MALTA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	955	41	4	+ 951
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	380	3	213	+ 167
Diabetes Mellitus	3	368	6	163	+ 206
Stroke	4	330	2	291	+ 39
Coronary Heart Disease	5	312	1	876	- 564
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	213	55	1	+ 212
Road Traffic Accidents	7	159	31	18	+ 141
Kidney Disease	8	157	11	79	+ 78
Suicide	9	139	22	27	+ 113
Hypertension	10	121	20	33	+ 87
Liver Disease	11	113	24	23	+ 90
Lung Disease	12	109	8	127	- 17
Tuberculosis	13	106	52	2	+ 104
Low Birth Weight	14	96	35	11	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	15	89	39	4	+ 84
Violence	16	88	40	4	+ 83
Other Injuries	17	78	33	16	+ 62
Birth Trauma	18	69	44	3	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	19	66	32	17	+ 49
Asthma	20	62	36	8	+ 53
Maternal Conditions	21	48	64	0	+ 47
Malnutrition	22	44	60	0	+ 43
Meningitis	23	40	56	1	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	24	39	27	22	+ 17
Drownings	25	36	48	2	+ 34
Fires	26	35	62	0	+ 34
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	32	4	207	- 176
Endocrine Disorders	28	31	30	19	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	21	37	7	+ 14
Epilepsy	30	19	43	3	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	31	19	13	53	- 34
Falls	32	17	14	52	- 35
Pertussis	33	16	72	0	+ 16
Poisonings	34	15	58	1	+ 15
Breast Cancer	35	15	10	85	- 70
Lymphomas	36	13	12	53	- 40
Liver Cancer	37	12	18	34	- 22
Drug Use	38	11	38	7	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	11	49	2	+ 9
Skin Disease	40	10	25	23	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	41	10	16	50	- 40
Skin Cancers	42	8	34	14	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	8	7	147	- 139
Oesophagus Cancer	44	8	29	20	- 13
Syphilis	45	7	81	0	+ 7
Lung Cancers	46	7	5	197	- 190
Leukemia	47	7	21	28	- 21
Alcohol	48	7	47	3	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	49	5	70	0	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	50	5	28	21	- 16
Oral Cancer	51	4	23	25	- 21
Ovary Cancer	52	4	17	34	- 30
Stomach Cancer	53	3	15	50	- 47
Appendicitis	54	3	63	0	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	55	2	19	33	- 31
Pancreas Cancer	56	2	9	90	- 88
Hepatitis B	57	2	61	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	2	51	2	+ 0
Encephalitis	59	2	65	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	60	2	59	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	26	22	- 20
Tetanus	62	2	74	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	45	3	- 2
Measles	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	53	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	54	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	42	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	84	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

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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.