LIBERIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	11,054	6	1,919	+ 9,135
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,398	2	2,693	+ 1,705
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,261	15	650	+ 3,611
Stroke	4	3,824	11	1,578	+ 2,246
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,607	7	1,885	+ 1,722
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	2,471	10	1,592	+ 879
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,836	5	1,920	- 84
Kidney Disease	8	1,821	16	609	+ 1,213
Suicide	9	1,613	30	220	+ 1,393
Hypertension	10	1,395	23	371	+ 1,025
Liver Disease	11	1,307	13	858	+ 449
Lung Disease	12	1,264	26	294	+ 970
Tuberculosis	13	1,222	1	2,766	- 1,544
Low Birth Weight	14	1,113	8	1,652	- 539
Cervical Cancer	15	1,027	19	474	+ 553
Violence	16	1,014	18	477	+ 537
Other Injuries	17	908	22	380	+ 528
Birth Trauma	18	795	9	1,601	- 806
Congenital Anomalies	19	766	14	833	- 67
Asthma	20	714	31	200	+ 515
Maternal Conditions	21	553	12	870	- 316
Malnutrition	22	505	24	353	+ 152
Meningitis	23	465	17	552	- 87
Inflammatory/Heart	24	448	38	115	+ 332
Drownings	25	415	35	127	+ 289
Fires	26	400	34	153	+ 246
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	366	29	235	+ 131
Endocrine Disorders	28	354	28	245	+ 109
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	243	36	126	+ 117
Epilepsy	30	218	42	81	+ 137
Prostate Cancer	31	215	25	297	- 83
Falls	32	197	33	155	+ 42
Pertussis	33	185	32	197	- 12
Poisonings	34	179	41	82	+ 97
Breast Cancer	35	176	27	246	- 69
Lymphomas	36	148	39	93	+ 55
Liver Cancer	37	140	20	439	- 299
Drug Use	38	128	50	42	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	125	49	50	+ 75
Skin Disease	40	121	51	41	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	41	114	43	72	+ 42
Skin Cancers	42	95	46	51	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	89	40	90	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	44	88	60	16	+ 73
Syphilis	45	83	21	394	- 311
Lung Cancers	46	79	44	66	+ 13
Leukemia	47	78	58	23	+ 55
Alcohol	48	77	57	25	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	49	61	45	51	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	50	55	55	28	+ 26
Oral Cancer	51	49	48	50	- 1
Ovary Cancer	52	47	47	50	- 3
Stomach Cancer	53	33	37	122	- 89
Appendicitis	54	32	61	12	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	55	29	59	19	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	56	29	53	38	- 9
Hepatitis B	57	28	52	39	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	23	64	4	+ 19
Encephalitis	59	23	56	27	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	20	67	3	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	61	19	62	6	+ 13
Tetanus	62	18	54	31	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	63	4	+ 3
Measles	64	3	3	2,554	- 2,551
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	4	- 2
Ascariasis	66	1	66	4	- 2
Malaria	67	1	4	2,428	- 2,426
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	68	1	- 0
War	71	1	70	1	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Swaziland

Liberia

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.