NAMIBIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,700	1	2,928	+ 2,771
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,268	2	1,464	+ 804
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,197	7	724	+ 1,473
Stroke	4	1,972	4	1,333	+ 639
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,860	5	1,221	+ 639
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,274	8	645	+ 629
Road Traffic Accidents	7	947	6	868	+ 78
Kidney Disease	8	939	15	322	+ 617
Suicide	9	832	17	243	+ 589
Hypertension	10	720	12	428	+ 292
Liver Disease	11	674	14	336	+ 339
Lung Disease	12	652	10	461	+ 190
Tuberculosis	13	630	3	1,416	- 786
Low Birth Weight	14	574	9	516	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	15	529	23	133	+ 397
Violence	16	523	11	450	+ 73
Other Injuries	17	468	19	207	+ 262
Birth Trauma	18	410	13	345	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	19	395	16	283	+ 112
Asthma	20	368	20	200	+ 168
Maternal Conditions	21	285	25	110	+ 175
Malnutrition	22	261	18	224	+ 37
Meningitis	23	240	27	109	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	24	231	22	162	+ 69
Drownings	25	214	26	110	+ 105
Fires	26	206	28	109	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	189	21	176	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	28	183	33	73	+ 110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	125	32	76	+ 49
Epilepsy	30	113	38	49	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	31	111	31	94	+ 16
Falls	32	102	34	62	+ 39
Pertussis	33	96	37	54	+ 41
Poisonings	34	92	39	46	+ 46
Breast Cancer	35	91	24	121	- 30
Lymphomas	36	77	40	46	+ 31
Liver Cancer	37	72	41	45	+ 27
Drug Use	38	66	46	32	+ 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	65	44	33	+ 31
Skin Disease	40	62	47	31	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	41	59	42	43	+ 15
Skin Cancers	42	49	29	108	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	46	36	54	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	44	46	52	21	+ 25
Syphilis	45	43	43	35	+ 8
Lung Cancers	46	41	35	59	- 18
Leukemia	47	40	49	24	+ 16
Alcohol	48	40	48	28	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	49	32	55	14	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	50	28	56	11	+ 17
Oral Cancer	51	25	30	100	- 75
Ovary Cancer	52	24	50	23	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	53	17	45	33	- 16
Appendicitis	54	16	58	9	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	55	15	54	16	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	56	15	53	18	- 3
Hepatitis B	57	15	63	4	+ 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	12	57	9	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	12	59	8	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	10	61	6	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	61	10	60	8	+ 2
Tetanus	62	9	62	6	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	64	2	+ 1
Measles	64	2	65	2	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	69	0	+ 0
Malaria	67	1	51	22	- 21
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
War	71	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Swaziland

Namibia

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.