IRELAND VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	10,639	57	9	+ 10,631
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,233	6	1,298	+ 2,935
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,102	16	414	+ 3,688
Stroke	4	3,681	5	1,770	+ 1,911
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,472	1	4,762	- 1,290
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,378	45	53	+ 2,326
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,767	33	153	+ 1,614
Kidney Disease	8	1,753	10	566	+ 1,186
Suicide	9	1,552	14	470	+ 1,082
Hypertension	10	1,343	29	175	+ 1,168
Liver Disease	11	1,258	19	279	+ 979
Lung Disease	12	1,216	4	1,915	- 699
Tuberculosis	13	1,176	50	23	+ 1,153
Low Birth Weight	14	1,071	44	56	+ 1,016
Cervical Cancer	15	988	35	103	+ 885
Violence	16	976	47	38	+ 938
Other Injuries	17	874	30	171	+ 703
Birth Trauma	18	766	56	10	+ 755
Congenital Anomalies	19	738	32	153	+ 585
Asthma	20	688	41	58	+ 630
Maternal Conditions	21	533	61	3	+ 529
Malnutrition	22	487	63	2	+ 485
Meningitis	23	448	58	7	+ 441
Inflammatory/Heart	24	431	26	240	+ 191
Drownings	25	400	43	57	+ 343
Fires	26	385	48	30	+ 355
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	352	2	3,209	- 2,857
Endocrine Disorders	28	341	24	249	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	234	38	67	+ 167
Epilepsy	30	210	36	85	+ 125
Prostate Cancer	31	207	9	585	- 378
Falls	32	190	25	247	- 57
Pertussis	33	178	67	0	+ 178
Poisonings	34	172	53	14	+ 158
Breast Cancer	35	170	8	760	- 590
Lymphomas	36	143	13	513	- 370
Liver Cancer	37	135	18	318	- 183
Drug Use	38	123	31	167	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	120	46	50	+ 71
Skin Disease	40	116	42	58	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	41	110	12	530	- 420
Skin Cancers	42	91	23	252	- 160
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	86	7	1,095	- 1,009
Oesophagus Cancer	44	85	15	419	- 334
Syphilis	45	80	68	0	+ 80
Lung Cancers	46	76	3	1,916	- 1,840
Leukemia	47	75	20	274	- 199
Alcohol	48	74	39	64	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	49	59	72	0	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	50	53	34	126	- 74
Oral Cancer	51	47	28	183	- 136
Ovary Cancer	52	46	21	273	- 227
Stomach Cancer	53	31	17	357	- 325
Appendicitis	54	30	60	3	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	55	28	22	256	- 228
Pancreas Cancer	56	28	11	530	- 503
Hepatitis B	57	27	59	6	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	23	40	59	- 36
Encephalitis	59	22	66	0	+ 22
Upper Respiratory	60	19	64	1	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	61	18	27	218	- 200
Tetanus	62	17	81	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	37	83	- 76
Measles	64	3	83	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	52	19	- 18
Ascariasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Malaria	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	82	0	+ 1
War	71	1	65	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	84	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Swaziland

Ireland

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.