GUINEA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	28,433	10	3,020	+ 25,413
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,314	1	12,790	- 1,476
Diabetes Mellitus	3	10,962	15	2,138	+ 8,824
Stroke	4	9,837	5	5,777	+ 4,060
Coronary Heart Disease	5	9,278	6	5,665	+ 3,612
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	6,355	3	6,788	- 433
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,723	9	3,788	+ 934
Kidney Disease	8	4,684	16	1,939	+ 2,745
Suicide	9	4,148	29	892	+ 3,256
Hypertension	10	3,589	21	1,348	+ 2,241
Liver Disease	11	3,363	12	2,550	+ 813
Lung Disease	12	3,250	20	1,373	+ 1,877
Tuberculosis	13	3,144	13	2,369	+ 775
Low Birth Weight	14	2,863	8	4,319	- 1,455
Cervical Cancer	15	2,641	19	1,491	+ 1,150
Violence	16	2,609	26	1,128	+ 1,481
Other Injuries	17	2,336	18	1,504	+ 832
Birth Trauma	18	2,046	7	4,797	- 2,751
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,972	14	2,181	- 209
Asthma	20	1,837	22	1,179	+ 658
Maternal Conditions	21	1,423	17	1,793	- 370
Malnutrition	22	1,300	28	1,032	+ 268
Meningitis	23	1,197	11	2,633	- 1,436
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,152	35	439	+ 712
Drownings	25	1,068	31	528	+ 540
Fires	26	1,028	36	410	+ 618
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	941	30	579	+ 362
Endocrine Disorders	28	911	25	1,140	- 228
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	625	34	448	+ 177
Epilepsy	30	562	37	350	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	31	552	32	525	+ 27
Falls	32	507	33	480	+ 27
Pertussis	33	477	24	1,165	- 689
Poisonings	34	461	40	295	+ 166
Breast Cancer	35	453	38	345	+ 108
Lymphomas	36	382	48	158	+ 224
Liver Cancer	37	360	23	1,167	- 807
Drug Use	38	330	46	169	+ 161
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	322	42	238	+ 84
Skin Disease	40	310	51	127	+ 183
Parkinson's Disease	41	293	44	212	+ 81
Skin Cancers	42	244	49	152	+ 92
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	229	53	100	+ 129
Oesophagus Cancer	44	227	63	20	+ 207
Syphilis	45	214	39	328	- 114
Lung Cancers	46	204	50	128	+ 76
Leukemia	47	200	67	17	+ 183
Alcohol	48	197	55	83	+ 114
Schistosomiasis	49	157	43	232	- 74
Uterin Cancer	50	141	59	38	+ 103
Oral Cancer	51	126	52	122	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	52	122	54	93	+ 29
Stomach Cancer	53	84	41	245	- 161
Appendicitis	54	81	57	41	+ 40
Bladder Cancer	55	74	60	32	+ 42
Pancreas Cancer	56	74	65	19	+ 55
Hepatitis B	57	73	47	162	- 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	60	70	13	+ 48
Encephalitis	59	59	56	81	- 21
Upper Respiratory	60	51	69	15	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	61	48	68	16	+ 32
Tetanus	62	45	45	170	- 124
Multiple Sclerosis	63	18	66	18	+ 1
Measles	64	8	4	6,025	- 6,017
Hepatitis C	65	4	61	22	- 18
Ascariasis	66	4	62	22	- 19
Malaria	67	3	2	8,180	- 8,177
Otitis Media	68	3	72	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	2	71	3	- 0
Diphtheria	70	2	58	40	- 37
War	71	2	64	20	- 18
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
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	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 GUINEA

Swaziland

Guinea

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.