,424
Suicide	9	10,259	21	1,993	+ 8,266
Hypertension	10	8,877	19	2,231	+ 6,646
Liver Disease	11	8,317	11	6,053	+ 2,263
Lung Disease	12	8,038	15	3,120	+ 4,918
Tuberculosis	13	7,774	6	10,214	- 2,440
Low Birth Weight	14	7,082	8	6,662	+ 420
Cervical Cancer	15	6,532	20	2,161	+ 4,371
Violence	16	6,452	27	1,857	+ 4,595
Other Injuries	17	5,778	18	2,433	+ 3,345
Birth Trauma	18	5,059	10	6,194	- 1,135
Congenital Anomalies	19	4,876	14	3,935	+ 940
Asthma	20	4,544	23	1,979	+ 2,565
Maternal Conditions	21	3,519	22	1,991	+ 1,529
Malnutrition	22	3,216	26	1,868	+ 1,347
Meningitis	23	2,961	16	2,983	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,848	28	1,615	+ 1,233
Drownings	25	2,642	36	740	+ 1,902
Fires	26	2,542	37	729	+ 1,813
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	2,327	29	1,294	+ 1,033
Endocrine Disorders	28	2,254	24	1,965	+ 289
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	1,545	48	321	+ 1,224
Epilepsy	30	1,389	47	329	+ 1,059
Prostate Cancer	31	1,365	31	1,031	+ 335
Falls	32	1,253	30	1,168	+ 85
Pertussis	33	1,178	35	744	+ 434
Poisonings	34	1,139	40	522	+ 618
Breast Cancer	35	1,121	25	1,937	- 817
Lymphomas	36	944	32	875	+ 69
Liver Cancer	37	891	17	2,851	- 1,960
Drug Use	38	815	39	630	+ 185
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	796	52	256	+ 540
Skin Disease	40	768	50	264	+ 504
Parkinson's Disease	41	725	43	387	+ 338
Skin Cancers	42	604	58	214	+ 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	567	34	803	- 236
Oesophagus Cancer	44	562	49	285	+ 276
Syphilis	45	529	41	483	+ 47
Lung Cancers	46	505	55	237	+ 267
Leukemia	47	496	45	340	+ 156
Alcohol	48	487	54	244	+ 243
Schistosomiasis	49	389	51	257	+ 132
Uterin Cancer	50	348	57	219	+ 129
Oral Cancer	51	311	42	483	- 172
Ovary Cancer	52	301	38	698	- 397
Stomach Cancer	53	207	33	870	- 663
Appendicitis	54	201	59	146	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	55	184	53	245	- 62
Pancreas Cancer	56	183	46	334	- 151
Hepatitis B	57	180	62	101	+ 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	149	67	16	+ 133
Encephalitis	59	147	44	357	- 211
Upper Respiratory	60	126	66	16	+ 110
Other Neoplasms	61	120	63	48	+ 72
Tetanus	62	112	56	220	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	63	45	61	113	- 67
Measles	64	19	60	135	- 116
Hepatitis C	65	11	65	28	- 17
Ascariasis	66	9	68	12	- 3
Malaria	67	8	5	11,162	- 11,153
Otitis Media	68	8	72	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	69	6	70	3	+ 3
Diphtheria	70	5	69	4	+ 1
War	71	5	64	29	- 24
Dengue	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Swaziland

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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.