GUYANA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,614	7	256	+ 1,358
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	642	6	302	+ 341
Diabetes Mellitus	3	622	3	579	+ 44
Stroke	4	559	2	1,022	- 464
Coronary Heart Disease	5	527	1	1,335	- 808
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	361	27	48	+ 313
Road Traffic Accidents	7	268	11	175	+ 93
Kidney Disease	8	266	8	233	+ 33
Suicide	9	236	5	315	- 80
Hypertension	10	204	4	320	- 116
Liver Disease	11	191	9	197	- 6
Lung Disease	12	185	13	174	+ 11
Tuberculosis	13	178	16	137	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	14	163	22	89	+ 73
Cervical Cancer	15	150	21	91	+ 59
Violence	16	148	10	194	- 45
Other Injuries	17	133	14	167	- 35
Birth Trauma	18	116	24	64	+ 52
Congenital Anomalies	19	112	23	69	+ 43
Asthma	20	104	36	25	+ 79
Maternal Conditions	21	81	35	28	+ 53
Malnutrition	22	74	30	37	+ 37
Meningitis	23	68	44	17	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	24	65	20	92	- 26
Drownings	25	61	15	145	- 84
Fires	26	58	41	19	+ 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	53	38	23	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	28	52	12	174	- 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	35	26	54	- 19
Epilepsy	30	32	37	24	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	31	31	17	123	- 92
Falls	32	29	48	11	+ 18
Pertussis	33	27	73	0	+ 27
Poisonings	34	26	65	1	+ 26
Breast Cancer	35	26	19	96	- 70
Lymphomas	36	22	32	32	- 11
Liver Cancer	37	20	34	29	- 8
Drug Use	38	19	45	16	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	18	47	13	+ 5
Skin Disease	40	18	56	3	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	41	17	49	9	+ 8
Skin Cancers	42	14	55	5	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	13	25	59	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	44	13	51	8	+ 5
Syphilis	45	12	71	0	+ 12
Lung Cancers	46	12	29	38	- 26
Leukemia	47	11	39	21	- 10
Alcohol	48	11	57	3	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	49	9	84	0	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	50	8	46	13	- 5
Oral Cancer	51	7	40	20	- 13
Ovary Cancer	52	7	43	18	- 11
Stomach Cancer	53	5	31	34	- 29
Appendicitis	54	5	54	6	- 1
Bladder Cancer	55	4	50	8	- 4
Pancreas Cancer	56	4	42	19	- 15
Hepatitis B	57	4	59	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	3	63	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	59	3	53	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	3	66	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	61	3	28	40	- 37
Tetanus	62	3	72	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	61	1	- 0
Measles	64	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	33	30	- 30
Otitis Media	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	64	1	- 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	85	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Anemia	84	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Swaziland

Guyana

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.