MAURITIUS VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,664	13	141	+ 2,523
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,060	7	346	+ 714
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,027	1	1,873	- 846
Stroke	4	922	3	985	- 63
Coronary Heart Disease	5	869	2	1,805	- 935
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	596	42	23	+ 573
Road Traffic Accidents	7	443	11	155	+ 287
Kidney Disease	8	439	4	724	- 285
Suicide	9	389	14	120	+ 268
Hypertension	10	336	6	592	- 255
Liver Disease	11	315	12	145	+ 170
Lung Disease	12	305	5	646	- 342
Tuberculosis	13	295	45	17	+ 277
Low Birth Weight	14	268	35	37	+ 232
Cervical Cancer	15	247	30	49	+ 198
Violence	16	244	41	30	+ 215
Other Injuries	17	219	21	66	+ 153
Birth Trauma	18	192	36	37	+ 155
Congenital Anomalies	19	185	25	57	+ 128
Asthma	20	172	17	107	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	21	133	48	11	+ 123
Malnutrition	22	122	54	4	+ 118
Meningitis	23	112	57	2	+ 110
Inflammatory/Heart	24	108	16	108	- 0
Drownings	25	100	33	43	+ 57
Fires	26	96	50	10	+ 86
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	88	34	42	+ 46
Endocrine Disorders	28	85	19	101	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	59	43	22	+ 36
Epilepsy	30	53	38	35	+ 18
Prostate Cancer	31	52	15	115	- 63
Falls	32	47	26	57	- 9
Pertussis	33	45	66	0	+ 45
Poisonings	34	43	49	11	+ 33
Breast Cancer	35	42	8	232	- 190
Lymphomas	36	36	24	57	- 21
Liver Cancer	37	34	27	56	- 22
Drug Use	38	31	46	16	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	30	56	3	+ 27
Skin Disease	40	29	22	64	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	41	27	47	12	+ 16
Skin Cancers	42	23	53	5	+ 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	21	10	182	- 161
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	37	35	- 14
Syphilis	45	20	67	0	+ 20
Lung Cancers	46	19	9	182	- 163
Leukemia	47	19	31	48	- 30
Alcohol	48	18	29	53	- 35
Schistosomiasis	49	15	69	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	50	13	40	32	- 19
Oral Cancer	51	12	23	63	- 52
Ovary Cancer	52	11	32	46	- 34
Stomach Cancer	53	8	18	104	- 97
Appendicitis	54	8	59	1	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	55	7	44	21	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	56	7	28	55	- 48
Hepatitis B	57	7	65	0	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	6	60	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	6	61	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	5	63	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	61	5	20	77	- 72
Tetanus	62	4	76	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	84	0	+ 2
Measles	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	51	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	0	64	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	80	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
War	71	0	62	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	84	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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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.