NEW GUINEA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	20,423	24	611	+ 19,812
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	8,127	6	2,595	+ 5,532
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,874	4	4,533	+ 3,341
Stroke	4	7,066	2	5,095	+ 1,971
Coronary Heart Disease	5	6,664	1	6,835	- 171
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,565	8	2,295	+ 2,270
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,392	12	1,105	+ 2,287
Kidney Disease	8	3,365	18	687	+ 2,678
Suicide	9	2,980	37	259	+ 2,721
Hypertension	10	2,578	13	1,096	+ 1,483
Liver Disease	11	2,416	22	624	+ 1,791
Lung Disease	12	2,335	3	4,538	- 2,203
Tuberculosis	13	2,258	5	3,969	- 1,711
Low Birth Weight	14	2,057	10	1,661	+ 395
Cervical Cancer	15	1,897	19	665	+ 1,232
Violence	16	1,874	15	969	+ 905
Other Injuries	17	1,678	20	647	+ 1,031
Birth Trauma	18	1,469	11	1,504	- 34
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,416	16	951	+ 466
Asthma	20	1,320	9	1,842	- 522
Maternal Conditions	21	1,022	30	421	+ 602
Malnutrition	22	934	48	134	+ 800
Meningitis	23	860	34	324	+ 536
Inflammatory/Heart	24	827	43	229	+ 598
Drownings	25	767	40	240	+ 528
Fires	26	738	27	488	+ 250
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	676	33	343	+ 333
Endocrine Disorders	28	655	47	153	+ 501
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	449	35	302	+ 147
Epilepsy	30	403	51	111	+ 293
Prostate Cancer	31	397	36	285	+ 112
Falls	32	364	26	502	- 138
Pertussis	33	342	39	248	+ 95
Poisonings	34	331	50	121	+ 209
Breast Cancer	35	326	17	764	- 438
Lymphomas	36	274	32	353	- 79
Liver Cancer	37	259	21	644	- 385
Drug Use	38	237	61	13	+ 224
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	231	14	1,072	- 841
Skin Disease	40	223	49	126	+ 97
Parkinson's Disease	41	211	45	185	+ 26
Skin Cancers	42	175	31	417	- 241
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	165	29	445	- 280
Oesophagus Cancer	44	163	44	199	- 36
Syphilis	45	154	42	234	- 80
Lung Cancers	46	147	23	622	- 475
Leukemia	47	144	38	253	- 109
Alcohol	48	142	53	93	+ 48
Schistosomiasis	49	113	73	0	+ 113
Uterin Cancer	50	101	55	81	+ 20
Oral Cancer	51	90	25	580	- 490
Ovary Cancer	52	87	46	179	- 92
Stomach Cancer	53	60	28	447	- 387
Appendicitis	54	58	59	20	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	55	53	54	82	- 29
Pancreas Cancer	56	53	52	107	- 54
Hepatitis B	57	52	58	27	+ 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	43	65	5	+ 38
Encephalitis	59	43	57	31	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	60	37	68	2	+ 35
Other Neoplasms	61	35	60	15	+ 19
Tetanus	62	33	56	48	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	63	13	66	5	+ 8
Measles	64	6	41	238	- 232
Hepatitis C	65	3	62	8	- 5
Ascariasis	66	3	63	7	- 4
Malaria	67	2	7	2,446	- 2,444
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	2	67	3	- 2
War	71	1	69	1	+ 1
Dengue	72	0	64	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Swaziland

New Guinea

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.